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View Article  Donkeys spice up sex lives


Feral Australian donkeys are usually given a wide berth but now their skins are to be used as an aphrodisiac for Chinese women.

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View Article  Slide at Hersheypark 'unsuitable' for many


"The water will rip off your bathing suit," said Chelsi Ball of Cincinnati after she fell off her board, was hurled into a padded wall and had her top and bottom pulled askance.

How often does that happen?

"All the time," said one lifeguard who was working when Ball, 18, wound up splashing and flashing about a dozen people in line.


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View Article  How bad was the creator of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie?


From the beginning, his life was marked by tragedy: born in Kirriemuir in 1860, the child of a Scottish weaver, he grew up in the shadow of an older brother, David, his mother's adored golden boy, who was killed on the eve of his 14th birthday in a skating accident.

Dudgeon makes the startling suggestion that Barrie was involved in his brother's death, and whether or not this accusation is true, the calamity shaped him as a writer, for as an author he brought to life the myth of the perfect boy who never grows up, who can fly out of danger, and yet for whom death would be 'an awfully big adventure'.

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View Article  6-legged deer an unusual sight


A six-legged fawn was recovered in the Everett Springs community this weekend after it sustained injuries from two dogs.

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View Article  The jalapeño responsible for 1,251 cases of salmonella has been found in South Texas. That must be one tough pepper
A single tainted pepper from a South Texas produce warehouse could help unravel the web of salmonella cases that has spread across the country since April, federal officials said Monday.

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View Article  Five Ways Reality Went Sci-Fi So Far This Century


We love a good science fiction story, but sometimes reality is just as strange. While we may have seen 2001 come and go without an actual space odyssey, the last eight years have been full of events that - had they not actually happened - could easily pass for science fiction. Here are five real life events that still seem like they've come straight from the set-up of a big budget summer blockbuster.

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View Article  Jonathan Nail butchers The Dark Knight (Off-Color, Very Funny)