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A Massive Wedding With 25,000 Guests

And here I thought 150 guests for my wedding was a lot of people.

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Venezuela is Dealing With a Mass Toliet Paper Shortage

Talk about a crappy problem. A huge problem going on in Venezuela right now is a massive shortage of many products, the biggest is toilet paper.

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Saudi Arabia Thinks This Guy Is Too Handsome, Therefore Dangerous to Women

Omar Borkan al Gala is a very good-looking man. Like Derek Zoolander-style ridiculously good-looking. Perhaps even illegally good-looking.

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World’s Oldest Person Celebrate 116th Birthday

 

How cool is this? Jiroeman Kimura from Japan is the world's oldest living person and he recently added to that record by celebrating his 116th birthday on April 19th.

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Man Puts Eel in Bum, Chews Through Colon

... Sometimes I wonder why I browse the Internet for weird stories when I find a story like this. WARNING: This may be kind of disturbing if you couldn't tell by the title.

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Dogs Wearing Pantyhose-A New Internet Sensation

see the new craze on the internet

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Airline Introduces Radical New Policy — Charging Passengers By Weight

With only two planes to its name, you may think Samoa Air is a fly-by-night operation, but it’s proving to be a fly-by-weight one.

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New Pope Elected — Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, Now Called Francis I

Jorge Bergoglio, the 76-year-old archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been elected as pope. He is the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church. Bergoglio, who has taken the name Francis I, is also the first Jesuit priest to become pope.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Dead

The longtime president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, died on Tuesday at the age of 58, following a two-year battle with cancer.

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Oops! Employees Accidentally Flush Thousands Of Gallons Of Whisky

Talk about a waste?

Whisky drinkers had a bad week after a whisky distillery in Dumbarton, Scottland had a massive loss due to some employees accidentally flushing away thousands of gallons of whisky down the drain instead of the intended waste water

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Annual Naked Snow-Sledding Competition in Germany

One would think that snow and bare flesh wouldn't mix. Germany thinks it is a perfect combination. They hosted their annual tradition of braving the weather wearing nothing but some underwear or panties, and jumping on a sled and jamming down a hill.

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Horse Meat Found in Ikea’s Swedish Meatballs

"Don't eat those Wilbuuuuur! It's My Brother!" That's how I feel Mr. Ed would take this news. Ikea has stopped all sales of meatballs in Sweden after horse meat was detected by Czech officials in frozen meatballs labeled pork and beef. I thought they only sold furniture!?!

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