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Are Your Jeans Worth Thousands?

Some Levi's jeans are selling for thousands, and there's an easy way to tell if you have a vintage pair! Specifically, Levi's that were made between 1956 and 1969 could be worth a small fortune. Between these years, Levi's used…

Elon Musk’s Grok Labels Musk As Spreader Of Misinformation

Elon Musk's own AI model, "Grok", has labeled Musk as a key spreader of misinformation on X, formerly Twitter. User Gary Koepnick asked Grok to identify who spread the most misinformation on the platform. Grok cited Musk's massive reach, his…

Moose Tramples BMWs In Company Garage

A moose wandered into a garage in Sweden and trampled three BMW cars before running away. Viktor Örtegren of Schmiedmann was putting his boat into storage when he heard a commotion and investigated. While nobody was injured, the moose caused…

Chinese Influencer Under Fire For Eating Pig Feed

Social media streamer Kong Yufeng has been criticized for eating pig feed on her channel. On October 30th, Yufeng posted a video on Douyin claiming that she would live off the animal food for at least one week. Yufeng said…

No Voting For Beloved Babydog

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, who was elected as the state's senator last week, has been told he cannot bring his "watermelon" on the Senate floor. Justice's English bulldog Babydog, who goes everywhere with him, has gained popularity for being…

Two Passenger Planes Hit By Gunfire Over Haiti

Two passenger airplanes, one Spirit Airlines jet and a JetBlue aircraft, were struck by gunfire while flying over Haiti on Monday. Both airlines, along with American Airlines, have since canceled flights to and from the nation for the time being.…

Emperor Penguin Learns Sand Is Not Snow

An emperor penguin nicknamed Gus is the first of his kind to swim to Australia, and he sadly discovered that sand is not snow. "He tried to do like, a slide on his belly, thinking it was snow I guess,…

Baby Emu Adopted By Chicken

An abandoned baby emu found an unlikely mother in a British aviary! Shrub the emu was rejected by both parents, and was adopted by Nugget, a Bantam hen. Despite being much larger than her foster mother, Shrub learned how to…

Queen Elizabeth II’s Wedding Cake Sells For $2,800

A 77-year-old slice of Queen Elizabeth II's wedding cake recently sold for $2,800. The slice was packaged in a box bearing the then-princess's insignia and included a letter from the bride. This particular piece of cake was given to Marion…

Pesto The Penguin Is Growing Up

The internet's favorite baby penguin is molting and growing up! Pesto, a king penguin chick who went viral for being larger than both of his parents, is molting, which means he is entering adulthood. The chick is losing his brown…

Butter Recalled For Bizarre Reason

Costco had to recall almost 80,000 pounds of butter for a bizarre reason: The label did not include a warning that butter contains milk. The initial recall went out in October for both salted and unsalted Kirkland Signature Sweet Cream…

100,000 Students Rode 30 Miles For Dumplings

Tens of thousands of students in China rented bikes and rode 30 miles for a chance to eat Kaifeng's famous dumplings. Some estimates say between 100,000 and 200,000 people pedaled to eat soup dumplings called guan tang bao on Friday.…

Genius Math Student Revealed To Be A Cheater

17-year-old Jiang Ping became famous for her high marks on an international math contest. Ping finished 12th out of 802 competitors in the Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition in June, and her score created a stir, as Ping did not attend…

Missing Pet Python Found At Chili’s

A pet python that had been missing for two months was discovered living in the parking lot of a Chili's. After the Shallotte Police Department apprehended the slithering intruder, North Carolina resident Christen Schiel brought her back home. "That beautiful…

Thieves In Canada Making Off With Butter

Thieves in and around Guelph, Ontario have been stealing hundreds of pounds of butter from grocery stores. Reportedly, each successful heist makes off with $1000 dollars-worth of the yellow stuff. "It doesn’t seem particularly complex or elaborate. It is walking…

Sydney Tar Balls Were Actually Filled With Poop

At first, Australians believed the black balls washing up on Sydney's shores were made of tar...but New South Wales environmental officials have reported that the balls actually contain human feces. The poop balls were first spotted on beaches on October…

Man Forgets He Was Dumped, Gets Married 7 Months Later

Mitchell Brotherson was dumped by his girlfriend Jenna, then went on a skiing trip where he suffered a concussion. When he woke up at the hospital, he had no memory of his girlfriend breaking up with him. "I was confused…

Colorado Couple Accused Of Taking Cowboy Artifacts

A Colorado couple has been accused of taking historical cowboy artifacts from Utah's Canyonlands National Park. The US attorney's office identified Dusty Spencer and Roxanne McKnight as visitors who breached warnings not to enter Cave Spring cowboy camp. The camp…

How Old Was Cassius The Crocodile?

Scientists are now on a mission to find Cassius the Crocodile's age! The reptile, who was captured in 1980 off the coast of Cairns in Queensland, recently passed away at the estimated age of 120 years old. "He was very…

Florida Family Says Glass Oven Door Exploded

A Florida family claims their glass oven door exploded, causing injury. John-Peter Trask of Oviedo says his mother was heating up dinner when the glass oven door shattered. The pieces then reportedly cut his mother's leg. "What if I or…

Skating Rink Worker Freezes Daughter’s Phone In Ice

A skating rink worker accidentally froze his daughter's phone in the ice, and it can't be recovered until 2025. The UK worker left his daughter's bright pink phone on the side of the Milton Keynes rink, and 15,850 gallons of…