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Woman has arm amputated after being bitten by shark in Florida (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Pastor’s daughter, 6, killed in freak badminton accident while on vacation (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Man banned from The Las Vegas Sphere after lighting up a bong during a Phish show (www.loudersound.com)

submitted 9 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Archive/mirror: https://archive.ph/59Vg5

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Morgue worker tried to steal sex doll from dead man's home for ‘evidentiary purposes' (lawandcrime.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Man with suspended license astonishes judge by joining court Zoom call while driving (www.fox13news.com)

submitted 9 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Ambulance collides with moose while responding to another moose collision (globalnews.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Postal worker caught racing Mustang in USPS van, hitting 105 mph in a 60 mph zone - Inshort (inshort.geartape.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record (apnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Indiana judge rules tacos and burritos are, in fact, sandwiches (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Thai Official Suspended After Husband Catches Her In Bed With Adopted Monk Son (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

submitted 10 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Archive/mirror: https://archive.ph/P1QWp

spoiler

What are you doing step monk

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Inside the surreal world of $20,000 pet portraits (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Punk rock band Trophy Eyes fan left paralyzed after singer jumped on her at concert (www.independent.co.uk)

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Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies aged 62 (www.bbc.com)

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Mexican senator sacrifices rooster to Aztec rain god (in-cyprus.philenews.com)

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Firefox user loses 7,470 opened tabs saved over two years after they can’t restore browsing session (www.tomshardware.com)

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Alpaca Sex Is Even Weirder Than You Think (gizmodo.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Scarborough woman wants answers after being told she is dead (www.bbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Stowaway cat accidentally mailed to California in returned package (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Man nabbed for posing as Singapore Airlines pilot at Delhi airport (tnp.straitstimes.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day (soranews24.com)

submitted 10 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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

I guess their documents are in the cloud now...

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Meet Philly’s 24/7 cheese vending machine (www.inquirer.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Hospital staff plead with bite victims to stop bringing snakes to emergency departments (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 11 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Runaway circus elephant stops traffic in Montana (www.bbc.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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Viola, the elephant, was startled by the sound of a nearby car and ran away while having a bath.

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Wild goose chase gets happy ending after birds stolen from Texas park found (www.mysanantonio.com)

submitted 11 months ago by TheWaterGod to c/offbeat

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Florida gay adult film star, Proud Boy, Trump supporter sentenced over January 6 insurrection (www.advocate.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/offbeat

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