Tim Burton isn't immune to weird Hollywood drama. You don't make incredible movies like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Mars Attacks! without a few weird things happening. Here are some bizarre things that happened on the set of Tim Burton movies
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In what's being hailed as a moment of triumph for those of us who were going to show up stoned anyway and a virtual guarantee that nobody will have to take home any leftover bean dip, workplaces around the U.S. are hiring marijuana dispensaries to cater their holiday parties.
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One of the most important minds behind the first moon landing was a young woman named Margaret Hamilton. The world's first software engineer, Hamilton worked night and day to make Apollo 11 a success, changing the course of history.This is the untold truth of the woman who took America to the moon.
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Good news for people who love screaming in terror until they're dead: a gentleman in China was reportedly treated last month after it was discovered that the persistent earache he'd been experiencing was caused by the roughly one dozen cockroaches that were living inside his head.
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The Twitter-verse is ablaze with reports of ghost texts being sent in the middle of the night, ranging from mildly strange statements about diabetes to the downright disturbing — "Help me." Out of context, these are seriously freaky things to receive at 4 a.m., so just what the Hades is going on?
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With a drone, you can see the world from a whole new vantage point. But you may wish you hadn't. From natural phenomena seen from a brand new angle to things that are just plain weird, drones have captured footage of some very chilling stuff. Here's some spine-chilling things caught by drones.
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As noted in pop culture since time immemorial, dogs are a necessity when one is roaming the glassy wastes of the post apocalyptic deserts. Will Smith had one. Max Rockatansky had one. A Boy and His Dog seems to be a tale as old as time. Here's why doomsday preppers stockpile so much dog gear.
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The World Health Organization found that monkey bites are the second most common animal bite injuries to affect travelers. But not every monkey you see will do the same amount of damage. What's the most dangerous monkey?
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Your grandparents probably believed these really bizarre things. Don't judge too harshly, though -- wait 50 years, you'll see.
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Good news for job seekers who weren't going to lint roll their clothes anyway: the St. Regis Aspen Resort, a "five-star luxury destination nestled at the base of Aspen Mountain" in beautiful Aspen, Colorado, is hiring a dog butler.
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The winner of the world's weirdest shark competition is the goblin shark. Goblin sharks have long sword-like noses and jowls like a bulldog. It is hideous, and also terrifying because it can do something weird with its mouth. Here's the goblin shark's weird bite explained.
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A great many of shark species are capable of causing you bodily harm. Hard to believe, but it's true! And while there have been 33 different species identified in unprovoked attacks on humans, most come from just three dastardly, ornery species, which they call the "Big Three."
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In 2017, a cigar-shaped object named 'Oumuamua drifted in from another solar system. Certain people still think it was a flying saucer, others are planning missions to land on it, and the "object" itself is just drifting further away. Here's the untold truth of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua.
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The dubious honor of the world's oldest McDonald's burger goes to Australia, where a McDonald's Quarter Pounder is reportedly about to celebrate its silver jubilee. The 25-year-old burger is a leftover from 1995, when two men from Adelaide saved it for a friend.
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Bill Gates is the second richest person in the world, according to Business Insider. While anyone can have a lot of money, Gates' $103 billion fortune, according to Forbes (as of 2019), could be stacked to truly ridiculous heights. Here's how much money Bill Gates makes in a day.
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Dogs are easy to love, but also pretty remarkably easy to be terrified of. Where some see Lassie, others see Cujo. Where some see a dog that learns to play basketball, others see a beast on a warpath. Those folks may find comfort in knowing which dog breed, statistically speaking, is most dangerous.
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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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