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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

'Street Pong' peps up traffic light wait

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'Street Pong' peps up traffic light wait
Gamification has literally hit the streets in Hildesheim, where pedestrians at a busy crossing on Tuesday passed the time playing a classic arcade game with opponents across the road.
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Firefighters called after girl gets arm stuck in a letterbox
We all know alcohol can give you an unrealistic estimation of your own abilities.
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Endangered Frogs Blended Into Juice For Dubious Healing Powers
Suffering from stress? Not feeling sexy? High in the Andean mountains, some locals believe putting frogs in a blender is the answer.
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Fine for man who taxied plane down Newman street and stopped at pub
A 37-year-old man who taxied his light plane down the main street in the WA Pilbara town of Newman and parked it at a pub has been fined.
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Man decapitated by lorry in front of bystanders after leaning out into the road
A pedestrian has been decapitated after being hit by a lorry in a freak road accident.
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Dog Sneaks Onto Ambulance To Accompany Owner To Hospital
Without the drivers knowing, a dog hitched a ride on the outside of an ambulance to accompany his owner to a hospital in Texas.
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Woman slept next to mother's body for 5 years
Munich police found the body of a woman in a flat on Thursday after her daughter failed to report her death for five years.
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Police arrest landlord for naked showings
A man in Oberhausen has been arrested after inviting people over to his house as prospective tenants and welcoming them in his birthday suit.
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Swedish pensioner hides 111 bikes in flat
A man in his seventies has been arrested after police found dozens of bikes in his apartment in Vadstena in central Sweden.
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Math Teacher Pulled Knife on Student
A New Mexico middle school teacher is facing charges that allege he threatened a student with a knife for talking during a pop quiz, police said Monday.
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Woman wears colander for driver's license photo
A Utah woman says she encountered only brief resistance when she recently had her driver's license photo taken while wearing a colander on her head as a religious statement.
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Saudi groom divorces wife after seeing her face for first time at wedding
A Saudi groom has reportedly divorced his bride on their wedding night after she removed her veil and he saw her face for the first time.
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If we don’t stop eating so much chocolate we will run out by 2020
There’s a simple solution to the chocolate crisis: stop eating so much of it, fatties.
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Secret operation to exhume Chopin's heart
As Frederic Chopin gasped for air on his deathbed in Paris in 1849, he whispered a request that became the stuff of musical legend: Remove my heart after I die and entomb it in Poland. ...
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‘Goat’ woman sues Peppa Pig
A woman who shares the same name as a character from Peppa Pig is suing the children’s TV show.
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Elephant tramples Thai handler to death, flees with 2 Russian tourists
An elephant trampled its handler to death and ran off with two Russian tourists -- a mother and her 9-year-old daughter -- who were riding it during a trek in southern Thailand, police said Monday.
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