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Howdy, friends and neighbors! This week's article is a little late, I know...but I'm a busy guy after all and galaxies don't just save themselves.🙄 This week's look at Forteana is a motley collection of various strange goings-on in general. Enjoy!
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Micheal Marcum, 21, was found guilty of stealing six 350 lb. electrical transformers from a power company in Stanberry, Missouri. He stated that he was building a time machine so that he could skip forward a few days, get the correct lotto numbers and return to collect his winnings.
The Week Feb 16, 2002
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What was thought to be a human penis was discovered by the clean-up crew of a car wash in Hastins, Nebraska. Police didn't know whether it was a case of self-mutilation, accident or criminal attack. Two weeks later, tests showed the object to be a cow's teat. Police have now crossed self-mutilation off the list.
Scotsman Feb 15, 2002
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Twenty Royal Marines invaded Spain on Sunday Feb 17, armed with mortars and assault rifles. The commandos, using two landing craft, went ashore at La Linea taking up positions on the beach. The invasion was foiled by two patrolling police officers who drew the commandos' attention to nearby Gibraltar, the actual site of the military exercise.
AFP Feb 19, 2002
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Scorpion-smoking is becoming quite popular in Quetta, Pakistan these days. Users dry the scorpion's stingers, grind them, light the powder and suck in the smoke. "When I smoke scorpion," says Ghulam Raza, "then the heroin is like nothing to me." Smokers hang out at a local cemetery where outsiders will not bother them.
AFP Nov 7, 2001
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A squirrel almost starved to death after collecting the wrong kind of nuts in its nest in a park in Hamburg. A tree trimmer found the rodent in its nest surrounded by nuts and bolts from a nearby construction site. The squirrel was near-emaciated. A vet saved its life with intravenous fluids and a bowl of fruit. Even near death, the rodent was violently protective of his misconstrued stash.
Sunday Mail Jan 13, 2002
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Wendell and Cass, two black-footed penguins at New York aquarium, have been sharing the same nest for eight years. Keepers only recently discovered that both birds are, in fact, male. Cass is aggressive while Wendell is very nervous. They mate occasionally and are currently in dispute with another couple over their nest.
Guardian Feb 21, 2002
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At the world's first international congress on garden gnomes in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, Fritz Friedman, the Swiss president of the Association for the Protection of Gnomes' Rights, said that gnomes had always been "men only" and must remain so adding: "It is inconcievable that women can also be involved." He objected to delegate Reinhard Griebel who has been producing female gnomes: but the reformers won the vote.
Ananova Feb 27/Daily Telegraph March 2, 2002
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Until next week, dear friends, remember that "normal" is in the mind of the practitioner. 😎
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Micheal Marcum, 21, was found guilty of stealing six 350 lb. electrical transformers from a power company in Stanberry, Missouri. He stated that he was building a time machine so that he could skip forward a few days, get the correct lotto numbers and return to collect his winnings.
The Week Feb 16, 2002
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What was thought to be a human penis was discovered by the clean-up crew of a car wash in Hastins, Nebraska. Police didn't know whether it was a case of self-mutilation, accident or criminal attack. Two weeks later, tests showed the object to be a cow's teat. Police have now crossed self-mutilation off the list.
Scotsman Feb 15, 2002
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Twenty Royal Marines invaded Spain on Sunday Feb 17, armed with mortars and assault rifles. The commandos, using two landing craft, went ashore at La Linea taking up positions on the beach. The invasion was foiled by two patrolling police officers who drew the commandos' attention to nearby Gibraltar, the actual site of the military exercise.
AFP Feb 19, 2002
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Scorpion-smoking is becoming quite popular in Quetta, Pakistan these days. Users dry the scorpion's stingers, grind them, light the powder and suck in the smoke. "When I smoke scorpion," says Ghulam Raza, "then the heroin is like nothing to me." Smokers hang out at a local cemetery where outsiders will not bother them.
AFP Nov 7, 2001
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A squirrel almost starved to death after collecting the wrong kind of nuts in its nest in a park in Hamburg. A tree trimmer found the rodent in its nest surrounded by nuts and bolts from a nearby construction site. The squirrel was near-emaciated. A vet saved its life with intravenous fluids and a bowl of fruit. Even near death, the rodent was violently protective of his misconstrued stash.
Sunday Mail Jan 13, 2002
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Wendell and Cass, two black-footed penguins at New York aquarium, have been sharing the same nest for eight years. Keepers only recently discovered that both birds are, in fact, male. Cass is aggressive while Wendell is very nervous. They mate occasionally and are currently in dispute with another couple over their nest.
Guardian Feb 21, 2002
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At the world's first international congress on garden gnomes in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, Fritz Friedman, the Swiss president of the Association for the Protection of Gnomes' Rights, said that gnomes had always been "men only" and must remain so adding: "It is inconcievable that women can also be involved." He objected to delegate Reinhard Griebel who has been producing female gnomes: but the reformers won the vote.
Ananova Feb 27/Daily Telegraph March 2, 2002
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Until next week, dear friends, remember that "normal" is in the mind of the practitioner. 😎
