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They are awfully fond of it.

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Ok, so how many of us have broken this record but didn't want the world to know?

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Proposed design for new train station leaked, plans to build during first period of 2024.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/13733540

Dorset police instructor removed female trainees’ earrings with bolt cutters, hearing told

PC Martin Briggs’ alleged treatment on day of fitness test left one woman bleeding from her ears

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Mid5o

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Easy mistake to make

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Carjacking on a different level

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Free prize!

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IACS out for Momo

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Transport for NSW quipped the horse was "returned to his residence in a stable condition. No one involved in the incident is intending to take any further action as the individual was only horsing around."

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  • Chechnya officials have banned music deemed too fast or slow, restricting compositions to a tempo of 80-116 BPM.
  • Minister of Culture Musa Dadayev announced the decision at a meeting, as reported by TASS.
  • The ban affects all musical, vocal, and choreographic compositions in the Russian Republic of Chechnya.

Chechnya is a republic of Russia since losing the Second Chechen War but this means that the Russian national anthem, at just 76 BPM, is also banned.

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This is about as NSFW as we'll get here in Weird News. Enjoy.

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Go to all that work and then get found out by using shitty spray paint.

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"HAHAHAHAAHAHAAHA no really don't" - Florida Sheriff

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Emily Deschanel seen glancing around furtively.

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