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Weird and wonderful stories — amazing animals, stupid criminals, great British eccentrics, local lore and more
Stuck in an owl sanctuary.
Joined January 2015
On this day: In 1935 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California
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On this day: In 1976, CB radio/trucking hit ‘Convoy’ by C.W. McCall reaches No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts
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On this day: In 1913, 37th US president Richard Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California
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Fugitive burglar arrested hiding out in alpaca field. Does look quite like an alpaca https://t.co/KT2KfOKN1R
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BNP no longer a political party. Here's Nick Griffin stewing over the situation https://t.co/Rmyx8aSbZ7
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On this day: Elvis Aaron Presley was born in 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi to parents Gladys and Vernon
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Fugitive burglar arrested hiding out in alpaca field. Does look quite like an alpaca https://t.co/KT2KfP2oqr
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Couple ring in the New Year by getting engaged in city’s clock tower https://t.co/RFHugkdZgX via @LichMercury
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On this day: In 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team play their first competitive game
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The kindest community in Britain? Tiny village enjoys hundreds of random acts of kindness https://t.co/5QRf3LEv99
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Owner went more than six years without knowing this incredibly rare thing about her pet dog https://t.co/SlWHOBxtPQ
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On this day: 2,000 Led Zeppelin fans cause $50,000 worth of damage to the Boston Garden
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Excited woman spots Eddie Redmayne picking up vegetables in village Co-op https://t.co/upF4u3VMuU
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A dog called Pirate has been sentenced to death after series of savage attacks https://t.co/JxKpc6NIO9
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