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Some adorable Poké-playing French teens who did NOT get arrested.
news

French Teens Break Into Police Barracks While Playing Pokémon Go

They were quickly caught.
Cara Giaimo July 28, 2016
In Ghana, potholes can inspire some pretty good jokes.
roads

Taxi Drivers In Ghana Skip Work To Fill In Potholes

Enough was enough.
Cara Giaimo July 27, 2016
Gridlock madness on Philly's I-95.
cars

Secret Service Rules Are Causing Traffic Jams in Philadelphia

Trucks over five tons aren't allowed along a nine-exit stretch.
Cara Giaimo July 26, 2016
The tortoise after his daring escape.
fires

Brave Tortoise Escaping Deadly Sand Fire Fled 'as Quickly as He Could'

Here's at least one happy ending.
Cara Giaimo July 25, 2016
Snooty is ready to party.
news

The World's Oldest Known Manatee Turns 68 This Weekend

Happy birthday, Snooty.
Cara Giaimo July 22, 2016
A VHS tape without a home.
news

The World's Last VCRs Will Be Produced In Japan This Month

Goodbye, old friend.
Cara Giaimo July 21, 2016
The Warrington Seal basks for the cameras.
news

A Cute Seal Is Living In an Inland British River

Youths keep throwing rocks at her.
Cara Giaimo July 20, 2016
Photoshop or phytoplankton?
news

For Two Weeks, The Beaches Of South Jersey Looked Tropical

It was all thanks to a giant phytoplankton bloom.
Cara Giaimo July 19, 2016
Wally heads reluctantly out to sea once more.
animals

The Same Dead Whale Keeps Washing Up In California

Get a hint, Wally.
Cara Giaimo July 18, 2016
A different lady filling out a different crossword.
art

91-Year-Old Woman at Museum Fills In Crossword-Themed Artwork

What is art, anyway?
Cara Giaimo July 15, 2016
Goofy towns strut their stuff at the annual convention.
news

France's Dumbest-Named Villages Are All In A Club Together

One name translates to "my nipple."
Cara Giaimo July 14, 2016
A Doduo in Sokcho.
games

You Can Only Play Pokémon Go in South Korea in This One Seaside Town

The "Pokémon Go holy land on the peninsula" is being mobbed.
Cara Giaimo July 13, 2016
A new method for frightening Pokemon trespassers.
games

Pokémon Go Players Keep Hanging Out In This Alaskan Septic Field

Stop the madness.
Cara Giaimo July 12, 2016
The Westboro Baptist Church gets in on the fun.
games

The Westboro Baptist Church Is Getting Owned In Pokémon Go

“We recruited Jigglypuff to deal with the sodomite Clefairy" is probably not a sentence you thought you'd read today.
Cara Giaimo July 11, 2016
A selfie from the Curiosity Rover, taken earlier this year.
robots

The Rover on Mars Mysteriously Powered Down a Few Days Ago

The Curiosity Rover is in "safe mode."
Cara Giaimo July 8, 2016
This could get you out of half a fine.
cars

Drivers Are Getting Half-Off Coupons for Traffic Tickets in China

Finally, a coupon you can actually use.
Cara Giaimo July 7, 2016
Galileo, Juno and Jupiter are currently getting great views of our solar system's biggest planet.
space exploration

Galileo Finally Made It to Jupiter (In Lego Form, at Least)

He was joined by a god and a goddess.
Cara Giaimo July 6, 2016
The weapon of choice.
animals

A Guy in Switzerland Sent a Pigeon on a Kamikaze Mission to Kill a Falcon

He now could go to jail.
Cara Giaimo July 5, 2016