WEIRD IS THE WORLD: NASA snaps 3km deep hole in moon

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NASA photographs detailed images of Aristarchus Crater on the moon
A NASA orbiter has returned close-up pictures of a crater on the moon that's twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.
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Santa concerns led to deadly Conn. fire
Smoldering embers blamed for a Christmas morning house fire that killed three girls and their grandparents had been taken out of a fireplace so the children would not worry about Santa Claus coming down the chimney.
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Cat Survives Two Euthanasia Attempts at Utah Shelter
A stray cat that survived two trips to a Utah animal shelter's gas chamber now has a new home.
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Mountain Dew can turn mouse into jelly: Pepsi; soft drink giant declares gross fact amid lawsuit
Man says company destroyed disgusting evidence of a tainted can of soda
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The Original General Lee to Jump the Auction Block
The original “General Lee” from “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV series is set to cross the block at the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction in Scottsdale, which starts on Jan 17th.
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Injured Florida Man, Allegedly Steals Ambulance To Go To Hospital
It was an emergency.
That excuse might sometimes get you out of a speeding ticket, but Hubert Lee Credit couldn't justify allegedly stealing an ambulance to drive himself to the hospital, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
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N.C. man arrested for stealing and pawning 1996 Olympic torch
Asheville police have arrested a 43-year-old man who allegedly stole a torch used in the Atlanta Olympics and sold it at a pawn shop for $200.
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Loch Ness Monster's Home Not on the Level
Just as the bubble in a carpenter's level moves back and forth depending on the surface it rests upon, Scotland's Loch Ness tilts back and forth according to the movement of the ground beneath it caused by the tides on the nearby North Sea.
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Baby recreates classic movie scenes
A six-month-old baby who poses with props to recreate classic movie scenes has become an internet sensation.
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Swiss message in bottle found in Africa after 30 years
A 48-year-old Swiss was astonished to receive a letter this Christmas from South Africa in reply to a message in a bottle he first set adrift on the river Rhine 30 years ago.
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Cops In MA Sent To Retrieve Overdue Library Books From 5-Year-Old
The chief of police in Charlton, Massachusetts sent a uniformed police officer to pay a visit to a home and demand the return of two overdue library books.
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Impossible crystals are 'from space'
Examples of a crystal previously thought to be impossible in Nature may be from space, a study shows.
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Life-size replica of E.T. washes up
A stolen life-size replica of E.T. has come home - after a coastguard search for a 'body' washed up with the tide turned out to be the model alien.
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Human remains found on Queen Elizabeth's holiday retreat, Sandringham estate
British police say they've found human remains on the Sandringham estate, a vast area in rural Norfolk where the royal family holidays.
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Drag queen tampon ad 'transphobic' claim
Tampon maker Libra has been branded "outrageously transphobic" over its new ad implying transgender people are not real women because they don't menstruate.
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Deep-Voiced Men Don't Have 'Macho' Sperm
A low-pitched voice in a man is associated with a litany of masculine traits: dominance, strength, greater physical size, more attractiveness to women, and so on. But new research strikes one trait off that list: virility.
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Golf cart driver caught 3 times over limit, tries to run away from police
A man driving a golf cart tried to run away from police after getting caught almost three times over the legal blood alcohol limit.
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Partygoers bear sprayed just before new year
Just as they were getting ready to ring in the new year, some guests at a house party in Portage la Prairie were hit with bear spray shortly before midnight Saturday.
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