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[ad_1] A Brazilian bull rider was killed Sunday when his spur got caught in a rope, pulling him under the bull, and the animal stepped on...
[ad_1] Cranes are installed at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, as workers prepare the famed Paris monument for the project...
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[ad_1] Betty Hill peered through the car’s windshield at a strange, beaming light in the sky. It was behaving unusually—rather than falling down, as a shooting...
[ad_1] Urban legends are the kinds of stories told around a campfire or under a sofa cushion fort at a sleepover. These modern folktakes are usually...
[ad_1] If you live near the tropics, you’re used to extreme weather events. The most severe storms look similar around the equator: They form over the...
[ad_1] Indoor air can have up to five times the concentration of pollutants found in outdoor air—and those seemingly harmless dust particles floating around your house...
[ad_1] A Utah reptile center employee is recovering after an alligator yanked her into its enclosure during a presentation, thrashing her around before a fast-acting visitor...
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[ad_1] It’s the 1990s. You’re a cool, hip skateboarding teenager hanging out with your friends drinking some Ecto-Cooler and doing radical moves on half-pipes. Suddenly, an...
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[ad_1] When someone wanders outside the boundaries of maturity, we tend to say that they’re “feeling their oats.” Feeling frisky? Out overnight and until the wee...
[ad_1] As if fireworks on the 4th aren’t enough of a reason to love July, what about picnics, ice cream, grilling, peaches and baked beans, blueberries...