Archive for October, 2007
10 Most Bizarre Experiments Ever
When Warren Thomas, the director of Lincoln Park Zoo in Oklahoma City, approached Tusko the elephant with a syringe full of LSD in 1962, he thought that he was about to make a major contribution to science.
Within a few moments of being injected, Tusko began trumpeting furiously, before keeling over as if [...]
Convicted Killer Maintains Jail Security System
The family of murder victim Gregg Smart can’t believe that prison officials are allowing Smart’s killer to work on sensitive security systems while behind bars.
In 1990, Smart was killed in Derry by William Flynn, a teen who was having an affair with Smart’s wife, Pamela Smart. Flynn pleaded guilty and is [...]
Mercedes Museum Has Largest Indoor Tornado
Though towering, the twister probably isn’t dangerous. It’s not going to suck up any bystanders, or cars. To create the effect, the museum’s designers set up a disco smoke machine, then activated a set of 144 nozzles on the ceiling of the building’s enormous atrium.
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Football Coach Kills Birds During Game
An assistant high school football coach was cited for misdemeanor animal cruelty after stepping on a pheasant that two boys released on the field as a prank during a game.
The boys, whose names were not identified by police, face juvenile charges after allegedly releasing the ring-necked pheasant Friday in the third quarter. [...]
Jumper kills self, injures bystander
The unidentified woman, who appeared to be in her 30s or 40s, appeared to have jumped from the building onto a busy Tokyo street and was declared dead at the scene, Kyodo News agency reported.
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