Quirks
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War of the Worlds: The Original Fake News October Surprise — Mickey Z.
Still image from the 2005 version of War of the Worlds (credit unknown) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 29, 2020 26 percent of Americans believe the sun revolves around the earth. *** October 3 ...
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Virginia Beach, the Iranian Air Force, and the Sound of Freedom — Mickey Z.
Vintage postcard (public domain) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 26, 2020 Many, many years ago, me and three friends drove to Virginia Beach for a week-long getaway. Upon arriving, we stopped a ...
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That Time I Gave a Lecture at Yale University — Mickey Z.
The Yale mascot celebrates a Bulldogs’ victory during the 2016 NCAA tournament. (Photo: Catherine Avalone/Hearst Connecticut Media) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 19, 2020 “Every child is an a ...
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Cabs and Cab-Nots | Mickey Z.
Still photo of Robert DeNiro on the set of “Taxi Driver” (credit unknown) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 4, 2020 Until recently, yellow cabs were a major part of the NYC experience. Thanks to ...
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Emergency Bras (Adam Hunger)
(Editor's note: World News Trust first linked to this Reuters photo nearly 10 years ago. -Francis Goodwin) Oct. 16, 2010 (Reuters) -- Dr. Elena Bodnar holds up one of her "Emergency Bras," as John Du ...
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Self-Mummified Monk Discovered Inside Buddha Statue | Krisztina Than
A gold statue of Buddha housed at Hungary's Natural History Museum has been discovered to contain the mummified body of an ancient Chinese monk. PHOTO CREDIT: Courtesy Drents Museum March 6, 2015 (Re ...
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Only in Iceland: beer flavoured with smoked whale testicles | CBC Radio
Stedji brewery's new flavour: whale testicle. (Stedji/Wikipedia) Jan. 12, 2015 (CBC Radio) -- It's the latest craft beer from Iceland, brewed in small batches using pure spring water. Oh, and flavour ...
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Deer Fights Back Against Hunter Who Shot Her | Hilary Hanson
More feisty than she looks (Huffington Post)Jan. 5, 2015 (Huffington Post) -- A Wisconsin bow hunter had the tables turned on him when a deer he shot with an arrow fought back and sent him to the hos ...
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Subway Inn to Close After 77 Years in Midtown Manhattan | Jonathan LaMantia
Photographer: Roger Gaess/Getty Images Jul 25, 2014 (Bloomberg) -- Subway Inn, the New York City institution that clung to its dive-bar roots even as its Upper East Side neighborhood sprouted steel-a ...
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Viking calendar predicts the world will end Saturday | Elizabeth Weise
The Norse god Heimdalir blows the mythical Gjallerhorn to warn that Ragnarok, the Twilight of the Gods and the end of the world, is coming.(Photo: Jorvik Viking Festival) Feb. 20, 2014 (USA Today) -- ...
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Kung fu nuns teach cosmic energy to CERN scientists | Robert Evans
Buddhist nuns practise Kung-fu at the Amitabha Drukpa Nunnery on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 26, 2012. The sisters of the Amitabha Drukpa Nunnery -- aged from nine to 52 -- come from across N ...
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