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A dockside owl rescue turned into a successful wildlife handoff after several young barn owls were found nesting in a loft above the water. As they neared the age to leave the nest, there was concern they could fall into the water during their first attempts at flight and drown. — Read the rest
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In 1996, beverage maker Clearly Canadian introduced Orbitz, a clear soft drink filled with brightly colored edible spheres suspended throughout the bottle. The unusual appearance made it look more like a science experiment than a soda, and the company leaned into the comparison by marketing it as a drinkable lava lamp. — Read the rest
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A concrete playground slide in Bucharest, Romania, looks more like a piece of brutalist architecture than a place for children to play. Built in the late 1950s or 1960s in the Floreasca area, the towering structure has become an internet curiosity because of its unusual scale, sharp angles, and all-concrete design. — Read the rest
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icanhascheezburger_feedIt seems like sometimes cats forget they are mammals, which mostly walk on four. Sure, you might know more than one insanely weird cat in your life, but for the most part - cats are just chill. Until they are not. And that's where their absolutely unhinged behaviors enter the chat. Cats can get very weird, very fast - and every cat pawrent with at least one cat knows exactly what we're talking about.
Every cat is a strange little creature in their own right, but some of their weird behaviors are shared across the board. Even the calmest of cats will get the 4 AM zoomies, you know? But zoomies are not where the collective cat weirdness ends. A lot of cats, for example, like to be held upside down. Most don't, but the ones who do probably share exactly one brain cell. Other cats, for another example, climb on the most unclimbable furniture. Just ask the nearest cat parent what the highest place they've ever found their cat in is - you'll get "above the curtain", "on top of the bathroom heater", or "literally in the ceiling", most likely.
And some cats just stand there. Not as in "standing doing nothing, staring at a blank wall" (although some cats do tend to do that), but as in "standing on their own two feet", even if they're technically paws. They just… stand there. For various cat reasons, we assume. Check the hilarious evidence for yourself. We think these will be some of the tallest cats you'll see, even if it's just a hind leg illusion.
icanhascheezburger_feedThe internet is full of Cat Distribution System adoption stories - these cats who suddenly appear in a person's life, and the cat-to-human match seems so unbelievably purrfect it's hard not to think it was made deliberately. That's where the constant stream of CDS theories comes in, because… who are they? What are they? Is it a "they" at all? Who or what is this entity, body, or institution that constantly matches the cat in need to the right person who will give them a forever home, and does it all in an emotional twist?
To be honest, despite being the almighty I Can Has Cheezburger, we have no clue. The CDS is a mystery to us just as it is to any other cat person, even if we are the online cat content pillar of the internet. Our guess is that it doesn't matter how much of a cat person you are, the Cat Distribution System will remain a secret for you forever. But we also think that this is their secret to success. It makes every cat adoption very special. And we prefer a unique happy ending for cats over our curiosity to know what stands behind it.
So with this in mind, we are once again stunned by another ameowzing cat adoption story, this time by Kelly Eden on Facebook - she found an abandoned kitten who looks just like her childhood cat. Some might call it destiny, others call it fate, and some other people will say it was written in the stars. But we, cat people, know it's the intricate work of the Cat Distribution System, that knew (somehow) to send this cat right to the arms of the person who will for sure take them in. Was this a coincidence? Maybe. But was it meowgical? Absolutely.
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Psyllium husk has been rebranded by the internet as "nature's Ozempic," which is unfair to nature, Ozempic, and this extremely beige powder that mostly wants you to drink more water.
The evidence is decent for digestion and modest for cholesterol and blood sugar. — Read the rest
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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo spent 35 years in the United States, raised three sons, built houses, built his own home, and was shot by ICE before work.
His son Ronaldo said he did not learn about his father's final moments from the hospital or law enforcement. — Read the rest
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Just when we thought we were safe, Max Fosh returned. The only good YouTube prankster on the Internet (a title I have no authority to bestow) has made a career out of taking the most absurd ideas possible and making them a reality. — Read the rest
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Denis Villenueve's first two Dune (or DUNC depending on how badly you misread the poster) movies, with love to David Lynch, have been by far the best adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel. Evidently, Villeneuve has taken a little time before the next Bond film to hammer out a third Dune, this time adapting the original novel's sequel Dune Messiah and serving as a neat endpoint to his trilogy. — Read the rest
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Nothing says happy holidays like a new Robert Eggers film cast with his growing merry band of weirdos. With this in mind, it's gonna be a Christmas to remember as my favorite cinematic discomfort aficionado returns to theaters this December with Werwulf: a dread-filled imagining of a creature that has haunted the woods and dreams of European culture for hundreds if not thousands of years. — Read the rest
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As has been discussed to death both here and on the Internet at large, Fallout: New Vegas is one of the best RPGs ever made. Although it started life as a contracted-out amuse-bouche to keep Fallout fans happy while Bethesda was all hands on deck with Skyrim, Obsidian — an RPG studio formed from the same ex-Black Isle devs who created the series to begin with — knocked it out of the park nonetheless. — Read the rest
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Tale of Two Wastelands might just be the best Fallout mod of all time, and it's pretty inarguably the most influential. On its surface, the idea is simple: Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas both use the same iteration of the same engine, so why not combine them together into a single megagame you can play for 200 hours? — Read the rest
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snopes_feedsnopes_feedicanhascheezburger_feedA lot of cat owners could probably relate, but my worst fear right now, as I'm looking at my precious 11-year-old senior cat napping in the spare desk chair beside me as I'm typing this, is having her cross the rainbow bridge. And I know, logically, that 11 is not that old for a cat, that she might have many, many more happy and healthy years in front of her, but… Anytime would be too soon. Tomorrow will be too soon. Ten years from now would be too soon. She's my soul cat. My family. And I can't imagine anything filling the hole in my heart that she'll leave behind. But stories like today's, and like many others shared on r/CatDistributionSystem, give me a little bit of hope.
I want to continue helping cats forever. And right now, it's easy. Right now, with my soul cat beside me, I have no problem making room in my heart for a foster or a hungry stray cat. But when she'll be gone… how do you do it? I guess like this. I would like to believe that if I found a cat that needs help after she's gone, I'll have the ability to take them in and help them. I hope the desire to help, the happiness of helping a kitty in need, will be greater than the pain of the memory of losing my girl. It's hard to think about now, and I refuse to put cat-related negativity out into the universe, so I'll just say this: thank you to the people who already do what I would like to one day be able to do. Thank you.
snopes_feedlifehacker_feedAnother massive data breach is putting consumers' identities at risk of being used for fraud and theft—this time, an incident at AssuranceAmerica exposed nearly 7 million individuals' insurance information, including driver's license numbers.
AssuranceAmerica is an insurance company that offers auto and renters policies to residents across a dozen states: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The company recently disclosed the breach, which occurred in March of this year.
According to a data breach notice obtained by TechCrunch, AssuranceAmerica identified "suspicious activity" on its systems on March 17, likely the result of threat actors targeting a company employee. An "unauthorized third party" was able to obtain and copy data files containing customers' personal information, including the following:
Names
Contact information
Auto insurance policy or account information
Driver or vehicle information
Information related to claims
Driver's license numbers
While all of this information could be used in malicious ways, including phishing attempts, your driver's license number is an especially high risk. Scammers can use your number to open financial accounts in your name, create fake IDs, change your mailing address, or generate an entirely new identity to commit fraud. Driver's license numbers are also sold on the dark web.
As TechCrunch reports, AssuranceAmerica is expected to send notices to affected consumers starting on July 10, so if you've held a policy with the company, you should keep an eye on your mailbox. Even if you don't receive a letter, you should still take precautions if AssuranceAmerica has any of your data. Look for subtle signs of identity theft. All of the usual recommendations, like ensuring your credit is frozen, setting up fraud alerts, and keeping a close eye on your financial accounts, apply here.
There are additional steps to protect your identity when your driver's license number has been exposed. Experian advises running a background check on yourself as well as requesting your driving record to spot any fraudulent or criminal activity carried out under your identity. You may be able to request a new license number from your state's department of motor vehicles if you have a police report or evidence that yours has been used fraudulently.
At this time, AssuranceAmerica doesn't appear to be offering any credit monitoring or identity theft protection services, though you can sign up for these if you want help keeping track of activity on your accounts.
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In 1966, apprentice printers in Beccles, Suffolk revived a pub game for the town's summer fête, claiming its rules came from a 1585 manuscript rediscovered in an attic. The game was dwile flonking, and the manuscript never existed. According to Wikipedia, "the Suffolk county archivist was unable to find any evidence for the game before 1966, and the supposed 1585 rules are a hoax." — Read the rest
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On a single day in January 1982, a Cuban cow named Ubre Blanca ("White Udder") produced 109.5 liters of milk — "more than four times a typical cow's production," according to Wikipedia. Guinness World Records recognized that mark, along with her 24,268.9-liter output in a single lactation period. — Read the rest
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According to the Wikipedia entry for British Army officer Adrian Carton de Wiart, he "was shot in the face, head, stomach, groin, ankle, leg, hip, and ear" across the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was blinded in his left eye, survived two plane crashes, and "ripped off his own severely injured fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them." — Read the rest
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