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Disney officials have learned the hard way not to mess with Texas.  After all, if a sharp-eyed Texas schoolgirl can catch a grammar mistake while riding on a roller coaster, there’s no telling what those people are capable of!  While riding on the Primeval Whirl at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom, fourth-grader Hannah Estes noticed […]

You’re supposed to put de lime in de coconut and shake it all up, not put de coconut oil in de truck and spill it all over the road.  However, that’s what happened in southern Sacramento, California overnight.   Police say about 1:30 AM, a semi-trailer carrying 7,000 gallons of coconut oil overturned on Florin […]

Electron Boy isn’t the only costumed hero busy effortlessly saving the world, as one would-be shoplifter found out.  International Free Comic Day, held the first Saturday in May to honor comic books, their fans, and their creators, is also not the best time to get sticky fingers.  At Adelaide, Australia’s Adelaide Comics Centre, Michael Baulderstone […]

A horse is a horse, of course, of course.  Unless of course that horse is Great Britain’s first animal ambulance!  Chase, a seven-year-old horse owned by Mark Bennett, has become the first medical horse to join the West Midlands Ambulance Service Community as a first responder thanks to his new job ferrying medical personnel like […]

Another great voice is gone.  Ernie Harwell, recipient of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s highest honor for an announcer, has passed away.  For the better part of 54 years, Ernie Harwell was in the baseball business.  Most of his time was spent as the iconic voice of the Detroit Tigers.  While the franchise itself might […]

When Christina Gamble fell and hurt her back in 2007, she told her doctor that the resulting injuries made it difficult for her to change positions or stand for long periods of time.  Of course, none of the mentions anything about taking off her clothes, so while the 43-year-old Ms. Gamble drew $22,000 in worker’s […]

One minute, you’re chanting “Fear the deer!” with 30 other patrons in a bar outside Milwaukee.  It’s game seven of the NBA playoffs, and your beloved Milwaukee Bucks are squaring off with the Atlanta Hawks.  Then, all of a sudden, you’re given new reason to fear the deer as a pair of actual bucks come […]

It’s quite an achievement to live to be 90 years old these days.  It’s quite another thing to be a 90-year-old woman who has decided to do everything she’s always wanted to do.  Hasselteen Rumbo is no ordinary great-grandmother.  Despite being 90 and living in the Independence Manor Care Center (a senior facility), Hasselteen is […]

Ten years ago, German postal worker Uwe Mitzscherlich bought Cecilia.  At the time, Cecilia was already five years old and needed a home, and Uwe needed a companion.  It was love at first sight, says Uwe, who says of his relationship with Cecilia, “Cecilia has such a trusting character.  We constantly smooch and she has […]