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Lizard in the Midday Meal Sends Students to Hospital
Offbeat  (tags: lizard, meal, food, unusual, off-beat, unappetizing )

Jo
- 268 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
JAIPUR: Nine students were admitted to hospital on Wednesday as a precautionary measure after their midday meal at school in which a lizard was found dead
So This Tree Walks Into a Bank...
Offbeat  (tags: bank robbery, tree disguise, New Hampshire, funny )

RC
- 897 days ago - usatoday.com
Police Catch Manchester, NH bank robber disguised as tree...leaf it to New Hampshire : "Leaf free or die?" LOL!!!
Woman Handcuffed, Jailed Over Neglected Lawn
Offbeat  (tags: arrested, usa, woman )

Jacquelin
- 900 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
A 70-year-old American woman who said she could not afford to water her brown, sickly lawn has been jailed briefly after refusing to accept a ticket for violating a city ordinance. Betty Perry has not watered her lawn in a year, said Lieutenant Doug Edwa
7-Toed Cat Gives Birth To 7-Toed Kitten On 7/7/07
Offbeat  (tags: cat, kittens, unusual, Polydactyl, multiple toes, odd, interesting )

Jo
- 900 days ago - wlbz2.com
OKLAHOMA (NBC) -- Saturday's 7-7-7 date was especially lucky for one Oklahoma woman. Sheena Carrol is the owner of a cat who just happens to have seven toes, but it doesn't end there
Try Alice Greenfingers for FREE!!
Offbeat  (tags: games, gardening, nature, fun )

Caitlin
- 900 days ago - bestbuygames.com
Manage a profitable gardening business in this intriguing simulation game. Grow a garden full of beautiful flowers and tasty vegetables, follow market trends, and sell your produce to customers down at the town market!
$55,000 in Gold Found at Japanese Dump
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, Japan, odd )

Yuki
- 904 days ago - paradoxoff.com
89 ounces of gold (2.5 kilograms) in four plates were found by the 66 year old worker at the construction wastes processing plant in Japanese city of Miyoshi.
Woman Whose Dog 'Voted' Pleads Not Guilty
Offbeat  (tags: funny, humor, makingapoint, off-beat )

Erika
- 908 days ago - wtop.com
SEATTLE (AP) - Duncan the dog is still registered to vote, and his owner isn't pleased.
It's Stinky, Hairy and Mean - But Is Amazon Big Foot Real?
Offbeat  (tags: Big Foot, Mapinguary, Brazil, Amazon, Giant Sloth, hunt, interesting, culture, indians, indigenous, tribes )

Jo
- 910 days ago - iht.com
Perhaps it is nothing more than a legend, as skeptics say. Or maybe it is real, as those who claim to have seen it avow. But the mere mention of the mapinguary, the giant sloth-like monster of the Amazon, is enough to send shivers down the spines...
Indians Use Condoms as Toys
Offbeat  (tags: Condoms, India, unusual, cultural, religious, creative )

Jo
- 910 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Health activists said millions of condoms were melted down for their latex and made into toys. Others were dyed and sold as balloons.
Fish Catches Boat - the One That Got Away
Offbeat  (tags: Fish, fishing, kayak, catch, payback, rescue, the one that got away )

Jo
- 910 days ago - ybw.com
A South African fisherman had to be rescued by lifeboat after his own boat was towed out to sea by a giant fish.
 
 
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