The woman, Martha Louis Menefield, said police told her “not to cry” as they were arresting her. Lee Hedgepeth/TwitterAfter failing to appear in court on Sept. 27, a warrant was issued against Martha Menefield for Failure to Pay-Trash. An 82-year-old woman in Valley, Alabama was arrested on Nov. 27 after she reportedly failed to pay […]
Daily Archives: December 7, 2022
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In gritty 1970s New York, an unidentified serial killer known as “Charlie Chop-Off” targeted young Black and Puerto Rican boys and viciously mutilated their genitals — and he was never caught. A 1972 police sketch of the serial killer known only as “Charlie Chop-Off.” It sounds like an urban legend — a serial killer that […]
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Claim: Clint Eastwood died in early December 2022. Rating: In early December 2022, we received mail from readers that asked if motion picture actor and director Clint Eastwood was dead. The rumor stemmed from numerous Facebook posts that said, “05 Minutes Ago. RIP Clint Eastwood. Sad News For Clint Eastwood Family. Goodbye Clint Eastwood.” However, […]
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On August 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay flew over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and dropped a single, 4,000 kilogram uranium bomb called Little Boy. Seconds later the bomb detonated with the equivalent power of 15 thousand tons of TNT, destroying 8 square kilometres of the city and killing an estimated 90-140,000 […]
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Photographer Alper Yesiltas uses artificial intelligence to imagine what departed icons like Princess Diana and Michael Jackson would look like if they’d lived — and the results are haunting. They may be gone, but their faces are forever frozen in time. Or rather, they were. When photographer Alper Yesiltas began dabbling in artificial intelligence, he […]
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Saddling up to the People’s Choice Awards red carpet in a torso-bearing homage of her 1998 “That Don’t Impress Me Much” video look, Shania Twain showed fans that she’s still the one. Looking better than ever, the 57-year-old singer and performer geared up for her performance as the recipient of the Music Icon Award during […]
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Claim: A line from the movie “Step Brothers” says, “There’s so much room for activities.” Rating: A meme circulating on the internet in December 2022 contained a screenshot from the 2008 comedy film “Step Brothers,” starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, who play maturity-challenged men, ages 39 and 40, each of whom still lives […]
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The gym can be an intimidating place. Besides the grunting and the weights dropping, there is a secret code of conduct that is totally foreign to any newcomer on what to do and not to do. These rules of etiquette aren’t just for newbies! I see a lot of “veterans” who completely disregard them or […]
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Escape From L.A. Goldeneye. The Matrix. Ocean’s 11. The Fate of the Furious. These are but a few of the many popular films to feature electromagnetic pulse, or EMP. As depicted in these films, EMP is the ultimate weapon of the electronic age, able to destroy every electric or electronic circuit within its blast radius […]
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Claim: A video recorded in November 2022 shows Chinese officials in white protective hazmat suits carrying people down a hallway to be quarantined for COVID-19. Rating: In November 2022, a TikTok user posted a video that included a misleading caption and quite the dramatic remix of Johnny Cash singing “I hear the train a comin’” from […]