All posts tagged "Oddities"
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9World
Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse
NEW YORK (AP) — One by one, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled out their phones snap pictures of the rare...
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14World
Corpse flower: Thousands line up to sniff a rare plant that reeks of garbage
SYDNEY (AP) — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans...
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26InternationalRare plant emits a stink of death when it blooms. Thousands queued to get close to it
SYDNEY, Australia — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans...
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60InternationalMittens the cat becomes an accidental frequent flyer after getting left on a plane
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in...
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20International‘It was either me or him and I won,’ British retiree says after beating back mugger
LONDON — An 84-year-old British man armed only with a pair of trousers beat back a mugger who tried to rob him...
