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Patti Burke now keeps her "sign from God" inside an earring case (Florida Today)It’s a fishy story, but the woman telling it believes it's pure gold. The Florida resident says the markings she found on a Goldfish cracker are a direct message affirming her Christian faith.

“I believe that it’s a sign, a sign from God,” Patti Burke told Florida Today. “He is still in our life every day, and he wants to show that to his people.”

It's not quite manna, but in Burke's eyes it's a manifestation of her faith.

The cracker in question has two markings, or imperfections, on its surface. Burke says the first marking is of a cross with a circle around it. The second marking, near the head of the fish, represents a golden crown.

“When I picked this one up, I knew he was special,” she said. “Something I’ve never seen before out of all the Goldfish I’ve eaten.”

Burke admittedly has been working from a large sample size, consuming between two and three pounds of the crackers per week. She says she eats the small crackers individually, examining each one for the optimal amount of

A Pennsylvania state trooper not only survived being hit by a pickup truck, she also managed to physically chase down the driver.

WTAE Pittsburgh reports that Trooper Heather Gonglik was helping direct traffic through a sobriety checkpoint when she stopped a Ford pickup to talk to the driver. After speaking briefly, the driver put his foot on the gas, hitting Gonglick, and sped away.

(A report from the Associated Press says Gonglik was dragged for 20 feet by the truck before being sent into the air and hitting her head on the ground; other reports note she was knocked right over.)

"The victim (Gonglik) eventually managed to stop the vehicle and approached the driver's side to speak to the accused,” Trooper Matthew Gavrish wrote in a report, according to WTAE. “After speaking for a short time, the accused began to drive away, ignoring the victim's commands to stop. As the vehicle accelerated, the victim was struck by the vehicle and thrown to the ground."

Gonglik then reportedly pursued

The newly discovered Poecilotheria rajaei tarantula. (Ramil Nanayakkara)

A large species of tarantula, roughly the size of an adult human face, has been discovered in Sri Lanka.

And while the venom of the Poecilotheria rajaei is not lethal to humans, there’s little doubt the abnormal size of the spider could be disturbing, even to those not afflicted with arachnophobia.

The spider’s leg span is a reported 8 inches, with researchers comparing its circumference with the size of a dinner plate. It's covered in a variety of colors, including pink, yellow and gray.

The tarantula was officially discovered by the British Tarantula Society, proving simultaneously that there are still wondrous creatures waiting to be discovered in the wild and at least one official society dedicated to tarantulas.

"It can be quite attractive, unless spiders freak you out," said Peter Kirk, editor of the British Tarantula Society journal, in an interview with the New York Daily News.

“I absolutely would love to see DNA sampling done—on all the species of Poecilotheria,” he said in a

You can usually find drum and bass music at a club. (CNET Australia)Drum and bass is a style of music, not a mind-altering substance. But one unfortunate driver in the U.K. might disagree after he was arrested and sentenced in court over what the judge called driving under the "intoxicating" effects of drum and bass, reports the Bristol Post.

For the uninitiated, drum and bass is a form of fast-paced electronic music that first rose to prominence in the 1990s.

And apparently there is some unspoken correlation between driving and drum and bass music. After all, it has appeared prominently in such automotive-themed productions as the video game series Grand Theft Auto and the hugely popular car show “Top Gear.”

The Post explains that Aaron Cogley, 25, was allegedly driving erratically through the streets of Bristol. So, police pulled him over, assuming Cogley was impaired through the consumption of alcohol or another substance.

But when police arrested Cogley and gave him a Breathalyzer test, they found he was neither drunk nor stoned.

"When asked about

A recent video posted to YouTube purports to show a man in Singapore making lollipop sculptures using only his mouth.

But, as many have guessed, it’s too good to be true.

In the original video, posted March 27, a tourist sits down with “Uncle” to witness the making of the lollipop art. “Supposedly, this dude molds stuff, like, with a lollipop," he says. "Let’s see what he does. It’s been like 10 minutes now."

When Uncle removes the lollipop from his mouth, a miraculous thing seems to have occurred: It's intricately crafted to bear a striking resemblance to the tourist’s face.

The video quickly went viral and has so far been viewed more than 950,000 times.

But those who bothered to click the pop-up invite at the end of the video to see "the reveal" are taken to a second video, “Chupa Chups Street Artist Revealed.”

In it, a young woman posing as a reporter confronts Uncle about whether the face moldings are real. At first, it seems like a legitimate news clip. But with each successive

A billboard for the Women' sWall of Honour project features three men (womenswallofhonour.ca)A Canadian university has launched a campaign to honor women. But there’s one small problem: A billboard advertising the Women’s Wall of Honour project features only men.

The project will be a physical structure built on the Mount Saint Vincent University campus in Halifax. Its organizers call it “the only one of its kind in Canada" and say its "home will be Canada’s leading university primarily focused on the advancement of women.”

Additionally, a description of the project on the Mount Saint Vincent University website explains that financial donors will have the opportunity to honor a woman of their choice by having their names included on a panel used in construction of the project’s site.

So, why is its first major advertisement showcasing men? The Chronicle Herald, which broke the news of the billboard—a photo of it taken by Herald photographer Ryan Taplin has been making the rounds on social media sites like Twitter—explained that it "features Paul Kent, the president and chief

Where would the characters from "Downton Abbey" fit into the Great British class calculator? (AP)

The British social class system isn’t what it once was, and most people would say that’s a good thing. Nonetheless, unofficial economic and cultural tiers still exist in the country. To address the ever-evolving stratification in the U.K., the BBC has launched its Great British class calculator.

The online tool lets people (even Americans) find out where they fit among seven newly designated class labels.

The two behind the calculator, Mike Savage from the London School of Economics and Fiona Devine from the University of Manchester, had first conducted the Great British Class Survey. They described the resulting calculator on the BBC website:

“We devised a new way of measuring class, which doesn't define class just by the job that you do, but by the different kinds of economic, cultural and social resources or 'capitals' that people possess,” they wrote of the results.

To start, the calculator asks some easily quantifiable questions, including how much annual income a person takes

The Triumph is towed into the Mobile shipyard in February. (AP)The bad news just keeps coming from the seemingly cursed Carnival cruise ship Triumph.

Strong winds unmoored the Triumph from a dock in Mobile, Ala., where it was undergoing engine repairs, and blew a guard shack two docks over into the water.

"Due to strong winds in Mobile, Ala., Carnival Triumph, which was docked at a Mobile shipyard, broke away from its moorings," Carnival said in a statement. "The ship drifted and is currently resting against a cargo vessel. Tug boats and the U.S. Coast Guard are on site."

Back in February, some 3,100 passengers were stranded on the Triumph for days after an engine room fire left the cruise ship stranded at sea. In March, 17 passengers from the ship filed a federal lawsuit against Carnival, saying they suffered physical harm and feared for their lives during the ordeal.

Mobile Fire-Rescue announced on its Twitter account that a guard who had been in the shack was rescued, but that a second shipyard worker remains missing. (It's unclear whether he