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A meteor falls in Pennsylvania, and lands in ice cream (sharonahill.com)
 

A rock hit a car in a Walmart parking lot in Lehighton, PA in 2023, busting the window and landing in a half gallon of ice cream. A group of open-minded scientists agreed to take the case and identified the rock as a genuine meteorite. Source is Pennsylvania Geology Winter 2024.

Missing Columbus Day holiday in Calendar in c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world
[–] idoubtit@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

As much as that is preferable, that's not the Federal holiday. As noted below, there is nothing listed for Oct 14.

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Missing Columbus Day holiday in Calendar (lemmy.world)
 

I have the "HOLIDAYS" calendar loaded for the US in the Proton Calendar app but Oct 14, Columbus Day isn't included. I know it's a contentious "holiday" but it's still listed as a Federal Holiday and should be included.

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Watch: Police Officer Nearly Gored While Freeing Bull Elk from Swing (www.outdoorlife.com)
'Still hard to believe': Moorhead teen hooks a billfold full of money on Lake of the Woods in c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world
[–] idoubtit@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's not "finders keepers". In this case, the owner was identifiable. There are laws in most states that require you report found valuables or cash and make an effort to find the owner. It's at least a misdemeanor if you don't.

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'Still hard to believe': Moorhead teen hooks a billfold full of money on Lake of the Woods (www.inforum.com)
Trump Voters Trust Ex-President More Than Their Family and Friends: Poll in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] idoubtit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Cult of Personality.

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Family adopts abandoned babies, learns years later they’re biological siblings (www.washingtonpost.com)
 

‘I wasn’t at all expecting my brother, who I had lived with for my entire life, to be my biological brother,’ said Vicky Laffin, 19, about her brother Frank, 20.

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World's only spotless giraffe born at Tennessee zoo, public asked to help name her (wjla.com)
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LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery (www.nature.com)
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A 13-Year-Old Girl Is Apparently the New Leader of the JFK-QAnon Cult (www.vice.com)
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Wildlife Officials Find Dead "Salmon Shark" on the Banks of an Idaho River (www.fieldandstream.com)
 

IDFG fisheries biologist Joe DuPont shared photos of what appear to be a dead salmon shark—a saltwater species with a home range well over 1,000 miles from the Gem State.

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Huge earth fissure forms in Cocotitlán, Mexico (lagazzettadf.com)
 

Earth fissures like this are common where the groundwater has been heavily withdrawn. This is not a "geological" fault as the article translation says. The crack is some 500 m long and 3 m deep. Source: https://lagazzettadf.com/noticia/2023/08/15/enorme-grieta-se-forma-en-cocotitlan-en-el-edomex/

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Blackout sparked by ‘mind-blowing’ decision to staple poster to power pole (www.theaustralian.com.au)
 

I always wondering if this was really so bad. Apparently so.

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National Weather Service sent 'erroneous' tsunami alert to South Texas (www.mysanantonio.com)
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'Why would they scare us like that?'

Dog chases bear away from where Connecticut toddler was playing in c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world
[–] idoubtit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Ha. I thought the same thing. Dogs don’t like “spa day”.

Florida appears to reverse effort to bar AP Psychology's LGBTQ content The in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] idoubtit@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The state wants to ban all mention of gender and sexuality in schools because they don’t think children need to learn about that (even though that’s real life). Sexual and gender issues are a necessary part of the AP psych curriculum, therefore, teachers cannot teach the complete course without facing legal ramifications. The state has failed to clarify this so nothing has been resolved.

It really is infantilizing kids of high school age to make them deliberately ignorant (and therefore reject) people who have different preferences. It’s horrific and is doomed to fail. The real world has a way of catching up.

Want to move on from Mastodon, but so confused on what platform to choose in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] idoubtit@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm on Bluesky. It's vapid. Boring. I forget about it, check it once a week and nothing happens except people make a huge deal about cancelling someone. Not worth the hype at all.

Video shows 3 humpbacks jump in unison, a birthday surprise for man and daughters in c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world
[–] idoubtit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

OOPS! My bad. When I added the photo for the post, it deleted the news link. Now fixed. Video is available at the link. Sorry.

Video shows 3 humpbacks jump in unison, a birthday surprise for man and daughters in c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world
[–] idoubtit@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I’ll take whales jumping over whales dying any day.

Video shows 3 humpbacks jump in unison, a birthday surprise for man and daughters in c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world
[–] idoubtit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Always be tenacious, click on the link. (Now fixed.)

German police end hunt for lioness and believe creature was wild boar in c/news@lemmy.world
Police search for suspected lion roaming Berlin area in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
What is a niche hobby of yours that you are fascinated by and would like to share with others? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] idoubtit@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I am a geologist that also has a lifelong interest in anomalous natural phenomena and paranormal claims. So I do a website called Spooky Geology. I think I can count the number of people who can do this on one hand. Like me and one other person I know of. So, that seems very niche. I also have a community here for weird news. !strangetimes@lemmy.world

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