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When The Going Gets Tough, … The Middle Class Goes Shoplifting!
A new survey by the Centre for Retail Research revealed that shopping shoplifting has increased at an astonishing rate: They found that shoplifting in Britain has increased in the past year by nearly...
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World’s Most Expensive Ham Costs $2,942 (USD)
Iberico ham began selling in London for £1,800 for a 15-pound leg joint. It’s the world’s most expensive pork, raised in western Spain and delivered in luxurious conditions: The pigs were fed on a diet...
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The Comeback Story of the Octothorpe
A tongue-in-cheek opinion piece in the National Post celebrates the return of the octothorpe. Some called it the pound sign, or a “capital 3″. The Big O is a sign with deep historical and cultural...
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Giant Tuna Sold for $396,000
In Tokyo, a giant bluefin tuna sold at auction for a record 32.49 million yen—nearly $396,000. The price for the 754-pound tuna beat the previous record set in 2001 when a 445-pound fish sold for 20.2...
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16 Lb Baby Might Be The World’s Largest
I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want to give birth to a 16 pound baby, even if it was through a caesarian. On top of every thing else, you’d have to worry about trying to find clothes for him....
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Möbius Cake
Windell Oskay made this 8-pound cake with a 3D printer called a CandyFab 4000: The shape is a 3/4 twist mobius strip with a square cross section and windows cut at regular intervals in all of the...
View ArticleGiant lobster fished up in Maine
A 27-pound lobster the size of a small child has been caught after becoming trapped in a shrimp net. Nicknamed ‘Rocky’ and measuing 40 inches the huge…
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“The money went flying in the air. I saw all these young lads started...
Barry Eastwood went to the bank to withdraw £1000 to pay for his car insurance when he tripped and fell. The money blew out of his hand and he managed to hold on to only £60. A bunch of teenagers and...
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Man Gets Back £51,000 He Stole
Apparently being a thief pays. 19 years ago bank manager Otto Neuman stole £150,000 in cash, gold bars, and gold coins from his own branch. When he was caught there was only about £51,000 left in cash...
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Ham for $159 a Pound?!
Would you pay $159 a pound for ham? Oink! In the above video, Philadelphia food and wine writer Brian Freedman takes us on a tour of some pretty fancy spots in the City of Brotherly Love that are...
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