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Watch: Giant UK chimney comes down with a crash

Thursday, 8 September 2016, 07:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

One of the UK's tallest concrete structures, the defunct Grain power station's chimney, was demolished in a controlled explosion on the Isle of Grain, Kent, on Wednesday....

Watch: Fantastical facial hair enthusiasts compete

Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 07:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

How'd you like to comb through this group? The facial hair was flying and styling in Nashville, Tennessee, as hundreds of hairy men gathered for the 2016 Just for Men National Beard and Moustache...

Man accused of throwing 100 eggs at Ohio home pleads guilty

Friday, 2 September 2016, 15:19 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A man accused of pelting the Ohio home of a former neighbor with eggs more than 100 times over a year has pleaded guilty to a charge of inducing panic. Cuyahoga County court records show...

Good boy! Dogs know what you're saying, study suggests

Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 13:03 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Scientists have found evidence to support what many dog owners have long believed: man's best friend really does understand some of what we're saying.  Researchers in Hungary scanned the...

Lightning strike kills more than 300 reindeer in Norway

Monday, 29 August 2016, 14:43 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway. The Norwegian Environment Agency has released eerie images showing a jumble of reindeer carcasses scattered across a...

Women bare breasts for gender equality on GoTopless Day

Monday, 29 August 2016, 06:18 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Women around the US are taking off their tops on GoTopless Day, a day that promotes gender equality and women's rights to bare their breasts in public. GoTopless Day is celebrated annually on the...

For 10 years, possibly biggest pearl was hidden under bed

Thursday, 25 August 2016, 11:38 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A Filipino fisherman in western Palawan island has found possibly the world's biggest pearl, but he didn't know it. For 10 years, the 34-kilogram (75-pound) pearl was hidden in a bag under a bed....

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