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The im-possum-ible rescue

A possum in harm’s way was saved from possibly not just playing possum. According to the Shawnee Police Department in Kansas, one particular nocturnal critter found itself trapped inside a home’s fireplace. “Officer Satterfield recently rescued an opossum that had […]

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More like drink-panzee

There may be an evolutionary reason why a drink at the end of a long day sounds so good. A new study published on Science.org posits, “Human attraction to alcohol may derive from an evolutionary association between […]

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That’s a whole lotta rice

Hilda Baci has cooked her way into history. The Nigerian chef has set the Guinness World Record for staging the largest serving of Nigerian-style jollof rice, a signature dish of the African country. In all, Baci cooked up 8,780 kilograms of jollof […]

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Melt in your mouth, not on the road

Talk about a candy-coated collision. The Knowlton Township Fire and Rescue Company in New Jersey responded to a crash that scattered packets of peanut M&M’s all across the road. The accident occurred when a tractor-trailer carrying the chocolaty […]