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Italian Mafia Starts Faking Olive Oil | Weird Facts
2008-04-24 15:39:00
weird factsItalian police have arrested 39 people and seized truckloads of fake olive oil destined for the United States, Germany and Switzerland to be sold at a big profit.Police said on Monday they seized 25,000 litres of the fake oil. The gang was adding flavouring and colourants to vegetable oil and slapping false labels on to bottles that claimed the contents were extra-virgin olive oil.Random tests on olive oil, as well as suspicions raised by some Italian restaurateurs and retailers, had led police to make the discovery. Police impounded contents of seven premises where the fake oil was being produced."We blocked the export of huge amounts of the oil to America, Germany and Switzerland, avoiding another international scandal after the buffalo mozzarella case," said Ernesto Di Gregorio, a Carabinieri police chief in the southern city of Naples.Several countries banned imports of Italian mozzarella when high levels of dioxin were found in the cheese – something blamed on the ...
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Scientists take control of flies' brains to make females behave just like m
2008-04-22 18:11:00
weird factsScientists have been able to take control of flies' brains to make females behave just like males.Researchers genetically modified the insects so that a group of brain cells that control sexual behaviour could be "switched on" by a pulse of light.The team was able to get female fruit flies to produce a courtship song - behaviour usually only seen in males.The study, published in the journal Cell, suggests that the wiring in male and female flies' brains is similar.Scanning electron micrograph of the fruit fly (SPL)What would happen if we turned the neurons on in femalesGero MiesenboeckGero Miesenboeck, from Oxford University, UK, who carried out the research with J. Dylan Clyne from Yale University, US, said: "It is often the case that males have to work very hard to convince females to mate with them."In many animal species, males have to put on elaborate courtship displays to impress females - even the tiny fruit fly."Male fruit flies will vibrate one of their wings t...
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Why Beautiful Women Marry Ugly Men | Weird Facts
2008-04-20 12:04:00
weird factsWomen seeking a lifelong mate might do well to choose the guy a notch below them in the looks category. New research reveals couples in which the wife is better looking than her husband are more positive and supportive than other match-ups.The reason, researchers suspect, is that men place great value on beauty, whereas women are more interested in having a supportive husband. Researchers admit that looks are subjective, but studies show there are some universal standards, including large eyes, "baby face" features, symmetric faces, so-called average faces, and specific waist-hip ratios in men versus women.Past research has shown that individuals with comparable stunning looks are attracted to each other and once they hook up they report greater relationship satisfaction. These studies, however, are mainly based on new couples, showing that absolute beauty is important in the earliest stages of couple-hood, said lead researcher James McNulty of the University of Tennessee...
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Police Charge Reality-Show Director With False Imprisonment | Weird Facts
2008-04-15 12:36:00
weird facts -- Police in Central Florida said they've arrested a man who allegedly held young women against their will in a house to shoot a reality show called "Pauper to Princess."Police say four women forced their way out of the Apopka house on Saturday. The show's director is charged with false imprisonment. He was released on $3,000 bail.Executive producer Jim Johnson denies the allegations. He says the women had been allowed to leave the house on recent weekends. He also said their cell phones were confiscated as part of the 13-week contract they signed.Johnson said the women were taken to the opera, fashion shows and modeling and etiquette training.Johnson says he doesn't have a television deal yet to air the show.Weird Facts 2.0Who is Shawn Casey ? Is he for real ?What job descriptions really mean
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What job descriptions really mean | Weird Facts
2008-04-13 14:51:00
weird facts“Competitive Salary�We remain competitive by paying you less than our competition.“Join our fast-paced company�We have no time to train you.“Casual work atmosphere�We don’t pay enough to expect that you will dress up; a couple of the real daring guys wear earrings.“Some overtime required�Some every night and some every weekend.“Duties will vary�Anyone in the office can boss you around.“Must have an eye for detail�We have no quality assurance.“Career-minded�Female applicants must be childless (and remain that way).“Apply in person�If you’re old, fat or ugly you’ll be told that the position has been filled.“Seeking candidates with a wide variety of experience�You’ll need it to replace the three people who just quit.“Problem-solving skills a must�You’re walking into perpetual chaos.“Requires team leadership skills�You’ll have the responsibilities of a manager, without the pay or respect.“Good communication skills�Ma...
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Postal officials defend $13,500 steak dinner | Weird Facts
2008-04-13 14:48:00
weird facts - When the U.S. Postal Service rang up a $13,500 tab at an Orlando steakhouse, it spared no expense during a five-hour meal that government investigators are calling "abusive" in its extravagance.The order -- charged to government credit cards -- included more than $3,000 for drinks, more than $500 for shrimp cocktails and almost $900 for mini crab cakes, according to the Government Accountability Office, the investigate arm of Congress.And then there's the steak. "The better question is probably what they didn't order," GAO investigator Gregory Kutz said Wednesday. He counted 81 entrees -- including just about every kind of steak -- from the 2006 feast at Ruth's Chris Steak House on Sand Lake Road.The GAO cited the Orlando meal as part of an overarching audit into abuse of government credit cards. The report, released this week, found 41 percent of purchases reviewed by the GAO from 2005 to 2006 failed "basic internal control standards."These include safety measures ...
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Why Things Cost $19.95 | Weird Facts
2008-04-10 14:02:00
weird factsEver wondered why retailers price goods at $4.99 rather than $5.00? Here is the best scientific explanation I read:Why Things Cost $19.95, by Wray Herbert, SciAm Mind Matters: ...[M]ost of us are motivated by the desire for a fair deal, and we employ some sophisticated cognitive tools to weigh offers, fashion responses, and so forth—all the to-and-fro in getting to an agreement. But how does life’s dickering play out in the brain? And is it a trustworthy tool for getting what we want? Psychologists have been studying cognitive bartering for some time, and several basics are well established. For example, an opening “bid� of any sort is usually perceived as a mental anchor, a starting point for the psychological jockeying to follow. ... What makes us settle on a response?University of Florida marketing professors Chris Janiszewski and Dan Uy suspected that ... some characteristic of the opening bid itself might influence ... bidding behavior. In particular, they wa...
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Blogger Dies From Blogging Too Much. And No, It's Not A Joke. | Weird Facts
2008-04-07 12:50:00
weird facts — They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment. Of course, the bloggers can work elsewhere, and they profess a love of the nonstop action and perhaps the chance to create a global media outlet without a major up-front investment. At the same time, some are starting to wonder if something has gone very wrong. In the last few months, two among their ranks have died suddenly.Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a prolific blogger on technology subjects who died at 60 of a heart attack. In December, another tech blogge...
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School bans birthday cake
2008-04-07 12:48:00
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Children in a New Zealand school have been banned from bringing cakes to share on their birthdays, due to new government healthy eating guidelines.Pupils at Oteha Valley primary school north of Auckland have been told they are allowed to celebrate their birthdays, but the cake must stay at home, the New Zealand Herald newspaper reported.The Ministry of Education has been on a fat-busting crusade, introducing sweeping guidelines against unhealthy food in New Zealand schools.Oteha Valley has a large number of pupils born in September and October, and there can be up to four cakes a week in some classes, principal Megan Bowden told the Herald.It had gotten to the point where parents thought they were required to provide a cake for their child's birthday.The school has advised parents in a newsletter to stop sending cakes to school from the next term.A Ministry of Education spokesman told the Herald the government guidelines only applied to food sold on the premi...
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Regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice a
2008-04-03 10:44:00
weird factsThat is the claim of psychologists who have found that tapping away on a mobile phone or computer keypad or checking them for electronic messages temporarily knocks up to 10 points off the user’s IQ.This rate of decline in intelligence compares unfavourably with the four-point drop in IQ associated with smoking marijuana, according to British researchers, who have labelled the fleeting phenomenon of enhanced stupidity as “infomania�.Research on sleep deprivation suggests that the IQ drop caused by electronic obsession is also equivalent to a wakeful night.Infomania is mainly a problem for adult workers, especially men, the study commissioned by Hewlett Packard, the technology company, has concluded.The noticeable drop in IQ is attributed to the constant distraction of “always on� technology when employees should be concentrating on what they are paid to do. Infomania means that they lose concentration as their minds remain fixed in an almost permanent state of r...
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Students Plagarize Honor Code | Weird Facts
2008-03-31 16:36:00
weird factsSAN ANTONIO - Their goal was an honor code that discouraged cheating and plagiarizing.However, the wording in a draft by students at the University of Texas at San Antonio appears to match another school's code - without proper attribution.The student currently in charge of the honor code project said it was an oversight, but cheating experts say it illustrates a sloppiness among Internet-era students who don't know how to cite sources properly and think of their computers as cut-and-paste machines."That's the consequence of the Internet and the availability of things," said Daniel Wueste, director of the Rutland Institute for Ethics at Clemson University. "It doesn't feel like what would be in a book. You Google it and here it comes."Student Akshay Thusu said that when he took over the project a month ago he inherited a draft by earlier project participants, including a group of students who attended a conference five years ago put on by The Center for Academic Integ...
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Millionaire goes back to McDonald's job | Weird Facts
2008-03-28 16:32:00
weird factsA lottery winner has gone back to his old job serving burgers at McDonald's.Luke Pittard, 25, shared a $2.85 million jackpot with his girlfriend 18 months ago.After taking a break Pittard, who has since married his partner, has decided to go back to his old job part-time, where he earns just $192.40 for 15 hours' work a week.Pittard, dubbed the McMillionaire , said: "I loved my work at McDonald's before I won the money, and I'm really enjoying being back there again."There are so many familiar faces that it was like coming back to a group of old friends."To be honest, there's only so much relaxing you can do. I'm only young and a bit of hard work never did anyone any harm."[Via - News.Com.Au]Who else wants to get a free copy of out internet "Business-in-a-Box" ?Judges overturn libel verdict over bad review given Irish pizzeria13 Stupid Ideas That Made Millions of Dollars
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Restaurant gives 25 percent discount for bugs found in food | Weird Facts
2008-03-26 09:34:00
weird factsDUBAI (Reuters) - A group celebrating a birthday at a Dubai diner were cheered by a 25 percent discount but not necessarily the reason: "Bug on food."The restaurant cut the bill for seven customers at a birthday dinner after they found four insects crawling around their meals, the Gulf News reported on Tuesday."We were surprised when the receipt said 'bug on food' as a reason for the discount. I think they were trying to be funny," it quoted one of the disgruntled customers as saying.An official at the restaurant defended the phrase saying it was "an inappropriate detail," the paper reported."It was a misunderstanding from our side -- the guys thought being friendly and having a joke about the environment would relax the diners because it was a birthday, but unfortunately it didn't," he added.[Via - Reuters]Lawsuit Settled Over Stolen Virtual Sex Toys In 'Second Life'Norwegian Hospital to Equip Babies With Anti-Theft AlarmsParents Foil Drinking Party After Checking D...
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Lawsuit Settled Over Stolen Virtual Sex Toys In 'Second Life' | Weird Facts
2008-03-25 08:00:00
weird factsTAMPA, Fla. -- A legal dispute over the theft of virtual sex toys has resulted in a real-life slap on the wrist. A federal judge accepted the settlement Thursday of a lawsuit filed last year against a Texas man accused of stealing sex toys developed for the online world, "Second Life ."According to the settlement, Robert Leatherwood agreed not to copy, display or distribute any items sold by Eros LLC, a Tampa Bay-area company that creates virtual sex scripts in the "Second Life" universe. Leatherwood must also disclose the e-mail addresses of anyone he knows had access to his "Second Life" persona, known as "Volkov Catteneo."The settlement does not involve money or any admission of wrongdoing, court documents show. It effectively ends the suit filed last year by Eros' owner, Kevin Alderman, of Lutz. He sued to stop the unauthorized distribution of Eros creations, which allow "Second Life" users to equip their online personas, known as avatars, with realistic genitalia. Pr...
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Oprah show sued over 'seat rush' | Weird Facts
2008-03-23 17:23:00
weird factsA woman has sued the company behind Oprah Winfrey's TV chat show, claiming she was injured when audience members rushed to find seats at a recording. Orit Greenberg has demanded $50,000 (£25,100) in damages after allegedly being pushed down a flight of stairs.She said this caused her "severe and permanent injuries" and claimed the crowd in the studio was not properly controlled by Harpo Studios staff.The production company declined to comment on her allegations. Harpo Studios told the Associated Press it did not make statements about impending legal cases.Ms Greenberg claimed she was hurt in December 2006 while attending a recording of the programme in the US city of Chicago.Audience members were told to sit wherever they wanted, which led to the rush, according to the legal documents she has filed.[Via - BBC]Man Gets Stolen Mustang Back 38 Years LaterNorwegian Hospital to Equip Babies With Anti-Theft AlarmsOops! Bank Mistakenly Starts Foreclosure Process On Wrong House
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Man Gets Stolen Mustang Back 38 Years Later | Weird Facts
2008-03-22 13:13:00
weird facts(AP) LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles man is getting his stolen Mustang back _ 38 years after it was stolen. The vehicle has an extra 300,000 miles and a different paint job, but Eugene Brakke’s 1965 Mustang is evidently running just fine.Brakke reported the car stolen to Burbank police in May 1970.One month later, a Long Beach teenager named Judy Smongesky received the car as a high school graduation gift from her father, who had bought it at a Bellflower used car dealer.Smongesky, who now lives in San Diego, said Thursday she had been driving and maintaining the car for nearly four decades, and only learned that it had been stolen when she recently prepared to sell it. San Diego police verified the car was hot."It’s his car, even though he had it for four years and I had it for 38," Smongesky said. "He seems like a real nice gentleman, though."Brakke found out Smongesky had twice rebuilt the engine and painted the Mustang from its old gold color to silver-blue."He wasnâ€...
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Norwegian Hospital to Equip Babies With Anti-Theft Alarms | Weird Facts
2008-03-18 13:37:00
weird factsOSLO (AFP) - A Norwegian hospital said Monday it was planning to equip all newborn babies with anti-theft alarms to protect them from kidnappings and help avoid identity mix-ups."The main reason is that we want to emphasise security," Erik Normann, head of the Akershus University Hospital near Oslo told AFP."There was a period in which Norway experienced several infant kidnappings and that is something we want to avoid," he said. The alarm system consists of two small chips, one attached to a bracelet clasped around the baby's ankle as soon as it is born and the other stuck on the mother's bracelet.When the two chips are separated by a certain distance the alarm is set off. If a woman tries to leave with a baby who is not her own, or if someone tries to rip the bracelet off an infant, the hospital doors automatically lock shut and the hospital elevators grind to a halt.The Akershus hospital, which has one of Norway's largest maternity wards with some 4,200 babies deliv...
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Vegas Man Paints Car Like Police Cruiser... And It's Not Illegal! | Weird F
2008-03-13 16:43:00
weird factsLAS VEGAS, N.M. — Jessie Vigil's black-and-white car sports a red-and-blue emergency bar across the top and the word "police" painted on the doors. Vigil, however, isn't a cop. Law enforcement agencies say what he's done with his car isn't illegal as long as he doesn't act like a police officer.He started decorating his 2007 Ford Mustang last summer to look like the police cruiser in the "Transformers" movie because his 7-year-old son, Thomas, was fond of the film."My intent was to re-create the movie car," said Vigil, a 35-year-old disabled veteran from the war in Iraq. "When I came back from Iraq, I tried to spoil him. I wasn't the best dad before."He said he called the district attorney's office beforehand and spoke to Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Ulibarri, who tried to discourage his decorating scheme but couldn't find anything in the law that would stop Vigil as long as he didn't impersonate an officer.Ulibarri said a state law prevents people from m...
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Judges overturn libel verdict over bad review given Irish pizzeria | Weird
2008-03-12 12:25:00
weird factsDUBLIN, Ireland - The decision was bound to leave a bad taste in somebody's mouth.In this case it's the owner of Belfast pizzeria whose unprecedented libel verdict has been overturned by a Northern Ireland appeals court.Owner Ciaran Convery successfully sued a Belfast newspaper over a review that deemed his Goodfellas restaurant smoky, sloppy and unappetizing.But Northern Ireland Chief Justice Brian Kerr ruled that a Belfast jury erred in law last year when it awarded Convery $50,000 in damages.Kerr said the jury failed to consider whether the reviewer demonstrated malice, and would have been likely to rule in the newspaper's favour if the original trial judge had instructed them correctly.Noel Doran, editors of the Irish News newspaper, said the original verdict threatened the ability of newspapers throughout the United Kingdom to publish reviews. Convery vows to launch another lawsuit.[Via - CBC] Mind Blowing Free "Business-In-A-Box"Learn how to get a Free MacBook Ai...
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Oops! Bank Mistakenly Starts Foreclosure Process On Wrong House | Weird Fac
2008-03-10 12:16:00
weird factsKISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A Kissimmee homeowner was in England when he learned a Florida bank had mistakenly started foreclosure proceedings on his house.As it turns out, Denroy Bell didn't even have a mortgage with the bank, Citi-Residential. The bank admitted that it's dealing with so many foreclosures in Central Florida that it made a mistake.Bell's neighbor called him when she saw the locks being changed and the pool empty."It was like the army came up and took over the house," Esther Goshop, a neighbor, said.Bell lives primarily in London and rents out his home when he's not in Florida. He said the bank apologized for the inconvenience.Bell wants the company to pay to clean up the pool and change the locks back.[Via - Passed Out Drunk]13 Stupid Ideas That Made Millions of DollarsMan Accused Of Taking $2M After Bank Confuses Him With Someone ElseWho else wants a free copy of our internet "business-in-a-box" ?
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NASCAR Fan Gets Posthumous Spin Around the Track | Weird Facts
2008-03-06 12:05:00
weird factsTALENT, Ore. — Big George Helms had tickets for last weekend's NASCAR race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but died before he got to use them. He still made it to the track, though.At 6-foot-5 and 400 pounds, Helms wouldn't have been able to fit into a race car. But after his death from a heart attack Dec. 28, loved ones decided to try to fulfill the 54-year-old's dream of participating in a NASCAR race, and arranged for the former logger's ashes to be driven around the track."His friends came up to us during the memorial service and asked us if they could take his ashes to the NASCAR race," said Helms' mother, Dixie Helms. "I said 'He'd love that.'"Driver Mike Harmon taped Helms' urn to the fire extinguisher of his Nationwide Series car during practice last Friday. He told ESPN he could hear someone squealing when he went through a couple of turns."I swear I did," Harmon said. "I heard a noise I've never heard before. It happened just one time, through Turns...
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Parents Foil Drinking Party After Checking Daughter's MySpace Page | Weird
2008-03-05 15:00:00
weird factsA children's advocate Monday applauded the actions of two parents who learned of a party their daughter was hosting by monitoring her MySpace page and then calling police.Marathon County sheriff's deputies issued 29 underage drinking citations Friday night after the town of Wausau couple learned of the party while they were in Minnesota and then subsequently returned to Wausau, according to a Sheriff's Department report.The parents first stopped at the Sheriff's Department at about 10:30 p.m. Friday, spoke with officers and then went home to verify that there indeed was a party. After doing so, they called police back and the father blocked the driveway so no one could leave by car.The deputies arrived, issued the citations and then arrangements were made to give the partygoers, which ranged in age from 17 to 20, a safe ride home.No one admitted to supplying the alcohol and the majority of those cited did not have previous alcohol-related offenses, Sheriff's Lt. Rand...
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An Iranian Court Orders a Man to Give His Wife 124,000 Roses | Weird Facts
2008-03-04 17:59:00
weird factsAn Iranian court has ordered a man to give his wife the 124,000 roses that he promised in her dowry, after she filed a complaint to claim it, reports say.The woman said she was claiming the dowry because her "very stingy husband" would not even pay for a cup of coffee, according to the E'temad newspaper.The court has seized the man's flat until he produces all of the roses.Under Iranian law, a woman can claim her dowry, or mahr, at any time during a marriage or when getting divorced.The gift becomes the property of the wife to do whatever she likes with.It is required in order for the marriage contract and the marriage itself to be valid.According to E'temad, the woman, identified as Hengameh, decided to claim her entire dowry of 124,000 red roses after 10 years of marriage to "punish her very stingy husband"."Shortly after marriage, I realised that Shahin was very cheap," she told the newspaper. "He even refused to pay for my coffee if we went to a cafe or restaurant....
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13 Stupid Ideas That Made Millions of Dollars
2008-03-02 14:46:00
Want to make it big as an entrepreneur? Check out these recent odd and quirky business ideas. P.S. These ideas could not have been too “dumb� as they have all made millions of dollars for the entrepreneurs who started them. For your pooch:Looking for that perfect dogie accessory? How about a stylish custom-designed wig? Wiggles Dog Wigs, the brainchild of Ruth Regina offers a variety of wigs and hair extensions for your dog.Your little friend can also try out of Mungo & Maud’s Petite Amande dog fragrance, there is even a matching shampoo.Finally, for some cool shades, fancy outdoor gear, or jewelry, then check out Doggles. Gift ideas??? Know someone who is hard to shop for? Try one of these specialty items… Does a teddy bear sound too boring? Why not cuddle up with your very own plush road kill?How about some designer antenna balls?Didn’t get to break the wishbone this Thanksgiving? Now you can get your chance with your very own fake plastic wishbone.Know a hardcore ga...
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Weird Facts: Counterfeiters Learn How To Make Fake Ferrari's
2008-02-29 16:09:00
weird factsROME (Reuters) - Italians are used to buying bogus Gucci bags or Rolex watches to look stylish but police found a new height of craftsmanship and cunning when they broke up a ring selling fake Ferrari cars for a fraction of the real price.Police accused 15 people of building the blood red sports cars and selling them to car fanatics on a budget, most of whom knew they were buying a counterfeit classic.Car body workers who police called "very able" cobbled together mostly fake parts and a few original components. They used body parts from other makes of automobiles, such as chassis, roofs, hoods, trunks and doors.The body parts were modified to look like Ferrari classics such as the 328 Gtb, which went out of production in the late 1980s.Some of the cars sold for about 20,000 euros, about a tenth of the going price for some versions.Police confiscated 21 cars, 14 of which had already been sold, and seven in production in Sicilian garages.[Via - Reuters]Man Accused Of Takin...
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Weird Facts: Vengeful Bride Sues Runaway Groom
2008-02-26 16:42:00
A filipina bride is suing her former fiance after he ran off with another woman before the wedding ceremony had even finished. // weird factsThe couple had nearly finished saying their vows when a woman appeared at the back of the church and shouted that the wedding should stop, the Philippine Star newspaper reported today.The groom - who had been about to say "I do'' - hesitated before walking to the woman and hugging her, and the pair fled in a taxi, the newspaper added.The bride said she had suffered ``irreparable damages'' and had not slept well after the incident in December.She is reportedly seeking 549,630 pesos ($A14,729) in damages.[Via - Speed Dating News]Man Accused Of Taking $2M After Bank Confuses Him With Someone ElseHow deep is your love? Passion phones knowShawn Casey is now giving away hia five hundred dollar e-mail marketing software for free
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Weird Facts: Man Accused Of Taking $2M After Bank Confuses Him With Someone
2008-02-21 15:34:00
weird factsNEW YORK -- A man was charged with withdrawing $2 million from an account after a bank confused him with a man who has the same name. Benjamin Lovell was arraigned Tuesday on grand larceny charges.The 48-year-old salesman said he tried to tell officials at Commerce Bank in December that he did not have a $5 million account. He says he was told it was his and he could withdraw the money. Prosecutors said the bank -- which advertises itself as America's Most Convenient Bank -- confused Lovell with a Benjamin Lovell who works for a property management company.The lesser-funded Lovell gave away some of the withdrawn money and blew some of it on gifts, but lost much of it on bad investments, prosecutors said. The district attorney's office did not immediately have information on his lawyer. Calls left with Commerce Bank on Wednesday were not immediately returned.[Via - KiroTV]What if You had a gun to your head and had to make $1000 in 48 hours ?Who is Shawn Casey ? Is he for...
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Weird Facts: How deep is your love? Passion phones know
2008-02-19 20:15:00
weird factsSEOUL (Reuters) - Valentines Day in South Korea means chocolates, romantic dinners and a high-tech mobile phone device that can secretly check the passion in the voice of a lover.The "Love Detector" service from mobile operator KTF uses technology that is supposed to analyze voice patterns to see if a lover is speaking honestly and with affection."We created this service because we thought people would want to know what others were feeling about them," said Ahn Hee-jung, a KTF official.Users who speak by pointing their mobile phones at themselves for video conferences can see a "love meter" bar on the screen of their handset during a conversation.They later receive an analysis of the conversation delivered through text message that breaks down the amount of affection, surprise, concentration and honesty of the other speaker.The service costs subscribers a flat fee of 1,500 won ($1.59) a month for unlimited use or can be accessed at 300 won for each call, KTF said."The cal...
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Weird Facts: See What It's Like To Have More Money
2008-02-16 17:38:00
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Weird Facts: Radio Station Giving Away Free Divorce For Valentine's Day
2008-02-14 15:29:00
weird factsAP) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston radio station is observing Valentine’s Day with a reminder that Cupid sometimes misses his mark. WKLC-FM, better known as Rock 105, is giving away a free divorce.Valentine’s Day isn’t all hearts and flowers, says WKLC Program Director Jay Nunley. There is a darker side, he said, "where maybe you despise your spouse and resent the entire day."Through 4 p.m. on Thursday, Valentine’s Day, applications for the free divorce will be accepted on the classic rock station’s Web site, http://www.wklc.com. The winning name will be drawn at 5 p.m.Nunley cautions that this is a real divorce and people shouldn’t enter if they aren’t serious. Also, people expecting a long, drawn-out legal battle should hire a lawyer because the Rock 105 contest is for a relatively uncomplicated divorce.Charleston attorney Rusty Webb will handle the actual filing."Sure we can give away concert tickets, and we do," said Nunley. "That’s going to make you...
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