It's like something out of a middling SNL sketch from 2017: armed guards guarding bumper avocado crops, protecting their harvest with deadly force when necessary. It's a strange, semi-dystopian truth: avocado farmers in Mexico have taken to guarding their fields with full-on military grade weaponry.
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Jeff Bezos. You may know him as the real-life embodiment of Lex Luthor, that rich bald guy, or that bald rich guy. What you may not know is that the Amazon founder is the richest man in the world by a considerable margin. But just how much money does Jeff Bezos make per hour?
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California's new Wildlife Traffic Safety Act will establish three yet-undetermined pilot regions where drivers can "salvage" meat from any animal accidentally killed by a vehicle. This "roadkill bill" will allow thousands of pounds of deer, elk, pronghorn antelope and wild pig meat to be put to use.
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Corn maze is a funny phrase, because it's a maze made out of maize. But if your sense of direction is less than that of carrier pigeon, the experience might end up being less than amazing. Here are a few kernels of wisdom to help find your way out of a corn maze.
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Which cat breeds are most dangerous to own Obviously, deadly exotic pets like lions and tigers take first prize for the most dangerous cat breeds. According to Big Cat Rescue, a four-year study found that captive tigers are 500 times deadlier than dogs.
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What may have once been a college fantasy has turned into an adult nightmare for a man diagnosed with a condition that causes him to produce a beer-like substance in his gut after consuming carbohydrates, making him drunk. The condition is now known as "auto-brewery syndrome."
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On The X-Files, FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigated strange stuff that the rest of the FBI wouldn't touch, the show's titular X-Files. On top of the weirdness on-screen, there were bizarre things that happened on the set of The X-Files.
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There's nothing more relaxing than awakening to the melodic trill of birdsong at daybreak... unless that bird is a male white bellbird. Not only are male white bellbirds the loudest birds in the world, but they're also Emmy award-winners, playing the role of "supersonic claxon" in "Alien Spaceship."
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The title of "Most Haunted Town in America" goes to Alton, Illinois. Also affectionately known as "one of the places you drive through to get from Missouri to Chicago," Alton has a storied history of reported paranormal experiences, along with the distinction of being the birthplace of Miles Davis.
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Chocolate, cookies and cream, or just plain vanilla. These are America's favorite ice cream flavors, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. But there's a new top flavor vying for contention, by way of Ecuador: guinea pig ice cream.
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If there's such a thing as being too prepared, doomsday preppers are the poster children. But you're crazy until you're right, so we'll reserve our judgement for judgement day. If you're in the market for a doomsday bunker in order to survive the next apocalypse, here's what it'll cost you.
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Science Alert has reported the discovery of a 2,000 year old burial site with dozens of mummies near Saqqara in Egypt, long known as a "city of the dead." But these mummies are different from what we usually expect to find at a burial site, and are shedding new light on ancient Egyptian customs.
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The human brain is full of technical glitches, storage issues, and not a little bit of confusion. That can lead to some pretty weird stuff.
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We don't do sideshows anymore, because we have the internet now. One of the saddest cases of a circus sideshow act was that of the Hilton sisters — conjoined twins who were beautiful, talented, exploited, and eventually forgotten. This is the untold truth of the conjoined Hilton sisters.
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Meet the cassowary, considered to be "the world's most dangerous bird." Cassowaries are closely related to the extinct terror bird, which has a fairly self-explanatory name. They are second only to ostriches in terms of weight, but make them look like parakeets in terms of danger.
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Airing under the steady hand of host Alex Trebek since 1984, Jeopardy! is a smart game show for smart people. But every now and then, Jeopardy! lets its hair down — or submits to the chaotic nature of the universe — and the well-oiled game show machine collapses in on itself to hilarious effect.
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Amazon taskmaster Jeff Bezos and the man who puts the "bill" in "billionaire," Bill Gates, both call suburban Seattle home. Worth more than $100 billion apiece, the men live less than a mile from each other in Medina, Washington, but despite their wealth, the suburb where they reside is going broke.
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The best things in life are free, which might explain why so many nightmarish things cost a ton of money. Snakes are so terrifying that one of them got accused of being Satan. It's a hell of reptile, and they can be hella expensive. So which snakes are the most expensive?
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For a decent chunk of the population, the Bible is the go-to, end-all resource for information about, well, everything. But what do we do when we have more complex questions? Questions like, "Are aliens out there somewhere?" and "Are they going to heaven?" What does the Bible say about aliens?
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Dreams are mysterious, but we do have somewhat of an idea about why they happen and what they might mean. Scientists have wondered why so many people dream about their teeth falling out, in particular. Here's what it really means when you dream about your teeth falling out.
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The History Channel's smash hit program Ancient Aliens has either been around for roughly a decade, or, alternatively, was created eons ago by visitors from another world, if you subscribe to the ancient aliens theory of Ancient Aliens. Here's what archaeologists really think of Ancient Aliens.
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If you think being 8 feet and 11 inches tall is a crazy height no human could reach, you're only half right. There was a human being that was this tall, and his name was Robert Wadlow. And there's someone almost that tall alive today. Here's the truth about the tallest person in the world.
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In pro wrestling, there are few who cut a figure as intimidating as Samoa Joe. With two decades of experience working for nearly every major wrestling promotion — and holding championships in virtually all of them — Samoa Joe has had one heck of a career. Here's the untold truth of Samoa Joe.
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Assuming you want to live if your plane crashes, then you should remember where the safest seats are found. Dutch carrier KLM tweeted about what the safest seats were in a crash. What was KLM's advice? And should you believe it? Here's the best place to sit if your plane is about to crash
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You might know Lilith as Adam's real first wife who preceded Eve, or maybe as the first vampire, or a succubus. In The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Lilith is Satan's Concubine disguised as a high school teacher. But where did Lilith come from, and what's her real story?
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Stop throwing that football, and let’s explore the untold truth of Tommy Wiseau.
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The worlds of Naruto and formerly top secret government bases don't often collide, but lots of people have been talking about doing a Naruto run at Area 51 lately. Here's what's up.
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