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The city landscape across America reveals a startling fact: in many places, there’s more room for cars than for people. From Seattle to Des Moines, the concrete sprawl of these lots often surpasses the space set aside for housing. This phenomenon isn’t just an urban planner’s nightmare;...
Before they were famous, some of the biggest celebrities in the world were working odd jobs to make ends meet, just hustling and scraping by like anybody else. This list runs through celebs who found employment in strange and surprising places prior to landing their dream jobs. Do you work ...
News.Sky.com – Wild boar discover and snort £17,000 of cocaine in Tuscan forest May 23, 2023Episode #260 – Memory Refund and Royal Dong Lawn Episode #260 begins with Matt and Louie hanging out in Burien, WA and recording the episode in a meeting room at the library! This week t...
And finally from America, a note of caution. It's all very well holding out for as much compensation as you can get, but you've got to know when you've pushed it too far! On Massachusetts Avenue in Washington D.C there stood a house belonging to Austin L.Spriggs. In 1980 when he...
Another incident where I might have seen the past or the future in the present. I arrived to go fishing at the Merriland River and found three cars parked at the river. I hoped that whoever was fishing was not at some of my favorite places. I figured that there were at least three ...
is the abbreviated name of a German-born American typesetter who has held the record for the longest personal name ever used. Hubert's name is made up from 27 names, including a 666-letter surname. 100 year film 1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning A mass poisoning in 1951, in the ...
Ever heard of Barnesville, Minnesota? Me neither but it’s supposed to be one of the best spud-producing places in the US and the town showcases its appreciation of the root vegetable by hosting an entire weekend of smashing good potato-orientated games. Think potato picking contests, mashed...
8. We will plan vacations in places where oak trees grow. 9. You will spin a blade of grass between your fingertips, and tell me your secrets. 10. I will compare my feelings to the ocean. 11. My lungs didn’t hurt this much, the last time I held my breath under the water. ...
Sticky Bombs: This insect's eggs are sticky, so it can lay them on the side of or even upside-down on a host's body. The eggs are "glued" on in places where most hosts can't reach them. Kids Come First: An adult screw-worm fly is so intent on breeding that it doesn't even...