Teens Who Allegedly Released 72,000 Ladybugs In Their School Now Face Criminal Charges

A high school education should prepare you for the real world. And indeed, a group of Maryland teens just learned a valuable, if highly specific, lesson: While some pranks lead to viral video hits, others result in criminal charges.

Last Wednesday, a group of pranksters clad in masks and hoodies reportedly broke into Chopticon High School in Morganza, Maryland, at about 3:30 a.m. Once inside, they let loose some 72,000 ladybugs that had been bought on Amazon.

It was allegedly supposed to be a senior prank, but nobody found it very funny. Police have charged six Chopticon students and one alumnus in the incident, according to a release from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's office. The four juvenile suspects were charged with fourth-degree burglary, property destruction under $1,000 and disruption of school activities, and were released to their parents. The three adult suspects will be charged by criminal summons.

According to WTTG Fox 5, the students are facing punishment from the school, with at least one student, senior Brian Reminga, now barred from walking at commencement this Wednesday.

“Please let me walk,” Reminga told Fox. “It was a harmless prank.”

72,000 lady bugs released into Md. school for senior prank leads to criminal charges http://t.co/eDigSeCsn7 #fox5dc pic.twitter.com/eEuXFqqOyp

— FOX 5 DC (@fox5newsdc) May 26, 2015

Calls to Chopticon Principal Garth Bowling seeking further comment were not immediately returned.

Students protested the punishment Tuesday, arguing that the prank was harmless and calling Reminga's punishment unfair. Students said that another alleged participant in last week's prank was still allowed to play in the state championship baseball game. (Chopticon won.)

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Chinese Goalkeeper Gives Up Goal While Taking Water Break

We hope he at least quenched his thirst, because this Chinese soccer goalie is in hot water for allowing the opposing team to score a goal while he took a water break.

Sui Weijie of Chinese Super League team Chongqing Lifan let Ding Haifeng of rival Liaoning kick the ball into the net after a hastily set-up free kick, the Telegraph reported. Even as the ball went in, Weijie could be seen leisurely gulping down water.

"I made a terrible mistake," he said, according to news outlets.

He was fined 50,000 yuan (about $8,000) for his brain freeze and the team has considered cutting him, the paper noted. The game ended in a 1-1 tie.

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Pair Stole Meds From Nursing Home To Fund Vegas Trip, Police Say

A former teacher and nurse were arrested in Louisiana on Friday after police responded to a 911 call at their house and found more than a medical emergency.

Authorities responding to the call found "hundreds of prescription pills strewn throughout" the home of Bonnie Pritchard, 46, and Patrick Lampard, 36, according to a Slidell Police Department statement posted on Facebook.

The medications were for patients at Heritage Manor Nursing Home and "packaged in individual baggies, as if someone was preparing to sell them," police said.

Pritchard, a former teacher at Abney Elementary School, and Lampard, who previously worked as director of nursing for the nursing home, confessed to taking the drugs from Heritage Manor. The Times-Picayune reports that police said the duo intended to sell the drugs to pay off a debt and take a trip to Las Vegas.

"Both of these individuals were in positions that require honesty and integrity," Slidell Police Chief Randy Smith said in a statement. "They violated the public's trust and will now have to face the consequences of their actions."

The nursing home residents and students were not affected by the incident, police said.

Pritchard and Lampard are each charged with six counts possession of a schedule II narcotic with intent to distribute and five counts possession of a legend drug, among other charges.





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What Your Morning Coffee Has To Do With Erections

According to new research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, men who drink the caffeine equivalent of two to three cups of coffee per day are less likely to have erectile dysfunction.

The study, which was published in the journal PLOS ONE, found that men who consumed between 85 and 170 milligrams of caffeine a day were 42 percent less likely to suffer from ED, while those who consumed between 171 and 303 milligrams were 39 percent less likely.

The researchers surveyed 3,700 men, all of whom were asked to fill out a questionnaire about how much caffeine they had consumed over the past 24 hours. While the study found that caffeine intake reduced the likelihood of ED in obese, overweight and hypertensive men, the same was not true of those with diabetes.

“Caffeine could not overcome the detrimental effects of diabetes on erectile dysfunction," lead study author David Lopez explained. "We were not very surprised by this, because diabetes is one of the strongest risk factors associated with erectile dysfunction."

An estimated 30 million American men struggle with ED, which is the inability to sustain an erection for as long as desired. Overall, the risk of erectile dysfunction increases with age. About 40 percent of 40-year-olds struggle with ED and 70 percent of 70-year-olds have the same problem, as previously reported by The Huffington Post.

The researchers theorized that caffeine's effect on the body includes relaxing the helicine arteries of the penis, which in turn improves blood flow, which is how erections are formed:



Graphic by Alissa Scheller for The Huffington Post.

Caffeine sources on the survey included energy drinks and soda in addition to coffee and tea, but Lopez pointed out that soda and energy drinks are extremely unhealthy.

"Keep in mind that besides caffeine, energy drinks and soda have other ingredients that we don’t know too much about," he told HuffPost. "We do know a lot about sugar -- it’s strongly linked with diabetes and obesity. There are other drinks that are sugar-free, but some of those ingredients are associated with cancer."

Because this is an association study, Lopez says he can't make any recommendations for caffeine intake just yet.

"I can tell you that a foundation has been laid for the association between caffeine and erectile dysfunction," he said. "This is a good start, I can tell you that."

For now, we'll just add it to our long list of reasons to drink coffee -- as if we needed another one.

For more info on how to address problems with ED, read this previous HuffPost report.

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Houston Rockets Fans Play The Worst Game Of Tic-Tac-Toe Ever ... No, Really, EVER

Stay in school, kids.

During a promotional event at the Houston Rockets' NBA playoff game Monday night, two men entered the arena to battle in the ancient ways of tic-tac-toe. For every lay-up they hit, the competitors would lay down their respective Xs or Os on the giant tic-tac-toe board at center court.

The onslaught was extreme, the thirst for blood unquenchable, and the carnage gut-wrenching to witness ... but mostly it became sort of sad, as the crowd watched two Houston Rockets fans just completely forget how to play a game of tic-tac-toe.

Set your faces to "cringe."

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Dubai's 'Floating Seahorse' Homes Are Partially Submerged And Totally Futuristic

Dubai is known for its extravagant development projects, like the indoor ski resorts, rotating skyscrapers and "miracle gardens," to name just a few.

But the newest project, "The Floating Seahorse," is exceptionally lavish: it's a floating home with underwater rooms.



Dubai developer Kleindienst Group revealed the visually stunning renderings for "The Floating Seahorse" at the Dubai International Boat Show in March 2015. They say they'll build 42 of the structures, which are essentially boats without the propulsion, and plan to have them completed by the end of 2016. The floating properties were designed and engineered to be part of "The World," Dubai's large artificial island project.

The buoyant structures will have three levels: an upper deck, a main floor at sea level, and an underwater level. The master bedroom and bathroom will be completely submerged, with panoramic underwater views.



According to a Kleindienst Group press release, the name of the project is connected to protecting sea life in the Arabian Gulf: "We will create an artificial coral reef beneath the luxury retreats which will be a protected area in which seahorses can safely live and breed," the company said.

As of this month, 35 of the 42 units had already been sold, according to Gulf News. Considering the average summer temperature in Dubai is 104 degrees, living underwater sounds like a solid plan. Check out more images below:




All photos courtesy of Kleindienst Group.

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Rapper A$AP Rocky Says He Had Three Orgies On LSD At SXSW

Most people go to South by Southwest to perform, promote their new film or report on the festival as a journalist. But A$AP Rocky had a totally different experience.

In an interview with the New York Post, the rapper talked about the psychedelic influence on his new album, which he released a week early on Monday night. Much of that influence is thanks to his friend, rapper ILoveMakonnen, who gave Rocky LSD at the festival once. "Makonnen gave me acid at SXSW," Rocky said. "This n---a looked like Buddha with a Jheri curl! After that, I went back to my mansion and f--ked nine chicks. It was pretty rad. That’s a true story."

It is indeed a true story, as Makonnen later confirmed the story on Twitter.

True! http://t.co/NvmtrqnsaZ

— Red Dragon Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) May 24, 2015

So wait, nine women? Rocky explained to the New York Post that he didn't actually sleep with all of them at once. "You have three at a time, and then you have three orgies," Rocky said. "That’s nine chicks."

Rocky, who was at SXSW this year to promote his acting debut in the upcoming film "Dope," clearly had a more eventful festival experience than most. We don't even want to know what he'll do next year.

For the full interview, head to the New York Post.

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Danish Radio Station Beats Rabbit To Death Live On Air To Spark Animal Welfare Debate

Is it worse to eat a pig for dinner or a bunny?

A Danish radio station is under fire after killing a 9-week-old rabbit live on air to protest double standards held by meat eaters. Hosts for the outlet, Radio24syv, beat the animal, nicknamed Alan, over the head with a bicycle pump. The rabbit apparently twitched several times before it died, according to a report from the BBC.

"Every day in the nation of Denmark, thousands and thousands of animals are put down to fill the meat counters in our super markets," the outlet wrote on its Facebook page. "Animal welfare does not seem to apply to animals in the food industry."

Rabbits have long been a controversial food choice in the United States. Customers began a boycott against Whole Foods last year after the grocery chain launched a rabbit-meat pilot program that cited customer demand as the reason to include the animal in its meat counter offerings. The food is a staple in many European cuisines, but many Americans have placed rabbits into the "pet" category rather than the "dinner" one.

Other food proteins haven't been as lucky. In the U.S. last year, 3.7 billion animals were killed for consumption, according to data from the Humane Society of the United States. Many come from factory farms that still use controversial methods like gestation crates and battery cages.

Despite attempts to encourage debate about animal welfare, the Danish station has already come under harsh criticism for the stunt.

Linse Kessler, a reality star and animal rights activist, was invited to join the station during the event to debate factory farming. When Kessler realized the hosts planned to kill the rabbit, she allegedly chased them around the station to try and save the animal before being asked to leave, The Local reported.

Adam Danforth, author of the humane slaughter guide "Butchering," writes that rabbits are actually the "simplest" animals to kill for consumption, and are usually butchered between 10 and 16 weeks of age. One of the easiest methods is a "karate chop" to the back of the head with a hand or blunt object, followed by bleeding the animal. But the method requires practice, and missing can lead to "an ineffective and inhumane stun."

The radio station wrote the hosts took care to ensure the rabbit was slaughtered humanely, consulting animal caretakers at a local zoo. But as Danforth notes in his book, a major problem for an inexperienced butcher can be the need for "repeated blows" that can lead to suffering and a feeling of "bludgeoning to death."

Despite the criticism, the radio outlet has stood by the act in half a dozen posts on its Facebook page, including videos of one host cooking the rabbit for his family and another calling for respect between animal activists and meat-lovers.

"We wanted to expose the vast hypocrisy surrounding our relationship with animals," the station wrote. "So far we have succeeded. We wanted and want to have a debate about animal welfare -- for ALL animals."

You can read the outlet's entire statement on the event below.

Every day in the nation of Denmark, thousands and thousands of animals are put down to fill the meat counters in our...

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Bernie Sanders Campaign Site's 404 Page Is The Most Bernie Sanders Thing Ever

The 404 page on Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign website is just about the most Bernie Sanders thing ever.

When users enter an incorrect web address, the Vermont senator pops up in a video to tell them they've lost their way.

"The good news is you're on the right website, and it's a really good website," Sanders says in the video. "The bad news is, you're on the wrong page."

Sanders then tells users to "just scoot down" to the bottom of the page, where a menu of pages on the website can be found. Another incredibly Bernie Sanders thing can be found at the bottom of the page: a note that says the website is "paid for by Bernie 2016 (not the billionaires)."

Watch Sanders' 404 video above.

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Weirdest Demands Ever Made By Celebrities

Celebrities are not like the rest of us.

They work hard to entertain us. In return, they expect a little consideration, such as free Hawaiian shirts, newspapers with articles of morbidly obese people and no colored rooms ... ever!

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Indiana Man Chokes Fiancee For Trash-Talking NASCAR: Police

An argument over NASCAR and IndyCar has led to domestic battery charges for a man in Franklin, Indiana.

David Wilson, 57, was arrested Sunday after he allegedly choked his fiancée during an Indianapolis 500 viewing party, TheIndyChannel.com reports.

The victim told officers she and the suspect had been drinking all day.

Wilson told police he was making dinner in the kitchen when he heard his fiancée and another person "talking trash about NASCAR" in the living room.

Wilson allegedly came into the room and “started rambling on about NASCAR being better than IndyCar,” according to the incident report. Then he choked her, according to the Indianapolis Star.

When the victim tried to call 911, Wilson allegedly shouted, “Who are you calling?” and took the phone from her. He told the dispatcher, “Everything is fine here,” and hung up, according to the police report.

Wilson was arrested and charged with domestic battery and strangulation, according to WAVE.







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This Is You At Home Alone Versus You At Home With Other People

Home alone = no pants.

Being the only one in your home is a completely freeing experience. Perhaps too freeing. And sometimes we forget just how liberating it is until we have friends over and have to act all "respectable" and "dignified."

BuzzFeed brings you a video comparison of how you act at home when you're by yourself versus how you act when people are over. Hint: Being alone isn't as pretty.



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How To Make Delicious McDonald's Fries At Home

McDonald's French fries are delicious -- there's no doubt about it. And thanks to a new video tutorial from PopSugar Food, you can learn how to whip up a batch of these yummy fries at home minus the chemical additives.

Inspired by an inside look at how McDonald's makes their tasty taters, PopSugar host Brandi Milloy explains how to make the fries without ingredients like citric acid and sodium acid pyrophosphate. According to Milloy, all you need are potatoes, some nifty knife skills, refined peanut oil, sugar, beef fat and some double-frying action.

Watch the video above and you'll impress family and friends with your awesome fry skills in no time.



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Johnny Depp Could Face Up To 10 Years In Prison For Bringing His Dogs To Australia

Captain Jack Sparrow could spend real time behind bars.

Johnny Depp may face prison time for bringing his two Yorkshire terriers, Pistol and Boo, into Australia illegally earlier this month. The actor brought his dogs into the country on his private jet while filming the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel. The Australian Agriculture Minister then responded by threatening to kill Depp's dogs, since the country requires all animals to have permits and go through a quarantine process to prevent incoming disease.

According to The Guardian, an Australian senate committee was told on Monday that if the case goes to court, Depp could face up to 10 years in prison, or the maximum fine of AU$340,000, which is over $263,000 in U.S. dollars. The pilot of the plane that brought the dogs into the country could also face up to two years in prison.

Depp's wife Amber Heard has reportedly taken the dogs, Pistol and Boo, back to California. Depp is said to have also returned from Australia. The actor's reps were not immediately available for comment.

For more, head to The Guardian.

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Former CBS News Anchor Dan Rather Explains Modern Internet Slang

If you love "Dad Bod," you'll love "Grand Dad Bod."

It's fun listening to older generations learn and discuss newfangled Internet slang, but also a little humbling when you realize that, one day, we'll all be old and out of touch with whatever the young people are up to. And you'll say things like "the young people."

BuzzFeed had former CBS News anchor Dan Rather sit down to talk about the latest in Internet language: terms like "on fleek," "bae," and of course "dad bod."

Yep, that's it, laugh while you can. You'll be there soon.

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Synthetic Cadavers Offer An Equally Creepy Alternative To The Real Thing

As long as there have been medical schools, medical students have been dissecting dead bodies to learn the finer points of human anatomy. But now there’s a high-tech twist to this gruesome rite of passage, with artificial cadavers going toe-to-toe with the real thing.

One artificial cadaver, made by SynDaver Labs of Tampa Bay, Fla. has been in the spotlight recently because it was featured on the popular ABC show "Shark Tank."

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An early prototype of the SynDaver synthetic human patient.

SynDaver's life-size "Synthetic Human," costs upward of $40,000 and is made of synthetic "tissue" that shares certain physical and even chemical properties with real flesh -- including water, fiber and salt content, according to the company's website. The cadaver contains hundreds of replaceable muscles, bones, organs, and vessels. Some models can even simulate bleeding and breathing.

Cadavers on campus. Some schools have explored using synthetic cadavers in their curricula, since the real ones are in limited supply.

"Many smaller colleges and universities cannot afford a full cadaver lab, and this model, which closely approximates a real cadaver, is very cost effective and on the cutting-edge of the way we can teach anatomy to our students," Kevin McDade, an instructor of biology at Penn State University, said in a written statement when the cadaver was purchased by the university in January.

Nothing like the real thing. But other professors have their doubts about the value of artificial cadavers.

"While synthetic cadavers or digital models can be useful for review, they are inadequate for learning anatomy," Dr. Paulette Bernd, professor of pathology and cell biology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, told The Huffington Post in an email, adding that of 55 U.S. medical schools that participated in a 2013 survey, all continued to use real cadavers.

So maybe synthetic cadavers will catch on in a big way -- or maybe they won't. But no matter how you slice it, they certainly aren't the kind of thing we'd like to cuddle up with.

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Listen To The Creepy Sounds Spiders Make When They Want Sex

Everyone likes a little music with their romance. Even, as it turns out, spiders.

New research finds that the “purring” wolf spider, aka Gladicosa gulosa, can send out an auditory call that's practically a love song to any nearby female spider.

The sounds are created by males causing leaves to vibrate. While it's not unusual for spiders to use vibration to signal each other, what is unusual in this case is that those physical vibrations are accompanied by actual airborne sounds, according to the study presented last week at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.

To human ears, the spider signals sound like a gentle thrum or patter. But to a female wolf spider, it's like having John Cusack standing outside the window with a boombox cranking out "In Your (Eight) Eyes."

New Scientist posted two audio clips. This first is just the spider vibrations, converted to audible sound:



The second is of the actual audible sound:



"It's very quiet, but it's what you would hear if you were in the room with a courting spider," study co-author George Uetz of the University of Cincinnati told New Scientist. "The sound is at a level that's audible by human hearing at about a meter (roughly 3 feet) away."

The sounds are so delicate that they will only carry when the spiders are on certain surfaces, such as leaves.

"On granite or wood or dirt, you get little to no vibration and almost no sound," co-author Alexander Sweger of the University of Cincinnati, who discovered the sounds with Uetz, told the BBC. "But on a leaf, or paper or parchment, you get vibration and you get the airborne sound."

Since spiders don't have ears and can't "hear" the sounds in any traditional sense of the word, the researchers believe the audio travels through the air, then causes the leaf the female is standing on to vibrate, which she then feels.

"We think that's how she 'hears' the sound," Sweger told New Scientist. "Spiders have very sensitive structures all over their bodies for detecting vibration, even at low levels, so we're working on the hypothesis that they detect a surface vibration induced by the airborne sound."

The noises aren't the only unusual thing about spider sex. At least one type of spider is known to chew off its own genitals after copulating.

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Viral Video Shows Baby Laughing When Parents Tear Catalog

Comedy may be subjective, but as far as one baby is concerned, there's simply nothing funnier than the seeing a catalog ripped to shreds.

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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Sets World Record For Taking The Most Selfies In 3 Minutes

College football player, wrestler, actor, wedding officiant and superhuman eater: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is quite the talented fellow.

Now, the 43-year-old can add one more accomplishment to his list. He’s also a world record holder, of rapid-fire selfie-taking, no less.

According to Guinness World Records, Johnson set a new record last week for the most selfies taken in three minutes. The actor reportedly took a whopping 105 selfies with fans at the London premiere of “San Andreas” to achieve the title.

A Guinness World Records adjudicator was reportedly on hand to ensure that “selfie rules were followed.” The full face and neck of participants had to be visible in all the shots, with “no blurring.”



Johnson posted a video of his victory on Instagram Friday.

“We just set a NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for most self-portraits (selfies) taken in record time (yup, a selfie world record exists and your arm gets a helluva workout),” he wrote in the caption.

A video posted by therock (@therock) on May 21, 2015 at 3:42pm PDT

Forget “Scorpion King.” The Rock is now selfie royalty.

Kim K, you better watch your back.

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Charlie Charlie Challenge Is A Social Media Attempt To Summon A Mexican Demon

Got a couple of pencils? Then you, too, can try to summon a Mexican demon, freak out your friends and post your own #CharlieCharlieChallenge on social media.

But if you're the superstitious type, or just easily spooked, the Charlie Charlie Challenge might not be for you.

The challenge is a cross between "Bloody Mary" and Ouija, and as the name suggests, involves summoning an entity named Charlie.

Here's how it works: Take a piece of paper and draw a single horizontal line and a single vertical line that meet in the center. Put a "YES" in two opposing sections and a "NO" in the other two. Place two pencils across the middle of the drawing in a plus-sign formation, with one balanced atop the other so that it can spin.

Ask aloud, "Charlie, Charlie, are you there?" or "Charlie, Charlie, can we play?" and the top pencil will likely move at some point because of how it's balanced. However, some players believe it's a sign that "Charlie" is in the room and ready to take questions.

Charlier's "answers" have had people screaming:

#charliecharliechallenge no wtf I happened pic.twitter.com/wRcqXCkdHf

— Holly (@Holly_hickman_) May 25, 2015

And in some cases, even running right out of the room:

THE LITTLE GIRL RAN OUT TOO - tag your friends! - {#charliechallenge #charliecharliechallenge #charliecharlie #charlieareyouthere #charlie}

A video posted by @charliechallenge.official on May 25, 2015 at 12:58pm PDT

While some folks may be genuinely scared, others are having more fun mocking the game:

#charliecharliechallenge? more like #juliadanichallenge pic.twitter.com/0XuddQdq4n

— melissa purcell (@melissapurcell_) May 25, 2015

Who knows? Maybe Charlie can hook you up with a member of One Direction:

The whole 1D fandom doing the #charliecharliechallenge like pic.twitter.com/IpJJljPgEV

— natalie ❦ (@zaynbaabe) May 25, 2015

Like any good urban legend, this one can supposedly go awry and lead to hauntings by Charlie, especially if you stop playing without permission. To end the game, you're supposed to ask "Charlie, Charlie, can we stop?" If you don't get a firm "no," keep playing.

The game, which has been trending on Twitter overnight, appears to be a simplified version of a traditional Mexican game variously called either "Six Pencils" or "The Pencil Game." Pencils.com offers an explanation here.

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Russian Waitress Decks Customer Who Groped Her In Scene Caught On Video

Don't mess with this waitress.

A video posted online shows a customer in a Russian restaurant as he appears to try to stuff money down a waitress' shirt. She hits the man hard enough to knock him out of his chair, but instead of licking his wounds and slithering off, he grabs her rear end.

That's when the waitress serves the customer exactly what he deserves.

Watch what happens in the clip above.

The Daily Mirror reports that the video comes from the Russian city of Kazan, about 500 miles east of Moscow, and that some people are speculating that the whole thing may have been a setup.

(h/t Raw Story)

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Three Children Injured When Bounce House Flies Into The Air

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say three children have been injured after a waterspout made landfall on a Fort Lauderdale beach and sent an inflatable bounce house flying into the air.

Fort Lauderdale Police spokesman Keven Dupree says when the waterspout came ashore Monday afternoon, it uprooted the bounce house and sent it across a parking lot and over four lanes of traffic.

Dupree says there were three children in the bounce house when it went airborne. They immediately fell onto the sand. Dupree says they were alert and conscious when they were taken to a hospital.



In this photo provided by Burt Osteen, glass is scattered around a toppled basketball hoop after a waterspout made landfall at Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fla. on Monday, May 25, 2015. Authorities say three children were injured when the waterspout uprooted a bounce house and sent it across a parking lot into the road. (Burt Osteen via AP)



Video on local television stations shows the whirling column of air and water mist move from the ocean onto the sand, tossing a canopy and rolling the bounce house before lifting it into the air.



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Man Asks City To Ban Fart Smells -- For A Good Reason

A resident of Pendleton, Oregon, has written a letter requesting the city council ban the smell of farts in the community, but he has a good reason to be raising a stink.

Last week, the City of Pendleton updated its nuisance ordinances to cover the smell of marijuana, NBC reported at the time. That means that even though recreational marijuana will be legal in Oregon starting in July, a person can be fined up to $500 if someone complains they smell marijuana coming from that person’s property.

In a letter published in the East Oregonian on Thursday, someone who signed his name as Peter Walters merely asked that council members take the next logical step and start regulating a far more noxious scent:

It was with great relief Thursday when I read in the East Oregonian that Pendleton’s city council took the time to pass an amendment to the city’s nuisance ordinance banning marijuana odor. Clearly, there has been no issue of greater importance facing the city. Now that this important work has been completed I hope that the council will move on to restricting the other offensive smell that plagues our community: farts.

Walters, who is pretty clearly mocking the marijuana ordinance, notes, “Some habitual farters argue that they need to fart for medical reasons but that doesn’t mean my kids should have to smell their farts.”

Read the whole letter here.

H/T: Jezebel



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Wave Gothic Festival Storms Into Germany

You've goth to see this.

Around 20,000 people trudged into Leipzig, Germany, this weekend for the annual Wave Gothic festival, according to the Associated Press.

The first Wave Gothic festival took place in 1992 with around 10 bands, the Orlando Sentinel reports. But the four-day event now includes more than 100 acts.

Take a look at some of the participants from this year and years past.





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How Fast Can A Poop-Powered Bus Go?

Is this bus company full of sh*t, or is this poop-powered vehicle the fastest bus around?

A vehicle that runs on cow manure has set a "land speed record" for buses, the BBC reported Wednesday.

The “Bus Hound,” which is powered by cow manure converted into fuel and normally functions as public bus around the English town of Reading, clocked in at 76.785 miles per hour doing a lap around a track. the BBC reported on Wednesday.

However, it's unclear whether the speed of the Bus Hound - named after the British Bloodhound supersonic car - is actually a record.

Bus and Coach Buyer notes that there is “documented and anecdote evidence for much higher speeds” achieved by buses in the 1960s. Additionally Guinness World Records officials have stated that the Bus Hound's speed cannot be marked down as a world unless its speed exceeds 150 miles per hour, Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Reading Buses - which operates the Bus Hound - told the BBC.

The Bus and Coach Buyer article, however, specifies that the record attempt was meant to reflect speeds for “a service bus.” The article also notes that the record was simply a “lighthearted event” meant to help spread the word about biomethane gas as fuel.

Even if it’s doesn’t hold a Guinness World Record, though, we think the Bus Hound and its snazzy cow print paint job is pretty cool.

Reading Buses operates a total 34 buses powered by the cow manure fuel, according to Bus and Coach Buyer. The cow droppings are converted into fuel through anaerobic digestion, which involves microorganisms breaking down the feces in an oxygen-free environment. According to the BBC, this produces biogas, which can then be liquefied and used as fuel.

The Bus Hound, by the way, is not to be confused with another UK “poo bus” that debuted recently — the Bio-Bus, which serves the city of Bristol and runs on human waste.

H/T Ars Technica



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Watch People Try To Pronounce Medical Terms, And Utterly Mangle Them

If medical terminology is Greek to you, you're not alone.

Obscure terms like "sphygmomanometer" and "ankylosing spondylitis" can be tricky to pronounce even for those who do have a background in medicine. What hope is there for the rest of us?

In the video above, you can watch so-called "regular," as in non-medical, people, try to sound out -- and utterly mangle -- words like these, and also guess what they mean.

In case you're wondering: ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory disorder of the skeleton, and a sphygmomanometer measures your blood pressure (not how much phlegm is in your throat or how much of a man you are.)

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Cambodia's Bomb Divers Overcome Dangers To Remove Remains Of War

A small group of Cambodians -- some of whom only recently learned to swim -- is doing zero-visibility dives to rid the country's waters of bombs. Photographer Charles Fox has documented their journey in an incredible new photo series that beautifully captures these unexploded ordnance divers trying to make their nation a safer place.

Decades of conflict in Cambodia have made it one of the most densely mined countries in the world. The country has worked hard to eliminate these threats, with numerous groups clearing Cambodia of mines and significantly reducing the death rate from these weapons in recent decades.

It's not just the land that is filled with unexploded bombs, but the waters as well. To combat that problem, the Cambodian Mine Action Center and Golden West Humanitarian Foundation formed the nation's first elite salvage dive team tasked with clearing rivers of unexploded ordnance, or UXO.

Fox started photographing the unit after seeing a small item in the local news. He got to know the nine members as he documented their progress.

"Most of them couldn't swim at the beginning, and none of them had ever dived before," he told The WorldPost.

The divers face dark, difficult conditions and the hazards that come with handling unexploded ordnance. "If that UXO goes off in the water there's very little chance they'll survive," Fox said. But despite the risks, the divers approach the job with a humble dedication.

"They haven't changed, they're just still these really down to earth guys who do an incredibly dangerous job," he said. "This group of guys who couldn't even swim volunteered to do this work and two years down the line, they're pulling stuff out of the river."

The team this week led a search that uncovered a 500-pound bomb left over from the Vietnam war.

Fox was awarded a space at the Brunei Gallery in London to exhibit his work in July. He's currently raising money on Kickstarter to pay for making the prints for that show and for an exhibit that will take place in Phnom Penh, where the divers will get a first proper look at the images of their success.

Read more about the project here and see Fox's website for more of his work.

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Really Buff Kangaroo Moves Into Brisbane Suburb, Flaunts Bulging Muscles

An unusually buff kangaroo has made a suburb of Brisbane, Australia, his new home, and he's reportedly been intimidating and astounding his human neighbors with his massive muscles.

Seven News Brisbane says the muscly marsupial has been spotted hanging out at the golf course in North Lakes, Queensland, among other areas. A resident named Linda Hellyer said she recently bumped into the brawny animal while walking her dogs.

"He's very intimidating, he's a big boy," Hellyer told the news outlet. "We turned the corner and old mate jumped out. He's very big and I don't want to take him on. He's got massive, massive muscles, big pecs and everything."

The burly 'roo is said to be 6-foot-5 and is estimated to weigh almost 210 pounds.

He also has a distinctive tear in his left ear. It's unclear, however, just how he got this tear. (We have some ideas though.)

According to Reuters, smaller kangaroos are "a regular sight" in the Brisbane suburb, but "such a large animal ... is unusual."

Kangaroos are generally non-aggressive creatures, but as with most wild animals, be cautious if you ever encounter one.

"If you enter an area where kangaroos or wallabies live, give them as much space as possible," advises Queensland's Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. "If you see one, stay away from it and watch how it behaves. If it moves toward you, or shows signs of being aggressive, move away. Don't act aggressively towards the kangaroo or wallaby, as this will simply reinforce the idea that you are a threat."

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Elephant Grabs Traveler's GoPro, Snaps Selfie Of A Lifetime

Man encounters elephant, elephant takes a selfie.

That’s what 22-year-old Christian LeBlanc says happened to him while he was traveling with his girlfriend in Thailand earlier this year. He told CNN that the couple had “[come] across a couple elephants,” and had decided to buy some bananas to feed them.

But it seems one elephant had something else in mind.

“The elephant quickly ate what little bananas I had and become touchy, trying to find more food,” LeBlanc, a college student from Vancouver, told ABC News. “Next thing I knew it grabbed my GoPro by the mount.” LeBlanc added that the camera had been set to continuous shooting mode at the time.

This was the extraordinary result of the encounter:

A photo posted by Christian LeBlanc (@christian_leblanc) on May 19, 2015 at 7:16am PDT

“I got the selfie of a lifetime, which I can't take full credit for," LeBlanc told ABC News of the surprising snap. “Elephants are incredibly intelligent, and it definitely makes you wonder if it was a conscious action.”

LeBlanc’s “elphie” was taken earlier this year, but the photograph has only gone viral this week.

It’s certainly an incredible image, but as CNN points out, it isn’t actually the world’s first elephant selfie as some have claimed.

Last year, an elephant at a safari park in Worcestershire, England, reportedly grabbed visitor Scott Brierley’s phone and took a selfie with it. Brierley told the BBC at the time that the elephant may have mistaken his phone for food.

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9 Brains Found In The Road In New York Town

GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (AP) — Nine brains were found along a street in a northern New York village, but authorities say there's nothing to fear.

The brains are believed to have been part of a collection for educational or research purposes. No criminal activity is suspected. Residents discovered the brains on a street near railroad tracks in Governeur and notified police Wednesday.

And what are these you might ask? They appear to be brains. small, the size of an apple. Laying on the side of the...

Posted by Clover Forsythe on Wednesday, May 20, 2015

A local veterinarian determined one of the brains had been professionally removed and preserved in formaldehyde. The organs are believed to be either from dogs or sheep.

Mishaps with preserved brains are not uncommon.

Last year the University of Texas in Austin said dozens of human brains stored in jars of formaldehyde and reported missing were actually destroyed in 2002. Those brains had been donated for teaching and research.

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Town Using Huge Fake Whale To Try And Scare Sea Lions From Harbor

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — An Oregon community is bringing in some unusual help to try to fix their sea lion problem. They're hoping a fake killer whale from Bellingham, Washington, will do the trick.

KING-TV reports (http://is.gd/AJ81iw ) that Terry Buzzard of Island Mariner Cruises has used the life-size mock orca to promote his business during parades and events. He heard about Astoria's sea lion problems and offered to help.

Hundreds of sea lions have taken over the docks in Astoria, preventing boat owners from using their slips.

Buzzard says he doesn't know if the fake orca will scare away the sea lions. The Port of Astoria has tried using electrified mats, but those aren't working. They've also considered fences.

At worst, Buzzard says the fake orca will be an amusing distraction for the humans.

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Woman Uses Obituary To Declare Tom Brady's 'Deflategate' Innocence

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has used her own obituary to convey a final message on Tom Brady and the "Deflategate" scandal.

Boston.com reports (http://bit.ly/1FHE96e ) that Patricia M. Shong, of Auburn, Massachusetts, died on Monday surrounded by family. Her obituary says the 72-year-old enjoyed scrapbooking, weekly card night and spending time with her family. "She would also like us to set the record straight for her," it reads. "Brady is innocent!!"

Brady was suspended for four games and the New England Patriots were fined $1 million and docked a pair of draft picks after league investigator Ted Wells found that the Super Bowl champions used illegally inflated footballs in the AFC title game. Wells found the New England quarterback "at least generally aware" of the scheme. Brady is appealing his suspension.

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Roger Federer Rips French Open Security After Fan Rushes Court For Selfie

Although Roger Federer sailed through his first-round match at the French Open on Sunday, the tennis champion encountered a scary incident after a fan rushed the court to take a selfie with him.



Not cool. (Source: ESPN)





Federer, who was rightfully pissed, addressed the situation during his post-match press conference:

I'm not happy about it. Obviously, not one second I'm happy about it. It happened yesterday in the practice, too. Just a kid, but then three more kids came. And today on center court, where you would think this is a place where nobody can come on, [he] just wanders on and nothing happens. [It] happened during the finals in 2009 as well for me. So I definitely think this is something that -- something that happened quickly.

[...]

It's where you do your job, it's where you want to feel safe, and so clearly I'm not happy about it. But nothing happened, so I'm relieved, but it wasn't a nice situation.

As the 17-time Grand Slam winner mentioned, this isn't the first time he's experienced lax security while on the court. Someone managed to get close enough to place a hat on Federer's head during the 2009 French Open final.



The world of tennis has seen other examples of people accessing the court while major players are there. Perhaps one of the most alarming incidents in sports came on the tennis court when player Monica Seles was stabbed during a 1993 match in Hamburg, Germany.

And for players like Federer, the fact security remains poor is not something they take lightly.

The Swiss tennis legend, who last won Roland Garros in 2009 and is seeded two this year, said he usually only speaks for himself. However, he noted that his view on the mishandling of fans on court is an issue he can address on "behalf of all the players."

Federer said that he spoke to the tournament's director about the incident, Sports Illustrated reported.

"I just told him what I think needs to happen. I told him about yesterday, as well, which he didn't know about. I'm sure they will take the necessary steps now," Federer said, but added security needs to be ensured for all tournaments.

"We need to make sure that it's safe out there and people don't just wander on the court like a free pass," he said.

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Grandmother Gives Birth To Quadruplets At Age 65

BERLIN, May 23 (Reuters) - A 65-year-old German grandmother gave birth to quadruplets at a Berlin hospital this week, with the three boys and a girl born prematurely at 26 weeks being in good health and having a good chance of survival, German TV network RTL reported on Saturday.

The network, which had covered the pregnancy, said Annegret Raunigk already had 13 children and seven grandchildren. The announcement of her pregnancy last month had sparked a public in Germany debate about its merits.

Raunigk, an English and Russian teacher in Berlin, had received fertility treatment in Ukraine and is the oldest woman in the world to have had quadruplets, RTL said, although other women of her age and older have given birth.

The four babies, born by Cesarean section on May 19, weighed between 655 grams an 960 grams. (Reporting by Erik Kirschbaum; Editing by David Holmes)

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Jeralean Talley, Woman Thought To Be Oldest In The World, Turns 116

INKSTER, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area woman turned 116 Saturday, but she offers no secret for a long life.

"There's nothing I can do about it," Jeralean Talley of Inkster said ahead of her birthday weekend.

Talley will celebrate her birthday twice, including a Sunday party at her church, New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist. The Gerontology Research Group considers her to be the oldest person in the world, based on available records, followed by Susannah Jones of Brooklyn, New York, who turns 116 in July.

With age comes wisdom... Thank you for sharing your vast wisdom with me today. Happy 116th Birthday to Jeralean Talley, the world's oldest person.

Posted by Congressman John Conyers, Jr. on Thursday, May 21, 2015

"You're more likely to the win the lottery than to reach this age," said Robert Young of Gerontology Research.

Talley bowled until she was 104 and still likes to catch fish. A daughter, Thelma Holloway, tells the Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/1F2Ez2k ) that her mother still has a sharp mind.

She was born in Montrose, Georgia, in 1899 and moved to Michigan in the 1930s. Talley's husband died in 1988 at age 95.

"Her No. 1 rule is to treat people how you want to be treated," said godson Tyler Kinloch, 21, who fishes with her. "I definitely carry that with me every single day."

Talley received $116 — a dollar for every year — at an event Thursday at a local office of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The attendees included U.S. Rep. John Conyers. The Democrat is the longest-serving member in the House, but even at 86 he's three decades younger than Talley, who lives in his district.

"I thank you very, very, very, very much," Talley told the crowd.

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Mind-Controlled Robot Arm Lets Paralyzed Man Drink A Beer On His Own

A man paralyzed for 13 years can finally have a drink on his own again, thanks to a robotic arm he’s able to control using his brain.

“I joke around with the guys that I want to be able to drink my own beer -- to be able to take a drink at my own pace, when I want to take a sip out of my beer and to not have to ask somebody to give it to me,” Erik Sorto, 34, said in a news release from the California Institute of Technology.

A gunshot wound when he was 21 left Sorto unable to move his arms or legs, ABC News reported. That has changed after a clinical trial that involved doctors surgically implanting a neuro-prosthetic device into the part of Sorto’s brain that controls his “intent to move,” Engadget explained.

The results of the trial, which was a collaboration of Caltech, Keck School of Medicine of USC and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, were published in the May 22 edition of Science journal.

Scientists have outfitted patients with brain-controlled devices in the past. One big difference, though, is that previous devices have worked with the brain’s motor cortex, which “generates the electrical signals that are sent down the spinal cord and control the contractions of every muscular movement,” The Guardian explained.

Sorto’s device was implanted into his posterior parietal cortex, or PPC, which deals with the “initial intent” to make a movement, rather than the specifics of each muscle group, according to Caltech.

"When you move your arm, you really don't think about which muscles to activate and the details of the movement -- such as lift the arm, extend the arm, grasp the cup, close the hand around the cup, and so on. Instead, you think about the goal of the movement. For example, 'I want to pick up that cup of water,'" Dr. Richard Andersen, a Caltech neuroscience professor, said in the institution's statement. "So in this trial, we were successfully able to decode these actual intents, by asking the subject to simply imagine the movement as a whole, rather than breaking it down into myriad components."

This change can result in movements that are more fluid and natural than those created by earlier devices.

Dr. Mindy Aisen, chief medical officer and principal investigator of the Spinal Cord Injury Model System at Rancho, told ABC News that Sorto has learned to make smoothies and even paint pictures with the device.

She added that the technology offers a lot of hope for patients who have become “locked in” due to strokes, ALS and other conditions.

Sorto, who is still working with the technology, said in the Caltech statement that he hopes it allows him to one day be able to take care of his own hygiene needs.

“Shaving, brushing my own teeth. That would be fantastic,” he said.


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