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Native Burial Grounds May Contain Viking Ship
Offbeat  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Vikings, Burial Grounds, bizarre, animals, culture, humans, interesting, news, odd, off-beat, unusual )

Kat
- 1617 days ago - aaanativearts.com
A 200-acre wooded site west of Tisch Mills guards its secrets well. Maybe that's what its original inhabitants intended.But for historian Bruce Vandervest and several other investigators...
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Does the Shoe Fit? Native Nike Footwear Raises Concerns
Offbeat  (tags: sportswear, footwear, shoes, indians, nativeamericans, culture, interesting, odd, off-beat, news, unusual, design, custom, bizarre, humans )

Kat
- 1656 days ago - indiancountrynews.net
Something about the shoe smells sort of funny to a growing number of Indians who believe the project is culturally insensitive and amounts to racial profiling
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Ellen, Can You Hear Me? (Epic Change Puts the FUN Back in FUNdraising.)
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, Tanzania, school, Africa, Ellen DeGeneres, education, poverty, unusual, unique, kids, children )

Stacey
- 1943 days ago - epicchange.org
Hilarious video of dogooder who REALLY wants Ellen DeGeneres to donate $10 to kids in Africa. Bonus points for classic Yentl remake and gratuitous references to pie, widgets and fruitcake. Help by forwarding this link to Ellen and all your friends.
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Santa And Three Elves Beaten!
Offbeat  (tags: Santa, Elves, Santa Claus, ethics, bizarre, funny, humans, interesting, news, off-beat, odd, unusual, children )

Kat
- 1631 days ago - thesun.co.uk
SCARED elves at a grotty Christmas grotto have been pulled out after Santa and three of his little helpers were attacked by angry parents.
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Did Curiosity Kill The Cat
Offbeat  (tags: cat, mummy, england, mummified, unusual, entmobed, odd, hellokitty )

Chrissy
- 2112 days ago - gazetteandherald.co.uk
Builders have discovered a 100-year-old mummified cat entombed in a roof space. The crumbling cat, which dates back to the 18th or early 19th century, is believed to have crawled into the tiny space and died.
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Best of Friends: Lonely Chicken Finds Farmhouse Cat
Offbeat  (tags: animals, friends, GoodNews, cats, farm, hen, unusual )

Tom
- 1711 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
It's an unlikely partnering. In another life, Snowy the cat would surely be chasing chicken Gladys round the farm they both live on. But against all the odds, the pair have become firm friends - even lavishing affection on each other.
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The Four Year Old Girl Who Only Speaks to Animals
Offbeat  (tags: unusual )

Issa
- 1954 days ago - skypedia.org
At four years old, she had never been able to say Mummy or Daddy. Nor could Rose Willcocks tell her parents if she was hungry
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The Abuse Excuse: Social Services or Salem Witch Hunts?
Offbeat  (tags: children, freedoms, news, society, unusual, off-beat, ethics )

Sheldon
- 1941 days ago - timesanddemocrat.com
In recent years, we've seen a geometric increase of media attention on the abuse and neglect of children. There are now even television shows devoted to tracking potential child molesters by encouraging them to visit a house set up with hidden video camer
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Anybody for Some Turkey Surpise?
Offbeat  (tags: turkey, window, Michigan, unusual, surpise )

RC
- 1989 days ago - record-eagle.com
No, it's not a casserole - it's a story from Traverse City, Michigan. Must be a bunch of turkeys out there!
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World's Oldest Living Tree -- 9550 Years Old -- Discovered In Sweden
Offbeat  (tags: environment, interesting, unusual, world )

Thunderr
- 1862 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The world's oldest recorded tree is a 9,550 year old spruce in the Dalarna province of Sweden.The spruce tree has shown to be a tenacious survivor that has endured by growing between erect trees and smaller bushes in pace with the dramatic climate changes
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World's Oldest Person Dies In Japan
Offbeat  (tags: humans, interesting, unusual, old age )


- 2109 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Yone Minagawa, a widow who lived in a nursing home but was still sprightly late in life, dies "of old age" Monday evening. She was born in January 1893.
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The Worlds Most Dangerous Stickers
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, ethics, government, humor, interesting, unusual )

Dana
- 1850 days ago - libertystickers.com
The World's Most Dangerous Bumper Stickers Quiet an interesting site to say the least.
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Monkey Misery for Kenyan Women Villagers
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, interesting, bizarre, culture )

Jim
- 2099 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A troop of vervet monkeys is giving Kenyan villagers long days and sleepless nights, destroying crops and causing a food crisis. Earlier this month, local MP Paul Muite urged the Kenyan Wildlife Service to help contain their aggressive behaviour.
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Spears' Manager Accused of Drugging Singer
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, health, interesting, risks, safety, society, unusual, off-beat )

Sheldon
- 1933 days ago - cnn.com
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A restraining order against the man who's been at Britney Spears' side during her downward spiral alleges that he drugged her, took over her finances and controlled the ravenous paparazzi "like a general."
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