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Wyoming Town for Sale Includes Home, Bar, and General Store, But It Has a Few Downsides
Your wish to own a town can be granted — if you have $1.5 million to spare. Welcome to Aladdin, Wyo. Population: 15. Yes, the town is named symbolically after the riches-seeker in the folktales of "Arabian Nights." Judy Brengle's husband had bought her the town as a gift after their kids left for college. It's now up for grabs, a la handwritten for-sale sign.
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Texas Dad's Invention That Fills 100 Water Balloons in a Minute Inspires Robust Kickstarter Campaign
Summer after summer of filling and knotting water balloons was taking the fun out of water balloon fights. So one Texas family took matters into their own hands and came up with a way to save time. After some experimentation, engineer Josh Malone and his kids came up with a prototype of a prepackaged balloon set, which attaches to a hose. After a group of balloons are filled with water simultaneously, they tie themselves before falling off — in one minute. "We knew there had to be a better way," Malone tells Yahoo News.
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Kid Banned From Doughnut Shop After Asking Stranger If She Is Expecting
Why is the sky blue? Are we there yet? Kids like to ask questions. But childlike inquisition can apparently get you banned from a doughnut shop. A mom claims she and her 4-year-old son were kicked out of the Doughnut Inn in Monroe, Conn., because he asked another customer if she was eating for two.
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Mayfly Emergence So Huge It Shows Up On Weather Radar
Fair warning: Do not continue reading if bugs give you goose bumps and gross you out. We're talking lots and lots of mayflies. Mating season this summer is creating a mass buzz in the upper Mississippi River Valley. Sunday evening, wary Wisconsinites near La Crosse crawled for cover, while others caught the swarm of flies on camera.
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Pit Bull Took Care of Chihuahua While Living on the Streets, Now They're Both Looking for a Home
Joanie and Chachi are hoping for happy days — together. Joanie, a pit bull mix, was found last week in Savannah, Georgia, carrying Chachi, a Chihuahua mix, in her mouth. Chachi suffers from an eye infection; Jonie even licks Chachi's eye lovingly from time to time. Unfortunately, veterinarian staff at Metro Animal Control have been unable to cure the infection, but officers are hoping the pooch pals can get adopted together — since no one has come forward to claim either dog. There's already a lot of interest from around the world.
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Model Warship Combat Brings BB-Gun-Equipped RC Boats to a Lake Near You
Model Warship Combat — it's like real-life, remote-controlled Battleship, to a scale. Mini warships get built and then sunk. Teams are split into Axis and Allied sides (think the World Wars). For cannons there are BB-gun shooters. Television station WCCO in Minneapolis found that the tiny vessels even have bilge pumps to help drain water.
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Baby Orangutan Bonds With Surrogate Mom After Multiple Moves
A six-month-old Bornean orangutan is taking small, sweets steps with his new, surrogate mom. Kecil, which means "little" in Indonesian, was born at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio then transferred to the Milwaukee County Zoo, where he still wasn’t able to adapt. He ended up at the Brookfield Zoo, connecting with 53-year-old Maggie, who has been a surrogate before. The two met Sunday and have been arm in arm.
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Fight Breaks Out During Live, Televised Debate
When people are passionate about their position on politics, a debate can get very heated... Maybe turn into a hot enough brawl that chairs are thrown, and more. A live back-and-forth on Jordanian TV channel Josat put outspoken journalist Shaker al-Johari on one side of the spectrum and pro-Syrian regime activist and lawyer Samih Khrais on the other.
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105-Year-Old Woman Throws Out First Pitch at San Diego Padres Game
We admit it's more sweet than odd. A centenarian got to spend a big milestone on the baseball field in a special way. Agnes McKee, who uses a walker, celebrated her 105th birthday by throwing the first pitch for the San Diego Padres.
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Social Media Posts Show Last Moments of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Victims
These snapshots might have been their last. Cellphones and the Web have been tracking the lives of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, shot down in eastern Ukraine last week:
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Meet the Inventor of the Cappuccino-Flavored Lay's Chips
Lay's #dousaflavor campaign received 14 million entries. The most popular taste inspiration was bacon.
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Man Gets Locked Up, Orders Pizzas From Cell
He was already suspected of shoplifting beer, but a southern Kentucky man now faces additional charges for a pizza prank.
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Don't Try This At Home: One Forklift Lifts Another Forklift Into Trailer
If you have a big moving job, you can join mechanical forces to get the work done. In this video, one forklift lifts another to help push a giant box into a trailer. The second machine is eased smoothly and slowly back to the ground. People on Reddit can't decide if this maneuver is safe or innovative.
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#FreeArturo Aims to Get "Depressed" Polar Bear Out of Argentine Zoo
Arturo the polar bear calls Argentina home. His address is the Mendoza Zoo, where he has a small pool to cool off. But he's out of his natural habitat in the Southern Hemisphere, where summer temperatures can get up to 90 degrees. Arturo is the last bear left in Argentina after his longtime companion died in 2012. Ever since, experts say he has become increasingly more "depressed." He's alone. He looks sad. And he appears uncomfortably hot.
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Couple's Encounter with Stumbling Charlie Sheen at Taco Bell Caught on Camera
Charlie Sheen is buzzing again on the interwebs after a video surfaced of him at a Taco Bell. As seen on cellphone video, Jayden and Tamara are waiting at a drive-through when they see the star of "Anger Management." He proceeds to stumble over to the car.
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Skydivers Finish Jump With Perfect Slip 'N Slide Landing
Skydiving is heart-stopping, but there's a way to make it even more thrilling. Strap on a GoPro camera along with your parachute, and really look forward to the last few seconds. Niklas Daniel and Brianne Thompson, two thrill-seekers, decided to skydive from 5,000 feet above ground, which according to the video is less than half the normal height.
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Near-Collision of Whale and Seaplane Caught on Video
Humpback whales and pontoon planes — they're both commonplace in Alaska. Their two worlds almost collided last week. Thomas Hamm captured this close call with nature last week when a whale off the remote island of Angoon almost became an accidental landing strip.
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Weird Al Wows the Web With Two New Songs
He's not just weird — he's tacky, too. Weird Al 's new album "Mandatory Fun" dropped Tuesday, and he's already spoofed Pharrell Williams twice. He started #8videos8days. The first quickly went viral as a parody replacing "Happy" with "Tacky." Actor Jack Black and actress Aisha Tyler make cameos singing falsetto about all things socially silly, like Instagram pictures of food and YOLO-ing. On day two, the musician known for his colorful, lyrical caricatures turns Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" into a grammar lesson with his song "Word Crimes."
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Men Add Flowers to Beards in New Style Trend
You know how kids stick everything in their noses? One man with a beard sticks Slinky toys and straws in his full-grown facial hair. Blogger Pierre Thiot started posting pictures of Cheetos, confetti, and even Apple earbuds in his brown beard.
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Ad Exec Releases Impressive Video to Help Sell His 1999 Holden Barina
David Johns made an ultimate ad for his 1999 Holden Barina and posted it on YouTube. The ad's high production value helped generate buzz around the world. Turns out Johns works for a digital ad agency in Australia.