15 Of The Strangest Things Happening In The World Right Now

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15 Of The Strangest Things Happening In The World Right Now

A certain gentleman in a remote region of the South Pacific Ocean was once seated at his table one afternoon when an old acquaintance called on him. The visitor soon found that he could not talk of ordinary things; and, as he sat there talking to himself, his friend grew alarmed and inquired what was amiss.

"Why," said he, "you don't know what a strange thing I have seen today — something which no human mind ever saw before. I was just thinking about it — thinking of how I never should be able to tell any one, or explain what I saw. And so — but — "

"Can you at least tell me in broad terms what it was?"

"I — yes — I saw a woman, wreathed in blinding light, and she opened her mouth and, and I expected her to utter a deep truth mortal minds could only dimly glimpse — but she just spoke about fifteen strange things that happened, here, she said — "

Manatees better stop dying if they want to live.

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Wesh 

Jack Schitt is honored in Vancouver.

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CTV News 

Just another average day in an American public school.

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NPR 

A man goes to the police to complain about being sold fake weed.

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Jakarta Post 

A lawmaker claimed kids can identify as cats and use litter boxes at school.

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AP News 

A criminal asked his victim to pinky promise not to tell the cops.

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WKBN 

Canada’s maple syrup bandit will finally receive sweet justice.

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CTV News 

Woman steals car to get to court hearing for stealing a car.

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KRON4 

One man chose smoking and drinking over his family, and living in a house.

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Gulf Today 

Death by stabbing yourself 20 times, we’ve seen it all before.

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Inquirer 

Michael Bay promised Speilberg he would stop making “Transformers.”

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Indiewire 

A make-shift pickleball court lands one man with a felony.

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The Denver Channel 

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NBC 

The Aussie PM told renters to just “buy a house.”

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NCA NewsWire 

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