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Offbeat News tagged with unusual

Walking With Jaguars: The Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi Animal Rescue Centre
Offbeat  (tags: bolvia animal rescue centre, big cats, walking with jaguars, unusual )

Simone
- 10 hours ago - madhavgopalkrish.wordpress.com
In many ways Jaguars are the most complete of all cats. It's kinda sad that their numbers are shrinking in the wild over time.
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10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
Offbeat  (tags: world, unusual, technology, humor, funny, Doomday, predictions )

Katie
- 18 hours ago - livescience.com
With the upcoming disaster film "2012" and the current hype about Mayan calendars and doomsday predictions, it seems like a good time to put such notions in context.
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Unlikely Best Buds: A Puppy and a Cheetah - Paw Nation
Offbeat  (tags: puppy, cheetah, unlikely friends, cincinnati, zoo, animals, goodnews, unusual )

Barbaroca
- 1 day ago - pawnation.com
A puppy and a cheetah may seem like unlikely bedfellows, but at a Cincinnati zoo they are brother and sister. Please visit pawnation.com and type in the title of this post into the search engine for full adorable de-"tails." LOL :)
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A Leopard's Majesty
Offbeat  (tags: different photograph, wildlife photographer, leopard climbing down tree, unusual )

Simone
- 1 day ago - news.rediff.com
Capturing a leopard is no joke, even on a camera. Bangalore-based kidney specialist Ajith Huilgol and avid wildlife photographer did just that and won a runner-up award at the UK-based Veolia Environment
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Frog's Escape From Praying Mantis Caught on Camera
Offbeat  (tags: praying mantis, frog caught, leaped to safety, unusual, animals )

Simone
- 3 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Spotting what it thought was easy prey the insect carefully edged its way up the twig before pouncing. But the tiny tree frog proved a worthy contender and managed to leap to safety - even though the mantis had already started eating its leg.
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Singing Cats: New CD 'First Meowel' for Christmas
Offbeat  (tags: singing cats, unusual, christmas music, cons, cd )

Simone
- 3 days ago - content.usatoday.com
Christmas music, if it's not already playing on your radio stations, is about to hit the airwaves. One of my favorite stations in the Washington, D.C. area announced over the weekend they start their 24/7 scheduling on Friday.
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Chinese Traffic Cop's Funny Lecture on Helmet Safety (Video)
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, culture, custom, funny, humans, humor, interesting, off-beat, unusual, society, world )

Daphna
- 4 days ago - treehugger.com
When Beijing Policeman Tan, the star of his very own local news segment, stops a motorcyclist because his passenger isn't wearing his helmet, we get an earful on gender norms, hairstyles, and one of our favorite topics -- helmets! See the video below.
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Lion Opens Family's Car Door With His Teeth
Offbeat  (tags: south african safari park, family outing, family car, door opened by lion, unusual )

Simone
- 4 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
In the comfort and security of their car, a family thought there was nothing to worry about as they drove through a South African safari park - until a lion calmly opened their back door with his teeth.
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Oldest Graffiti Vandal Arrested: 74-Year-Old Gets Tagged By Cops
Offbeat  (tags: graffiti, humor, funny, unusual, crime, police )

Lone
- 5 days ago - nydailynews.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A 74-year-old man said to be the oldest graffiti vandal ever captured in Los Angeles County was arrested Friday, authorities said
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Frenchies Take Over Astoria
Offbeat  (tags: french bulldogs, neighbourhood, queens, unusual )

Simone
- 6 days ago - weblogs.baltimoresun.com
The New York Times has a funny -- and kinda odd -- story about how one neighborhood of Queens is being run over by French bulldogs, of all things. The story points out that typically the Ditmars area of Astoria is more of a low-brow, pound-puppy type
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Police Raid in China Uncovers Fake Condom Factory
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, china, fake, protection, unsafe, interesting )

Lone
- 7 days ago - nydailynews.com
Think condoms mean safe sex? Think again. London's Times newspaper reports that Police in China have raided a 215-square-foot factory in central Hunan province
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You Better Believe It: Christian License Plate Banned By U.S. District Court
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, unfair, religious freedom, christian, license plate, banned, design )

Barbaroca
- 7 days ago - autoblog.com
Last year, the SC state legislature approved a bill to establish a Christian-themed license plate depicting a cross in front of a stained-glass window and bearing the words "I Believe."
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Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas
Offbeat  (tags: animals, world, interesting, environment, unusual )

Sally
- 8 days ago - newsblaze.com
Recording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and BirdLife International have released the first-ever atlas
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25 Pounds of Pot in Fruit Crate at Texas Prison
Offbeat  (tags: inmates, marijuana, fruit, humor, bizarre, unusual, odd, interesting )

Lone
- 9 days ago - star-telegram.com
EDINBURG, Texas -- A police department's gift of fruit to a Texas prison turned out to contain 25 pounds of marijuana
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