Category Archives: Odd News

Netherlands Adopts Glow-in-the-Dark Roads

The Netherlands being the forward thinking and boundary pushing country they are have replaced streetlights on a small stretch of highway lasting about 500 meters long with glow in the dark road markings. These road marks, created by Studio Roosegaarde, …

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Seven Babies’ Bodies Are Found In A Garage In Utah, and The Community and Investigators Want Answers

Megan Huntsman, 39, is accused of murdering her babies after they were born between 1996 and 2006, said investigators. She was taken in to custody Sunday on six counts of murder. It was not immediately apparent if Huntsman has an …

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Expectant mother pregnant with wrong embryos after IVF disaster

A fertility clinic in Rome is under fire after a mistake has led to one women being pregnant with another couple’s child. The Italian couple were informed in March that they are not pregnant with the embryos created with the …

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Elderly Woman Crashes Into CVS Store

We know Sixteen is just about the right age to start driving in Florida but when is it too old? On Wednesday March second an elderly woman lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a Winter Haven CVS store. …

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Tennessee Will Be Providing Free Community College To All High School Graduates

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has proposed an ambitious plan to get more high school graduates in the state of Tennessee to attend college.  The governor proposed this plan to Tennessee lawmakers earlier this year, but it seems like the plan …

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My Experience with Watching The Game Of Thrones Television Show For The First Time

I believe this show is from the 12 or 1300’s. Let me start by saying that I thank God that I was not born in this era. Yes, the show was interesting but I would hate to have lived throughout …

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Teacher donates kidney to student she met once

Cindy Santos, a substitute teacher in Pennsylvania, has made headlines around the world after she donated one of kidneys to a student she met only once.

Cindy taught a kindergarten class one day and was told that one of her …

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A Couple Was Murdered After Their Facebook Relationship Status Was Changed

Police say China Barber and Gus Bennett were victims in double murder-suicide. Barber’s estranged husband allegedly shot them, then himself. Bennett had updated his relationship status on Facebook days before the shooting.

 

Bennett, 20-year-old China Barber and Barber’s estranged …

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Ultra Music Festival at Risk of Shutting Down Permanently

Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is an annual event in Miami where Electronic Dance Music fans get a chance to check out some live shows for an entire weekend. However, UMF has been given a fairly bad reputation due to the …

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New Zealand school trys giving students rule-free recess to much success.

A school in New Zealand recently experimented with a “no rules” recess policy as part of a study in order to observe how a “no rules” setting affected school learning performance. Swanson School is a 500 student elementary school that …

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