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Woman set home on fire using bag of Takis chips (www.live5news.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Texas teenager accused of using poison to kill rival’s competition show goat (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Man who helped design breathalysers banned for drunk driving (www.countytimes.co.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/21596229

Archive/mirror: https://archive.ph/RZInY

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Texas A&M alumnus accidentally joins band, says he pretended to play for 4 years (www.lonestarlive.com)

submitted 1 month ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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New Zealander Wins Spanish World Scrabble Title Without Knowing Language (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 1 month ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Love-struck male humpback whale swims record-breaking 3 oceans, 8,106 miles for sex (interestingengineering.com)

submitted 1 month ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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This Canadian is the new world champion of spreadsheets, and he has the belt to prove it (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Toronto's Michael Jarman wins 2024 Microsoft Excel World Championships in Las Vegas

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Pet crocodile dies after being tossed into Alaska snow during argument between brothers over anime, troopers say (www.wrdw.com)

submitted 1 month ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Miller High Life is making a cologne that it says smells like a dive bar (fortune.com)

submitted 1 month ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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German island to end ritual of spanking women with cow horn (www.dw.com)

submitted 1 month ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Japanese convenience store launches chilled ‘drinkable mayo’ (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Title changed from the original article title because it was kind of clickbait-y.

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Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years (www.livescience.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Thought I'd crosspost this here

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Elusive deer spotted wearing high-vis jacket in Canada: ‘Who is responsible?’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Sightings of deer wearing high-vis jacket raise questions, quips and concerns in B.C. village (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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My favourite part is the quote from the Conservation Officer:

He said people should not approach wild deer — nor put clothes on them.

"I didn't think I'd have to specify that one," he said. "Usually they're pretty quick."

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Stanford expert on 'lying and technology' accused of lying about technology (www.sfgate.com)

submitted 2 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Chemists have created the world's thinnest spaghetti (www.engadget.com)

submitted 2 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Police find 2 kilogram garden gnome made entirely of MDMA (nltimes.nl)

submitted 2 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Duct-taped banana sells for more than $6 million at auction (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Billionaire internet company boss turns up to real-life 1v1 against CoD player angry about lag (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Smuggler caught with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes strapped to body at airport (www.news4sanantonio.com)

submitted 2 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume, insurers say (apnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Four people arrested for staging fake bear attacks with bear costume in Lake Arrowhead (www.nbclosangeles.com)

submitted 2 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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43 lab monkeys escaped in South Carolina. They have a legal claim to freedom. (www.vox.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Costco forced to recall 80,000 lbs of butter – because the label fails to mention it contains milk (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Tennessee woman randomly attacked by monkey as she was feeding her cats (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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