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[Nathan R. Jessep]

Neighbors say they’ve solved the case of mystery macaroni dumped in NJ woods

"More than 500 pounds" of uncooked pasta were discovered in the woods of Old Bridge, New Jersey in a bizarre "carb unloading" incident.

www.today.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Why Champagne bubbles fizz straight up

A new discovery explains why bubbles in Champagne go up in a straight line, but bubbles in other carbonated drinks, like beer or soda, don't.

www.futurity.org

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Sensor turns almost anything into a touch screen

A new system "will enable you to treat, for example, the whole surface of your body like an interactive surface," says Yasha Iravantchi.

www.futurity.org

 

[Bracie Smathers]

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[Phil Elliott]

Why Champagne bubbles fizz straight up

A new discovery explains why bubbles in Champagne go up in a straight line, but bubbles in other carbonated drinks, like beer or soda, don't.

www.futurity.org

Also some champagne glasses will have the bottom of the glass etched to have the bubbles form at the bottom center of the glass and form a bubble line in the center.

 

[fatness]

German police say a 51-year-old man who was left tied up in the woods when a sex game went awry had a lucky escape after a cyclist and a hunter heard his screams for help. Police said the man was discovered fully dressed but firmly bound with ropes and a pantyhose over his head atop a deer-hunting platform near the town of Bueckburg late Wednesday.

https://www.krqe.com/news/weird/germany-man-rescued-from-woods-after-sex-game-goes-awry
What he may possibly look like.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Neighbors say they’ve solved the case of mystery macaroni dumped in NJ woods

"More than 500 pounds" of uncooked pasta were discovered in the woods of Old Bridge, New Jersey in a bizarre "carb unloading" incident.

www.today.com

In my early years as a journalist in NJ, I covered Old Bridge. This tracks.

When I was on the beat, there was a guy who kept hundreds of birds in his apartment and they completely destroyed it. It wasn’t an old or mentally ill person like you might expect — the guy worked in finance in NYC. He said he just let the situation get away from him. The birds were taken to exotic animal stores and rescues and the apartment had to be completely reconstructed on the inside, for which the dude compensated the landlord.

 

[massraider]

German police say a 51-year-old man who was left tied up in the woods when a sex game went awry had a lucky escape after a cyclist and a hunter heard his screams for help. Police said the man was discovered fully dressed but firmly bound with ropes and a pantyhose over his head atop a deer-hunting platform near the town of Bueckburg late Wednesday.

https://www.krqe.com/news/weird/germany-man-rescued-from-woods-after-sex-game-goes-awry
What he may possibly look like.

Adam Carolla used to play a game called Germany or Florida.

His news person would read the details of some effed up news story from Germany or Florida, and Adam had to guess which country

 

[fatness]

Man drilled hole in his own skull to stay constantly high

"Joe Mellen, former member of the Swinging Sixties acid revolution, devised a plan to ensure that he could be indefinitely tripping through an archaic process known as trepanation. As daunting as it sounds, Mellen attempted the procedure not once, not twice but a stomach-churning three times"

 

[fatness]

"Brunner graduated Sunday with a mechanical engineering degree, according to UD officials.

Dayton police and medics were dispatched just after 7 p.m. to the 300 block of Irving Avenue on reports of a man trapped under a vehicle, according to the Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center. A jack apparently collapsed, police said, and the man later identified as Brunner was found dead at the scene."

https://www.daytondailynews.com/loc...-of-him-in-dayton/4TZ7D5SMJJCAHFAYPAPBZK7XYE/

 

[IvanKaramazov]

That trial balloon went up like a lead balloon

I wonder if journalists ever get tired of being treated like mouthpieces for state media.

 

[fatness]

French police intervene in neighbours’ frog row
Gendarmes turn up at home of 92-year-old woman after receiving complaint about amphibian guests in her garden

Ferry seems mostly amused by the fuss and is looking forward to even more entertainment when the gendarmerie sends someone round to remove the frogs. “That’ll be fun … they jump,” she said.

 

[fatness]

Protester who threw eggs at King detained at Coronation 'on suspicion of carrying eggs'

 

[fatness]

This is a real headline.

Mukilteo police seek suspect in case of stolen toilet go-kart​

You gotta ask yourself, why would anybody steal this thing? But for some reason, somebody just had to have a go-kart with a toilet mounted on top. It was parked in front of a local plumbing business in Mukilteo until Saturday – when it was ripped off. J.D. Stollwerck, the owner of Stollwerck Plumbing & Sewer, says he spent $2,000 building the potty-kart to ride in local parades and use as a promotional item in front of his business. Stollwerck told The Daily Herald in Everett that somebody took it over the weekend and he wants it back.

It was previously used as a parade float.
Picture.

 

[fatness]

Police officers responding to cries for help found a goat.

The farmer told Sneed and Storey that the goat was upset because he had been separated from one of his friends.

 

[fatness]

A town in Switzerland has been ordered to evacuate since a huge exposed rock face is about to come down in the town's general direction.

The land underneath the town and the rock face is all sliding downhill. The town is moving downhill at 1.5 meters/year. The rock face is moving downhill at about 7-8 meters/year. So more rocks have been falling off the rock face.

Here's a video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-oVXYkBwgw
Here it is on Google maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/B...937c!8m2!3d46.66741!4d9.59336!16zL20vMGt3Nmpf

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Police officers responding to cries for help found a goat.

The farmer told Sneed and Storey that the goat was upset because he had been separated from one of his friends.

That's too baaad.

 

[fatness]

Police conducted a traffic stop and the driver/suspect fled in his vehicle, and then got out and ran. Police lost track of his exact location so they went into a field of cows looking for him. The cows led them straight to the driver/suspect.

"Obviously, we want to express our gratitude to the cows for their assistance," the post went on. "This opens up all kinds of questions as to the bovines' role in crime fighting." In response to the successful assist, the department proposed introducing a new "Bovine Tracking Unit." They thoughtfully pointed out that they would have to consider a variety of factors, including "how adaptable are cows to a variety of police work."

I'm glad the cows didn't take things into their own hands.

 

[fatness]

Beautiful Males Have Smaller Balls, A Study Suggests

Whether you’re a capuchin looking for copulation or a man in need of a mate, you’re going to have to be pretty sexy if you want to get noticed – and that comes at a price: according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, primates with more attractive features tend to have smaller testicles.

By way of explanation, the researchers suggest that individuals who are able to out-compete their rivals due to their physical attractiveness don’t need to invest as heavily in the production of sperm. On the other hand, uglier primates are likely to get fewer opportunities to mate, which means they have to be ready to release a large of number of sperm in order to increase the chances of fertilization. As a result, they have to invest more in the development of large testicles.

 

[fatness]

Don't argue with seals.

 

[fatness]

This will anger somebody, though it seems like a sensible idea.

City Tests Traffic Light That Only Turns Green for Drivers Who Obey the Speed Limit​

If you're doing the speed limit or below the light is green. If you're exceeding the speed limit the light is red for awhile and you have to stop.

It’s designed to stay red until it senses a coming car, only changing green if the car is going the speed limit. FRED forces fast drivers to stop

 

[fatness]

There's no place like jail *click click click*
There's no place like jail *click click click*
There's no place like jail *click click click*

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

"Extremely rare" bright rainbow sea slug found in U.K. rock pool

The "technicolour" sea creature is usually found in the warmer waters of Spain and Portugal, but sea temperatures around the U.K. have been on the rise.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Michigan boy, 13, saves sister by hitting potential kidnapper with slingshot

Boy’s eight-year-old sister was hunting for mushrooms in her back yard in a rural area when she was attacked

www.theguardian.com

 

[fatness]

Vladimir Putin's palace on the Black Sea, complete with plans showing the escape tunnels underneath it.

Very long article on it by Navalny. You'll have to use Google Translate or something similar on it.

Business Insider article with photos showing the tunnel exits.

 

[fatness]

How do you think this car ended up here?

 

[fatness]

Researcher of 17th and 18th century Quaker names published the most interesting ones.
https://twitter.com/IsabellaRosner/status/1658554043927601152

I'm dying to meet Isabel Buttery.

 

[Keerock]

Beautiful Males Have Smaller Balls, A Study Suggests

Whether you’re a capuchin looking for copulation or a man in need of a mate, you’re going to have to be pretty sexy if you want to get noticed – and that comes at a price: according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, primates with more attractive features tend to have smaller testicles.

By way of explanation, the researchers suggest that individuals who are able to out-compete their rivals due to their physical attractiveness don’t need to invest as heavily in the production of sperm. On the other hand, uglier primates are likely to get fewer opportunities to mate, which means they have to be ready to release a large of number of sperm in order to increase the chances of fertilization. As a result, they have to invest more in the development of large testicles.

And all along I thought I was unattractive…

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Beautiful Males Have Smaller Balls, A Study Suggests

Whether you’re a capuchin looking for copulation or a man in need of a mate, you’re going to have to be pretty sexy if you want to get noticed – and that comes at a price: according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, primates with more attractive features tend to have smaller testicles.

By way of explanation, the researchers suggest that individuals who are able to out-compete their rivals due to their physical attractiveness don’t need to invest as heavily in the production of sperm. On the other hand, uglier primates are likely to get fewer opportunities to mate, which means they have to be ready to release a large of number of sperm in order to increase the chances of fertilization. As a result, they have to invest more in the development of large testicles.

I’m really ugly.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Runaway cow gets on I-75. Takes about a minute to merge with traffic.

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m.youtube.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Elusive 12-foot 4-inch great white shark Ironbound found swimming off South Carolina shore

Ironbound, a great white shark, was pinged in waters off of the Charleston, South Carolina shore, stretching south to Hilton Head, researchers said.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Alligator eats man’s arm during attack in Port Charlotte, victim survives to tell his story

An alligator attacked a man in Port Charlotte early Sunday morning, tearing off the man’s arm.

nbc-2.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Yes, Your Water Can Go Bad

Whether from tap, a pitcher, or a bottle, there's definitely a point when you shouldn’t drink that water.

lifehacker.com

 

[fatness]

“We were descending into the airport, and then all of a sudden we were ascending from the airport,” Treacy said. “The pilot comes on and says we’re going to have to do a fly around, there’s a bear on the runway.”

 

[fatness]

Women in Thailand are praying to a 4-foot tall, anatomically accurate golden vagina sculpture. Locals flock to it to pray for luck, fertility, and romance.​

No word on what the men are praying for.

 

[Phil Elliott]

Lahaina Noon" occurred at 12:22 pm today in Honolulu. In May and July, the sun passes directly over head. Objects like flag poles cast no shadow.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why?

Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.

www.livescience.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

This Man-Made “Cloud” Could Offer Endless Clean Electricity

A new prototype compatible with a wide range of materials could grab a continuous supply of renewable energy from the air.

www.inverse.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

https://www.engadget.com/japan-will-try-to-beam-solar-power-from-space-by-2025-214338244.html

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Missouri Police Warn Citizens Not to Wrestle Bear

If there's any of you left, you could wind up in jail

www.riverfronttimes.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

The U.S. Is Giving Away Lighthouses for Free

While they are no longer a navigational necessity, the guiding lights have histories worth preserving

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Alleged former Russian spy whale spotted off Sweden's coast

Hvaldimir the beluga whale was first found off Norway's coast in 2019 wearing a Russian harness.

www.bbc.com

 

[massraider]

Alleged former Russian spy whale spotted off Sweden's coast

Hvaldimir the beluga whale was first found off Norway's coast in 2019 wearing a Russian harness.

www.bbc.com

Behold, the most competent man in the service

 

[Bracie Smathers]

George Shaw
@gshizzy
for some context, a massive shout out to the woman who FaceTimed her dog throughout the performance of Born To Run last night. An icon.
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Woof Springsteen

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LINK to photo

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

World record fish caught in Italian river after a 43-minute struggle

Alessandro Biancardi managed to hook the record-breaking catch after just a few casts, but was 'sent into a panic' after he realised he was facing the biggest fish of his 23-year career completely alone.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why?

Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.

www.livescience.com

Update:

Orcas rip rudder off boat and follow it all the way to port, in 1st known attack of its kind

Previous reported interactions between orcas and sailboats followed a clear pattern, with the animals losing interest and swimming away once they had broken the rudder.

www.livescience.com

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Update on Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos:

Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippo’ population is even bigger than scientists thought

The most comprehensive census yet reveals that there could be twice as many of the invasive animals than previous estimates indicated.

www.nature.com

 

[Juxtatarot]

Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why?

Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.

www.livescience.com

Update:

Orcas rip rudder off boat and follow it all the way to port, in 1st known attack of its kind

Previous reported interactions between orcas and sailboats followed a clear pattern, with the animals losing interest and swimming away once they had broken the rudder.

www.livescience.com

I saw this story the other day. I know I should be on the human side of this but I’ll admit we had it coming.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Monkey Business: This Baboon Was Paid in Beer to Operate a South African Railway

For nine years, Jack the Baboon operated a South African railways' switchboard, receiving 20 cents per day and half a bottle of beer per week.

vinepair.com

 

[Bracie Smathers]

This Man Comes Face to Face With a New Hybrid Species: They Call it the Pizzly

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Why does this terrifying story of a hybrid grizzly/polar bear remind me of these where bears evolve and adapt:
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