(PCM) A Norway man had quite the adventure during a recent skydiving excursion when he was nearly hit by a falling meteorite after its’ flame had gone out. The entire ordeal was captured on the man’s helmet camera and it …
Category: Quirks
Who Needs Machines? Watch As Eighty Amish Men Pick Up A House And Move It
(PCM) A clip that was captured by a woman in Spartansburg, PA shows just how the Amish get things done, that thing being moving an entire home from one location to another with nothing but their bare hands. The use …
Historians Claim To Have Discovered The Holy Grail
(PCM) Over the years there have been many legends surrounding the Holy Grail and the quest to locate the revered chalice. Finally, historians believe they may have located the Holy Grail in a small museum in Spain.
The legend of …
Bank Accidentally Deposits $31,000 Into Teens Account, Can You Guess What Happened?
(PCM) While a bank error sounds like something that can only happen while playing a game of Monopoly, for one Georgia teen a bank error in his favor now has him in some hot water. Eighteen-year old Ebenezer Von Tasselhound went on quite a spending spree after the amount of $31,000 … Continue reading →
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Santa Barbara Man Swept Out To Sea During Baptism Ceremony
(PCM) Emergency crews are searching for Benito Flores, a Santa Barbara man, who was swept out to sea during a baptism ceremony over the weekend.
The news reports claim that a large wave rose up and pulled in Flores and …
Scientists Claim They Have A Good Chance At Cloning 43,000 Year Old Woolly Mammoth
(PCM) An international team of scientists at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Siberia are claiming that there is a very strong possibility that they will be able to clone a woolly mammoth that has been frozen for over 43,000 years.
The scientists claim that they will be able to extract DNA from the frozen woolly mammoth and mix it will that of an elephant and hope that the DNA will be the perfect material to use for the cloning experiment.
A scientist who spoke with the Siberian Times said “”The data we are about to receive will give us a high chance to clone the mammoth.We must have a reason to do this, as it is one thing to clone it for scientific purpose, and another to clone for the sake of curiosity.”
If the cloning is a success than it needs to be taken into consideration that the animal created during the cloning process will be different than the woolly mammoth that was living approximately 43,000 years ago. The evolutionary paths of both the woolly mammoth and the elephant split many years ago.
The scientists that are conducting the autopsy on the frozen woolly mammoth are incredibly surprised … Read the rest…
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Twenty Two Years Ago Today The World’s First Email Image Attachment Was Sent
(PCM) Ever wonder what the first photo sent as an email image attachment was? Well, we have your answer!
A man by the name of Nathaniel Borenstein and his colleague,a researcher named Ned Freed wrote MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) that paved the way for all email attachments moving forward into the future. Borenstein’s idea for the use of attachments was his hope that he would one day be able to receive photos of his grandchildren via email.
Twenty-two years ago today, MIME was put to the test and the very first image was sent out as an email attachment! That image was a photograph of Borenstein’s barbershop quartet, hilarious named “The Telephone Chords”! (see below)
To this day MIME is still used for all email attachments and has of course spread out to host content from all over the web. MIME was developed three years after the web was conceived and today we also wish the world wide web a very happy twenty-fifth birthday!… Read the rest…
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Delaware Man’s Self-Written Obituary Is Going Viral
(PCM) A Delaware man by the name of Walter George Bruhl, Jr passed away at the age of 80 last weekend and his comical self-penned obituary is taking the internet by storm. The self-written obituary was discovered by Bruhl’s family after his passing and after his grandson shared it online via … Continue reading →
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Facebook Selfie Leads To Bank Robbery Arrest
(PCM) 21-year old bank robbery suspect Jules Bahler may have sealed his own fate after posting a selfie on Facebook that featured him holding a submachine gun that he allegedly used to hold-up a Michigan bank last week.
Authorities allege that Bahler is responsible for robbing three banks in the Michigan area in the areas of Pontiac and Bay City. During the first two robberies in Pontiac a note was passed to the teller demanding money, however during the robbery in Bay City, Bahler displayed the submachine gun while demanding the cash.
The teller handed Bahler $7000 in cash during the Bay City robbery and prior to that, Bahler allegedly made off with over $8300 during the robberies in Pontiac.
A local area police sergeant tipped off the FBI to Bahler’s Facebook page which featured a series of selfie photographs of him posing with the submachine gun and also wearing clothing that matched a description to those worn by the suspect in the bank robberies.
The photo with the submachine gun was posted on Bahler’s Facebook page on March 5th, the same day as the Bay City bank robbery. Bahler, who goes by the user name of “King Romeo” had … Read the rest…
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Single Woman Spends 14 Years With A Mannequin Family
(PCM) Despite the fact that we are in the 21st century for some reason the word spinster brings about a sense of fear to many women all across the world. The word draws up such a negative connotation and makes many women feel that there is something wrong with them … Continue reading →
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Human Barbie Reveals That She Is On An Extreme Breatharian Diet
(PCM) I think someone needs to step in and get this girl some help! Valeria Lukyanova, otherwise known as the “Human Barbie”, has recently revealed that she is converting to an extreme form of dieting, called being a breatharian. For those that don’t know, the breatharian diet means subsisting on … Continue reading →
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Leopard On The Loose Leads To Lockdown
(PCM) The city of Meerut in India is on lockdown as forestry officials and police search for a run away leopard that has been wreaking havoc on the city. The animal is responsible for at least six people being injured and has forced city residents into their homes. The leopard … Continue reading →
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