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Dire wolves were real—and even stranger than we thought
Via: Freefaller • Health, Science & Technology • 6 Comments • 3 Likes • 3 years ago
Even before appearing as fictional pets in the television series Game of Thrones, dire wolves had long captured imaginations. Weighing around 150 pounds, the creatures were larger than the heaviest of today’s gray wolves. They roamed throughout large swaths of the Americas and preyed on now...
Mysterious silver monolith disappears from Utah desert
Via: Freefaller • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 4 years ago
A tall, silver, shining metal monolith discovered in the desert in southeastern Utah -- which prompted theories of alien placement and drew determined hikers to its secret location -- has now disappeared, the state's Bureau of Land Management said Saturday. The monolith was removed by an...
A 2020 space oddity? Mysterious metal object found in Utah desert
Via: Freefaller • Stranger Than Fiction • 5 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
A mysterious slab of metal stands silently in the desert, leaving Earth's primates puzzled. That's how the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey begins. It's also the way things are playing out in Utah in 2020, after biologists made a baffling discovery in the state's southern desert....
Diwali 2020: When is it and how is it celebrated?
Via: Freefaller • Travel, Geography and Foreign Cultures • 3 Comments • 1 Like • 11 months ago
“This November, millions of people around the world will celebrate light over darkness amid the coronavirus pandemic.”
Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, is the biggest festival celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists around the world. Its date changes every year and commemorates different things depending on local tradition and culture. When is Diwali? As per India’s official holiday calendar,...
Man mauled by black leopard after paying for ‘full contact experience’
Via: Freefaller • News & Politics • 18 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
A Florida man who paid $150 to get up-close and personal with a black leopard is now suing the sanctuary that made it happen, after the animal mauled him instead of submitting for pictures and belly-rubs. The attack happened at a backyard animal sanctuary in Davie, Fla., on Aug. 31, according...
CBS' 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 3 suggests third time really is the charm for Trekkies
Via: Freefaller • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 4 years ago
“By going back to a more classic format, the series manages to combine its darker side with more hopeful vibes”
It was a truism among the “Star Trek” fandom for years that the best Trek series did not come into their own until season three. This was certainly true for “The Next Generation” and “Deep Space Nine,” which both suffered from rocky beginnings, albeit for different reasons. But that assumption...
The Story Behind One of History’s Most Spectacular Mid-Air Rescues
By: Freefaller • Stranger Than Fiction • 11 Comments • 5 Likes • 4 years ago
It began like any other May morning in California. The sky was blue, the sun hot. A slight breeze riffled the glistening waters of San Diego Bay. At the naval airbase on North Island, all was calm. At 9:45 a.m., Walter Osipoff, a sandy-haired 23-year-old Marine second lieutenant from Akron,...
'When I taste savoury, it’s home:' L.A. man asks for N.L. seasoning, Twitter delivers
Via: Freefaller • Wine & Food • 7 Comments • 2 Likes • 4 years ago
LOS ANGELES — A Newfoundlander in Los Angeles will be giving thanks for a savoury saviour Monday night as he tucks into a holiday dinner made possible by the magic of social media. Chad Richardson was taking stock of his Thanksgiving dinner supplies on Saturday when he was struck by a hard...
'He really packed on the pounds': Fat Bear Week crowns 747 the winner
Via: Freefaller • Pets & Animals • 7 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
In Alaska’s annual battle of furry heavyweights, a salmon-chomping bruin nicknamed 747 – like the jumbo jet - has emerged as the people’s choice as the most fabulously fat. The bear, one of more than 2,200 brown bears roaming Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, was victorious late...
Satanic Temple raises hell over rejected abortion billboards
Via: Freefaller • News & Politics • 23 Comments • 5 Likes • 4 years ago
The devil's advocates have joined the fight for abortion rights.The Satanic Temple is suing an ad agency for alleged religious discrimination after the firm refused to put up its pro-abortion rights billboards in Arkansas and Indiana. The temple claims that Lamar Advertising is preventing it...