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

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

34 comments fedilink

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

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

4 comments fedilink

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

11 comments fedilink

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

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

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

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

7 comments fedilink

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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

23 comments fedilink

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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

8 comments fedilink

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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

46 comments fedilink

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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

19 comments fedilink

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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

6 comments fedilink

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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

5 comments fedilink

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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

8 comments fedilink

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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

2 comments fedilink

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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

45 comments fedilink

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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

10 comments fedilink

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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

12 comments fedilink

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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

9 comments fedilink

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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

0 comments fedilink

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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

13 comments fedilink

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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

1 comments fedilink

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

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

2 comments fedilink

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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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

12 comments fedilink

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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

4 comments fedilink

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

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