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When you gotsta do Easter in style.

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The academic is accused of dreaming up the prize he went on to win and has been suspended from his university.

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Remarkably no one was injured, but both the driver and passengers aboard the plane felt the impact.

Uploaded to YouTube by ABC News.

"This should never happen in America." - FOX News anchor

My brother in Christ, I could spend the next five weeks telling you about all the things that should never happen in America that are currently happening in America.

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He lives in his home among huge objects including a giant pencil, clothes peg and a 13-amp plug.

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Gareth Wild previously spent six years charting every spot in his local supermarket in London.

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cross-posted from: https://thebrainbin.org/m/nottheonion@lemmy.world/t/1401572

Venice is being invaded by cannibalistic jellyfish from the Atlantic that are threatening the delicate balance of the lagoon's ecosystem.

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For anyone out of the loop: Faraday Future was a much hyped early day EV startup that failed to ever deliver cars in any meaningful numbers yet somehow refuses to die. Them jumping on the robotics hype train is just the most hilarious thing ever.

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Medical staff had to halt the procedure, fearing a possible explosion. The hospital, unfamiliar with such protocols, immediately alerted the authorities, and around 1:40 a.m., police arrived and activated the bomb squad. The team established a security perimeter to neutralize the device so surgery could continue, though no one knew at that stage if the entire operation could blow up at any moment.

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Early today, the Department of Justice released more than three million pages of files connected to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And as people have started digging into all the new emails and documents, we are learning a lot more about Epstein and his elite inner circle. Oh, and apparently, he would sometimes send people links to porn featuring characters from Five Nights at Freddy’s.

On May 4, 2017, Epstein sent a message to Karyna Shuliak, his last known girlfriend, that simply contained a link to an animated gif uploaded to 4chan that featured multiple characters from FNAF engaging in sexual activities. The animation was apparently made in Source Filmmaker and was shared on 4chan in April 2017. Epstein simply commented “amazing animations” in the subject line of the email.

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Thousands of bags of chips have washed up on a beach in Sussex.

The chips washed up near Eastbourne after several shipping containers containing "food and packaging" came ashore nearby earlier this week.

Joel Bonnici, who lives in Eastbourne, said he "had to look twice" when he went for a walk on Saturday in Falling Sands, which is near Beachy Head cliffs.

"The beach looked like the Caribbean golden sands," he said.

"In some areas the chips were two-and-a-half feet deep into the ground.

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A New Zealand man has been charged with theft after allegedly swallowing a Fabergé James Bond Octopussy egg pendant worth more than $33,500 (US$19,200).

The police could not offer any photos of the object as it “has not yet been recovered”.

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