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Offbeat @lemmy.ca TheWaterGod @lemmy.ca 
www.popsci.com Man buys WWI shipwreck for $400 on Facebook MarketplaceA torpedo hit the SS Almond Branch in 1917.
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca TheWaterGod @lemmy.ca 
abcnews.go.com United Airlines flight sees engine fire after takeoff due to apparent rabbit strikeUnited Flight 2325 had departed Denver International Airport en route to Edmonton, Canada, on Sunday when the incident occurred.
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca Otter Raft @lemmy.ca Apparently Magpies and Crows Are Using "Anti-Bird Spikes" to Make Their Nests | Audubon
www.audubon.org Apparently Magpies and Crows Are Using "Anti-Bird Spikes" to Make Their NestsBirds often incorporate human-made materials while nest building, but a new study shows European corvids are taking the idea to the extreme.
Humans have made the world less hospitable for birds in many ways. One obvious and intentional example of this can be found in towns and cities worldwide: anti-bird spikes. The pointy wires you might see attached to roofs, ledges, and light poles are meant to deter urban species like pigeons from landing, pooping, and even nesting where people don’t want them to. But in an avian act of poetic justice, a handful of European birds have struck back.
Apparently Carrion Crows and Eurasian Magpies are stealing and repurposing the spikes as a nest-building material. Nests featuring the deterrent were documented in a study published Tuesday in the Dutch journal Deinsea, an online periodical from the Natural History Museum Rotterdam.
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca TheWaterGod @lemmy.ca Man who didn’t want to look after girlfriend’s pet sent bomb threat to cruise she was on
www.the-independent.com Man who didn’t want to look after girlfriend’s pet sent bomb threat to cruise‘Hey, I think someone might have a bomb on your cruise ship’
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca TheWaterGod @lemmy.ca Auckland man fails to overturn bankruptcy after $34k fines defending $80 speeding ticket
www.nzherald.co.nz How one man's $80 speeding ticket spiralled into $34k and bankruptcyPeter Prescott will now have more added to his debt after another failed attempt at court.
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca PhilipTheBucket @ponder.cat Scottish boarding school to accept tuition fee payments in Bitcoin
www.bbc.com Lomond boarding school to accept tuition fee payments in BitcoinLomond School in Helensburgh which charges up to £38,000 per year said the move came after requests from parents.
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca TheWaterGod @lemmy.ca 
www.telegraph.co.uk Stay indoors or risk being blown away, China warns light peopleBeijing issues first orange alert in a decade for ‘highly disastrous’ 93mph winds
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca Otter @lemmy.ca 
www.cbsnews.com South Africa helicopter crash blamed on penguin in cardboard box that hit pilot's controlsThe pilot and three passengers aboard the helicopter, as well as the penguin, were uninjured, according to an incident report.
Everyone was ok:
The aircraft sustained substantial damage but the pilot and passengers were uninjured, according to the incident report. The penguin was also unharmed, the report noted.
How it happened:
The pilot and passengers were conducting an aerial survey flight of an island off South Africa's Eastern Cape on January 19, 2025. The helicopter safely landed on Bird Island. Before departing, one of the passengers, who the incident report referred to as a "specialist," asked that they transport one of the penguins on the island back with them. The pilot agreed, and the penguin was placed in a cardboard box.
When the helicopter was at an altitude of around 50 feet, the cardboard box slid off the passenger's lap -- onto the pilot's cyclic pitch control lever, the incident report said. The helicopter rolled to the right. The pilot could not recover, the incident report said. As the aircraft descended, the main rotor blades of the helicopter struck the ground, and the helicop
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca misk @sopuli.xyz 
www.vox.com Oops, we accidentally drugged the world’s fishThe bizarre link between your anti-anxiety drugs and salmon.
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca TheWaterGod @lemmy.ca 'We can't even leave our house': Waterloo students terrorized by 'angry' nesting Canada geese
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If you got a problem with Canada Gooses, you got a problem with me, and I suggest you let that one marinate
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca misk @sopuli.xyz 
www.tokyoweekender.com Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan TownA trading card game consisting of real-life ojisan (middle-aged men) are going viral with kids in the city of Kawara in Fukuoka Prefecture.
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca Binzy_Boi @lemmy.ca Infidelity for the social media age: What is microcheating, and is it a big deal? | CTV
www.ctvnews.ca Infidelity for the social media age: What is microcheating, and is it a big deal?Although pushing the boundaries of what’s allowed in a relationship is not a new concept, the issue has become even more common with the rise of remote work, said William Schroeder, a therapist and owner of Just Mind Counseling centers in Austin, Texas.
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca misk @sopuli.xyz 
www.bbc.com US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and sealsA group of islands, occupied only by penguins and seals, has been swept up in Trump's trade war.
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca Binzy_Boi @lemmy.ca 
globalnews.ca CEO accused of choking man on cruise ship over barefoot dancing incident - National | Globalnews.caThe complaint alleges that the victim was dancing barefoot on the dance floor at the ship's bar when Kenneth DeGiorgio's wife asked him to put his shoes on.
Hopefully this is considered "offbeat". First time posting here.
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Offbeat @lemmy.ca TheWaterGod @lemmy.ca Queensland surgeon fined for sharing photo of patient’s swastika-tattooed penis
www.nzherald.co.nz Queensland surgeon fined over Nazi penis photoThe doctor has been fined for sharing photo of patient’s swastika-tattooed penis.
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