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The Strange Reason Your Fingers Turn Pruney In Water
Spend a few minutes in a bath, swimming pool, or even washing dishes, and your fingertips can suddenly look like they belong to someone three decades older. Those deep ridges seem like an unavoidable side effect of soaking in water. But scientists have discovered that the transformation is far more interesting than simple waterlogged skin.…
Wetherspoons Draws The Line On Loud Phone Calls In Pubs
If you have ever sat in a pub trying to enjoy a quiet drink while someone nearby blasts a video from their phone, Wetherspoons has some news for you. The pub chain has introduced a new rule across all 792 of its pubs, asking customers to stop playing music, videos and phone calls through their…
15-Year-Old Girl Was The Only Person On A 300-Passenger Flight Who Could Talk To A Deafblind Man
About an hour into an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston, a flight attendant made an unusual announcement over the plane’s public address system. A passenger was both deaf and blind, the crew needed to communicate with him, and they wanted to know if anyone onboard knew American Sign Language. On a plane carrying roughly 300…
Firefighters Comfort Frightened 2-Year-Old Girl After Car Crash by Letting Her Paint Their Nails
A Utah family had just been hit from behind three times when firefighters arrived to find a 2-year-old girl screaming in the back seat. Her mother was pregnant, the crash had left everyone shaken, and emergency crews were trying to assess what had happened. Then one firefighter noticed the toddler was still clutching several bottles…
After Seeing an Advert Asking for Help, This Boy Endured Two Years of Bullying to Grow Hair Out for Children With Cancer
At six years old, Christian McPhilamy saw a television advert featuring children who had lost their hair during cancer treatment. He asked his mother why they had no hair, and before long, the Melbourne, Florida, boy had made a decision that would take two years to complete. He would stop getting haircuts and grow his…
Beachgoers Join Forces In Dramatic Search For Two Missing Girls
A packed Helsinki beach suddenly became a search zone when two girls around ten went missing on the same summer day. Lifeguards cleared the water, then asked strong swimmers to link hands and move through the shallows together. The remarkable scene was captured on camera by a beachgoer who could not swim herself. Two Girls…
Scientists Built Glasses That Let Humans See What Our Eyes Normally Miss
There is a huge part of the world passing through your eyes every second that you have never been able to see. Infrared radiation comes from warm engines, human bodies and everyday electronics, yet the human retina simply ignores it. Now, researchers in China have built a tiny wearable device that converts some of that…
Jimothy The Viral Raccoon Has A Much Stranger Origin Story
For weeks, Jimothy the raccoon was an internet mystery. His tiny neck, round body and unusual walk left people wondering whether an injury had changed him. Now, footage recorded a year before he went viral offers a much clearer answer. Jimothy already looked this way as a baby, when his mother and siblings helped him…
Man Says He Met Jesus During A Near Death Experience And Saw A City In Heaven
Mike McKinsey was determined to make it to his son’s wedding despite having a 104-degree fever and severe abdominal pain. He had already spent three days battling what he thought was an illness. Then doctors discovered his appendix had ruptured. What McKinsey says happened during emergency surgery would leave him convinced he had briefly entered…
Arkansas Librarians Face Criminal Liability Over Books Available To Children
A library worker shelves a novel. A child checks it out. Months later, someone decides the book was harmful to minors. Under a revived Arkansas law, that scenario could carry criminal consequences, leaving librarians trying to determine where ordinary library service ends and potential liability begins. The uncertainty returned on July 30, when a federal…