the "Headline That Caught My Attention or the WTF" thread

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Jack in the Box restaurant manager stabbed by customer who refused to wear a mask, police say By Mallika Kallingal and Keith Allen, CNN Updated 2:32 AM ET, Fri March 19, 2021 Restaurant surveillance photo of James Schulz hmmmm wonder what that huckleberrys affiliations and allegiances are

 

[wader]

The Water on Mars Vanished. This Might Be Where It Went.

Mars was once wet, with an ocean’s worth of water on its surface. Today, most of Mars is as dry as a desert except for ice deposits in its polar regions. Where did the rest of the water go? Some of it disappeared into space. Water molecules, pummeled by particles of solar wind, broke apart into...

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Jack in the Box restaurant manager stabbed by customer who refused to wear a mask, police say By Mallika Kallingal and Keith Allen, CNN Updated 2:32 AM ET, Fri March 19, 2021 Restaurant surveillance photo of James Schulz hmmmm wonder what that huckleberrys affiliations and allegiances are

didn't even know that Jack in the Box was still around - used to love their breakfast sandwiches (ham & egg) - great after a night of partying

 

[wader]

we should get on board with the Brits on this one...........

SAS ordered to start disrupting Russian meddling around the world

SAS soldiers will be told to disrupt Russian meddling around the world as part of a major shake up of defence priorities. The SAS and other units in the Special Forces Group will likely work alongside MI6 to conduct covert surveillance operations against Russian spies and military units. Sir...

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[wader]

Italian army accused of fowl play after tank accidentally fires rounds into chicken farm

The Italian army is in a flap after one of its tanks accidentally fired shells into a chicken farm during a night exercise, killing dozens of birds. The rounds were fired by a 27-tonne Centauro (Centaur) armoured vehicle during training on a range near the town of Pordenone in the northern...

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The Italian army is in a flap after one of its tanks accidentally fired shells into a chicken farm during a night exercise, killing dozens of birds.

The rounds were fired by a 27-tonne Centauro (Centaur) armoured vehicle during training on a range near the town of Pordenone in the northern region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

They ripped through the wall of a metal shed, causing part of it to collapse.

The shells were blanks and so did not explode but around 50 chickens were killed in the shed, which lies a few hundred yards from the Cellina army training area.

The mishap was lampooned mercilessly on social media, with memes featuring chickens wearing army helmets and adaptations of images from the animated film Chicken Run.

A fake Wikipedia page was set up, dedicated to what was dubbed “the Battle of Cellina”, with the outcome hailed as an “Italian strategic victory”.

“The chickens were collateral damage in the war game,” one Italian newspaper commented.

“It happened at around 9pm, when the chickens were sleeping. We’re still cleaning up and assessing the damage.”

The Centauro is an Italian-made tank which has been deployed by the Italian military all over the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan.

It has a crew of four and can travel at speeds of up to 110kmh on roads. Equipped with a 105mm cannon, it is more than capable of taking on a chicken.

 

[wader]

United Airlines flight forced to make an emergency landing after a 'report of someone's ear being bit off'

A flight from Newark to Miami had to make an unexpected stop in Charleston after a "disruptive" man bit and punched passengers, USA Today reported.

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[MOJOE]

United Airlines flight forced to make an emergency landing after a 'report of someone's ear being bit off'

A flight from Newark to Miami had to make an unexpected stop in Charleston after a "disruptive" man bit and punched passengers, USA Today reported.

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wader i guess he wasnt wearing a mask if he bit him ,,,,,,,,,,, ><)))):>
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[Roccus7]

Live long and prosper...

Boston declares March 26 ‘Leonard Nimoy Day’​

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BOSTON — In a perfectly logical move, Boston is paying tribute to the actor who played Mr. Spock in the “Star Trek” television show and movies.

Leonard Nimoy Matt Sayles/Associated Press

Mayor Marty Walsh declared March 26 Leonard Nimoy Day in the city, his daughter, Julie shared on her Twitter account.

Nimoy, who died in 2015, was born in Boston on March 26, 1931.

Nimoy nurtured his acting talent as a youngster at the Elizabeth Peabody House and the West End Boys Club and as a teenager received a summer scholarship for acting lessons at Boston College, according to the proclamation.

He “brought honor upon his native city with his accomplishments as an actor, writer, producer, director, poet, photographer, and philanthropist,” according to the proclamation.

He also contributed to cancer research and arts and space research scholarship programs, and through the fictional half-human, half-Vulcan Mr. Spock gave the immigrant, the refugee and the oppressed a hero, according to the city.

 

[wader]

Key to how universe works may have been discovered

The key to understanding how the universe works may have been discovered by scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, in a breakthrough hailed as the most exciting in 20 years. Particle physicists have seen signs that a mystery particle or force is interacting with other particles in a manner...

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[wader]

A spacecraft that could grab dead satellites with magnets is about to test a new way to clean up space junk

Millions of bits of junk rocket around Earth faster than bullets, threatening to collide with satellites and the space station.

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[wader]

what a cool idea - wonder who thought of it?

Part of Wright brothers' 1st airplane on NASA's Mars chopper

A piece of the Wright brothers’ first airplane is on Mars. NASA’s experimental Martian helicopter holds a small swatch of fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer, the space agency revealed Tuesday. The helicopter, named Ingenuity, hitched a ride to the red planet with the Perseverance rover...

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The Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio, the Wrights' hometown, donated the postage-size piece of muslin from the plane's bottom left wing, at NASA's request.

The swatch made the 300 million-mile journey to Mars with the blessing of the Wright brothers' great-grandniece and great-grandnephew, said park curator Steve Lucht.

“Wilbur and Orville Wright would be pleased to know that a little piece of their 1903 Wright Flyer I, the machine that launched the Space Age by barely one quarter of a mile, is going to soar into history again on Mars!” Amanda Wright Lane and Stephen Wright said in a statement provided by the park.

 

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Tina Turner bows out of public life with emotional documentary

Tina Turner opens up about her troubled past and living with PTSD in new documentary "TINA", a film the soul and rock star says is the final act of her public life before bowing out. "It wasn't a good life," Turner says in the opening scenes of the film, which is divided into five chapters...

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[Old Mud]

A spacecraft that could grab dead satellites with magnets is about to test a new way to clean up space junk

Millions of bits of junk rocket around Earth faster than bullets, threatening to collide with satellites and the space station.

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I doubt anything in space is magnetic. Unless someone snuck in a big Anvil !!.

 

[WhatKnot]

I believe that is looking to the future where satellites could be launched with a magnetic ‘attracting piece’ that could be ‘latched‘ onto and be directed to reentry.

 

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DEFINITELY NOT PENNIES FROM HEAVEN! A Georgia man said his last paycheck from his former employer came in the form of over 90,000 oil- or grease-covered pennies dumped on his driveway.



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Man receives last paycheck in oil-covered pennies dumped on his driveway

 

[wader]

The US had a plan in the 1960s to blast an alternative Suez Canal through Israel using 520 nuclear bombs

The plan, drawn up in 1963, would have carved the canal through the Negev desert but did not take into account "political feasibility."

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• A declassified memorandum reveals a 1963 US plan to create an alternative to the Suez Canal.
• It would have excavated more than 160 miles through Israel's Negev desert with nuclear bombs.
• A cargo ship is currently stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking the vital shipping route.
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The US considered a proposal to use 520 nuclear bombs to carve out an alternative to the Suez Canal though Israel in the 1960s, according to a declassified memorandum.

 

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NASA gives all clear: Earth safe from asteroid for 100 years

Whew, now here's some good cosmic news: NASA has given Earth the all clear for the next century from a particularly menacing asteroid. The space agency announced this week that new telescope observations have ruled out any chance of Apophis smacking Earth in 2068. NASA ruled out any chance of...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Whew, now here's some good cosmic news: NASA has given Earth the all clear for the next century from a particularly menacing asteroid.

The space agency announced this week that new telescope observations have ruled out any chance of Apophis smacking Earth in 2068.

That’s the same 1,100-foot (340-meter) space rock that was supposed to come frighteningly close in 2029 and again in 2036. NASA ruled out any chance of a strike during those two close approaches a while ago. But a potential 2068 collision still loomed.

 

[wader]

After You Die, Zombie Genes in Your Brain Come to Life

So you have that to look forward to.

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[wader]

Farewell Tina & Thank You

Tina Turner bids farewell to public eye with 'Tina,' a touching HBO doc that reflects on her tragic and triumphant life

"Tina" directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin talk about their enlightening HBO Tina Turner documentary.

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[wader]

A Detroit steakhouse is standing by its dress code policy barring customers who smell like marijuana: 'Don't even think of stepping inside'

The restaurant's dress code policy, which prohibits hoodies, jerseys, baseball caps, and the scent of marijuana, was called "a thinly veiled attempt at racism."

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