The Carnegie Science Center’s Titanic exhibit was closed today due to flooding caused the bursting of an eight-inch water pipe. The burst occurred outside the center beneath a sidewalk, sending water into the exhibit space. Luckily, the exhibits higher level caused water to gather at the lobby and gift shop, protecting the Titanic’s artifacts from [...]
Titanic exhibit closed due to flooding…how ironic
June 25th, 2008 · No Comments
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Update: Journalist who murdered women for stories commits suicide
June 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Earlier we wrote about journalist Vlado Taneski who was being held in prison while police collected evidence against him regarding the murders of several women. Police believed Taneski murdered the women for the stories as he promptly gave detailed accounts of the events in his stories. Anyway, officials have now reported the death of Taneski [...]
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Boy dies of drowning, after going home
June 6th, 2008 · No Comments
We had never heard of “dry drowning,” but apparently it’s a very real threat. A 10-year-old boy from South Carolina recently died several hours after swallowing water in a swimming pool. He must have swallowed quite a bit of water! After swimming, he said he was tired and took a nap. When his parents checked [...]
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Update: Guy loses lawsuit over fly in bottle of water
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments
We previously wrote about a stupid lawsuit from a Canadian man claiming extreme damage because he saw a fly in a bottle of water. The man saw two dead flies in an unopened bottle of drinking water, but never drank any of the water, and claimed that he had “suffered psychological damage, including depression, phobia, [...]
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Homeowner’s association threatens members if they don’t water their lawns even though there’s a drought
May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Homeowner’s associations are notorious for having a lot of rules. Typically, they have rules determining the color your roof needs to be, how your shed needs to match your house, and the maximum fence height, these organizations do what they think is necessary to make your community look top notch. The thing is, when are [...]
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Canadian suing for a “small problem” in a bottle of water
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Today Canada will rule on whether or not a man who found a fly in his bottle of water deserves compensation for anxiety and depression. We bet he’ll lose. Martin Mustapha of Ontario claimed that he was forever scarred when he saw a fly in his bottle of water, in spite of the fact that [...]
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Image: Submerged medieval church revealed once again due to drought
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Almost half-a-century ago, the ancient village of Sant Roma, Spain, was flooded to create a reservoir or water for the Catalonia region. Only the 11th century church’s bell tower broke through the water. But the area of Spain is experiencing a severe drought, and the full ruins have been exposed as the water has been [...]
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Chicago White Sox management to players: “Water is for wimps!!!”
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
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