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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 1 year ago by MDKAOD@lemmy.ml to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Archive/mirror: https://archive.ph/vEV2z

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

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Archive/mirror: https://archive.ph/5dJlk

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

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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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 1 year ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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

submitted 1 year ago by can@sh.itjust.works to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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

submitted 1 year ago by Menu@slrpnk.net to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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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)

submitted 1 year ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Archive/mirror: https://archive.ph/1pl5L

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

submitted 1 year ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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

submitted 1 year ago by BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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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 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Archive/mirror: https://archive.ph/lEZn5

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

submitted 1 year ago by ptz@dubvee.org to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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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 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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

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

submitted 1 year ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Chechnya bans dance music that is either too fast or too slow (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/11449035

Chechnya bans dance music that is either too fast or too slow

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Polish Priest Jailed for Throwing Wild Orgy Where Male Prostitute Collapsed After Overdosing on Erectile Dysfunction Pills (www.ibtimes.sg)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Archive: https://archive.ph/DWB55

NOTE: The original title of the article says "...Where Male Prostitute Died After Overdosing..." but the article itself mentions that he only collapsed, hence the difference between the post title and the article title.

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‘Mostly felt like a speed bump’: US man on getting vasectomy amid earthquake (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Truck crash hurls 77,000 ‘threatened’ salmon into wrong creek (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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Man Arrested For Firing A Gun In Downtown Nashville To Celebrate Divorcing His Wife (www.whiskeyriff.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca