Chalkboard has man very excited outside Henderson fruit shop.
1. One of the most wanted cybercriminals in the USA was arrested after he was hacked by the FBI. His password was the name of his cat plus '123'.
2. After learning that her baby would not long survive after birth (because of "anencephaly"), Keri Young of Oklahoma carried her baby to term - just to harvest organs for unspecified people who might need them.
The Vision-Dieter were US$19.95 weight-loss eyeglasses, created by Arkansas entrepreneur John D. Miller. They had a different lens for each eye: one brown and the other blue. The inventor claimed that the different colours caused a low-level of confusion in a person's subconscious that led to a loss of appetite, and thus weight loss. In 1982 the US attorney stopped the sale of the glasses because Miller hadn't registered them with the Food and Drug Administration. Also, there was no evidence they actually worked as a diet aid. (Source: News of the Weird)
One weekend in 2013 eight people from Kalachi, Kazakhstan (pop. 640) fell asleep and were unable to stay awake for any longer than it took to go to the bathroom or eat a little food. As the months went by more people were affected. People felt nauseous and dizzy; they hallucinated, ranting about images only they could see and at times becoming borderline violent. More than 100 people fell ill at some point. Even a cat was affected. Scientists tested the earth, water, and local food because of the nearby uranium mines. Doctors could find nothing wrong with the patients, and no common factors. Finally in 2015 authorities announced that high concentrations of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from the mines caused a lack of oxygen in the area. (Source: Mental Floss)
British illustrator Toby Leigh is crowd funding to publish his satirical parody of a 1970s children's alphabet reader. There would likely be some ire over the illustration for Q...See more here.
Bullet bras of the
"Military terminology crept into product marketing, as represented by the highly structured, conically pointed Torpedo or Bullet bra, designed for "maximum projection". The bullet bra was worn by the Sweater Girl, a busty and wholesome "girl next door" whose tight-fitting outer garments accentuated her artificially enhanced curves."
Scenes with Marilyn Monroe from the film Love Nest (1951) were edited into a Coke ad, which may or may not have aired.
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The couple married in a low-key Las Vegas wedding in 2020.