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Indian town gets a midnight visit from a group of Asiatic lions
The Indian town of Junagadh had some unexpected visitors earlier this week. One of the residents has made a video of a pride of at least eight Asiatic lions walking in a residential area in the middle of the night, … Continue reading
Ballerina Misty Copeland will dance on the silver screen in Disney’s new ‘Nutcracker’ movie
Ballet is coming to the big screen. Misty Copeland, principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, just announced on Instagram that she’ll be starring in the upcoming Disney movie The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. SEE ALSO: Misty Copeland uses … Continue reading
Desperate Chinese Pokémon trainers are buying Australian and US App Store accounts on Taobao
What’s a keen Pokémon trainer to do in a country that hasn’t yet been granted access to Pokémon Go? A lot in China, it seems. Like many others desperate to try the explosively trending game, Chinese users have attempted a … Continue reading
Amazon boasts Prime Day sales were ‘biggest’ in history of the company
Chock up another “W” for Amazon. On Wednesday, the Seattle-based retailer announced that its second annual Prime Day was the “biggest day in the history of Amazon.” The event was a huge success last year, but it was even bigger … Continue reading
Chinese village with 39 sets of twins can’t explain how it has so many
Could there be something in the water in this remote Chinese village? Jiangjin village in Chongqin, China, started making headlines after it was recently discovered that the village has a rather high number of twins. SEE ALSO: The men in … Continue reading
Music therapist produces songs from the heartbeats of patients
Music therapist Bridget Sova has found a unique way to create keepsakes for families with hospitalized children. Using a stethoscope, Sova records the heartbeat of her young patients and mixes it into a song. Read more… More about Mashable … Continue reading
OK, shut it down: Bookies are taking bets on ‘Pokémon Go’
You can be sure Pokémon Go is making a whole bunch of companies a ton of cash. The developer Niantic, of course, and it has already added billions to Nintendo’s value. If you’re not happy simply throwing money at the game … Continue reading
Family-approved Marvin Gaye documentary in the works
A feature-length documentary about Marvin Gaye is finally in the works after the late soul legend’s notoriously protective family granted its approval. Noah Media Group and Greenlight announced on Wednesday that they are developing Marvin, What’s Going On? with the … Continue reading
FBI closes the case on one of America’s greatest mysteries
Dan Cooper walked up to the Northwest Orient Airlines ticket counter in Portland, Oregon, on Nov. 24, 1971, and paid cash for a one-way ticket to Seattle. Cooper, dark-haired and sporting a white shirt with a black tie, perhaps in … Continue reading
11 jobs that you wouldn’t think pay $100k
Your childhood dream of being a pilot just became appealing again. Employment review site Glassdoor has released a list of 11 unexpected jobs that pay $100,000 or more. Career paths highlighted include special agent, geophysicist, regional sales executive and software … Continue reading