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Billionaire Buccaneer Seized Argentinian Navy’s Flagship Over Unpaid Debt
What do you do when a sovereign nation refuses to pay its debt to you? Most people wouldn’t, couldn’t do anything … but not billionaire Paul Singer. He decided to play pirate: A billionaire buccaneer...
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11 Legendary Monsters of Africa
The legendary monsters series continues with some scary stories from Africa. There are so many nations and discrete communities in Africa that the problem here was not finding the legendary stories,...
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The Weirdest Dog You’ve Ever Seen
Photo: National Geographic Channel No, actually that’s not a dog. Herpetologist Brady Barr (previously on Neatorama) of Nat Geo WILD’s Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr is hugging a Japanese Giant...
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Tituba, the Early American Witch
Barring fictional characters, a slave named Tituba is America’s most famous “witch.” She was there at Ground Zero in the case of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. But because she was a slave, her...
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13 Vintage Photos Of Hurricanes And Their Aftermath
As Hurricane Sandy makes landfall on the East Coast, here’s a look back at other dramatic hurricanes in American history. Galveston, Texas Hurricane, September 1900 This hurricane was the deadliest in...
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Urine-Powered Generator
At the Maker Faire Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, four teenage girls came up with a rather remarkable invention: urine-powered generator (well, supposedly – but don’t let skept-pee-cism* ruin our fun...
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Radi-Aid
(YouTube link) Africans are banding together to help their brothers and sisters in Norway. The goal is to send radiators to those poor cold Norwegians, and spread the warmth of global brotherhood. The...
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10 Interesting Facts About Chameleons
There’s no denying that chameleons are fascinating creatures if only for their awesome color-changing abilities and amazing eyes, but Twisted Sifter has a list 10 facts about these amazing creatures...
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How To Write a Love Letter
The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research. (Image credit: Flickr user Kristina Alexanderson) An application of current communications techniqueby Joshua LedermanSpecial...
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The Blind Baby Rhino
Nicky is a four-month-old rhinoceros who was born blind. He lives with the family of Mike Watson, head of the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, where he has round-the-clock supervision, a dog for a...
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