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Study Says Half of US Adults Will Be Obese by 2030
There’s a new study that estimates that half of US adults will be obese by 2030. The study, done by researchers at Harvard University, paints the picture that obesity will be 35% in every state ...
Dec 20, 2019
Baby Dinosaurs Found in Australia
It would appear that paleontologists have unearthed the first baby dinosaurs from Australia. The tiny bones were found along the south coast of Victoria and near Lightning Ridge in New South Wales. A ...
Dec 20, 2019
Man Robs Credit Union, Buys Disguise Afterward
While there isn’t exactly a guidebook for pulling off a successful bank robbery, you’d assume purchasing a disguise before you hand the teller a note would rank pretty high on the checklis...
Dec 19, 2019
USDA Tariff Tracker Removes Black Panther’s Wakanda As Free Trade Partner
Apparently, up until Wednesday agricultural products from Wakanda could be imported to the United States, with the fictional East African nation from Marvel’s Black Panther listed as a free trad...
Dec 19, 2019
Footage Of Jeffrey Epstein’s First Suicide Attempt Has Gone Missing
In what certainly will add fuel to the conspiracy theory fire, footage of Jeffrey Epstein’s first jail cell suicide attempt at the Metropolitan Correction Center has also gone missing. According...
Dec 19, 2019
Facebook To Air Its First Super Bowl Commercial
Rocky is coming back to screens as Sylvester Stallone revealed that he’s reprised the role in a commercial for Facebook that’s set to air during the Super Bowl. In a video showing some beh...
Dec 19, 2019
Russia to Appeal Doping Sanctions
Russia will appeal the four-year doping sanctions placed by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The sanctions from deleting files and faking evidence to cover up doping amongst athletes. Russia’s plan...
Dec 19, 2019
Child in Domestic Violence Shelter Asks Santa for “Very Good Dad”
Safe Haven Shelter, a domestic violence shelter in Texas, shared a heart-breaking letter that a seven-year-old boy wrote to Santa Claus that his mother found in his backpack. The boy wrote “We h...
Dec 19, 2019
Airport Workers Make Christmas Tree Out Of Confiscated Items
A group of airport workers in Lithuania got into the holiday spirit by using their arts and crafts skills. They created a Christmas tree out of items that were confiscated at the Vilnius Airport secur...
Dec 17, 2019
Doorbell Cam Captures UPS Worker Hurling Package at Front Door
A Connecticut woman is making a stink after her doorball camera captured a UPS worker hurling a package she’d ordered at her house. The woman, identified only as Cheryl, says she was shocked whe...
Dec 17, 2019
