Category: WTF
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10-year-old swimmer may have died of fentanyl overdose after visiting Miami pool
A 10-year-old boy from a drug-ridden Miami neighborhood apparently died of a fentanyl overdose last month, becoming one of Florida’s smallest victims of the opioid crisis, authorities said Tuesday. But how he came into contact with the powerful painkiller is a mystery. Fifth-grader Alton Banks died June 23 after a visit to the pool in…
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Bellevue family finds man in underwear swimming in their sons kiddie pool
Police said a man wearing only his underwear jumped the fence of a Bellevue home, sat down a towel and went for a dip in a kiddie pool on the porch.
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Still no sign of Chad’s luggage
He may be one of the world’s most famous swimmers, but three weeks on, Chad le Clos still has not been reunited with his “lost” suitcase containing his racing kit, despite the efforts of his coach, his London agents and the media. He was forced to compete in the Mare Nostrum series event in Canet-en-Roussillon,…
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Move over, blood doping; cyclists might be “poop doping†soon
To be a professional cyclist, one must have guts, microbiologist Lauren Peterson says, and she doesn’t just mean that in the metaphorical sense. Peterson, herself a pro endurance mountain biker, has discovered that the most elite athletes in the sport have a certain microbiome living in their intestines that allow them to perform better, and…
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Skinned deer found in country club swimming pool
State wildlife officials have identified three individuals who they say threw the skinned carcass of a pregnant deer into the swimming pool at Temple Hills Country Club. The doe, wrapped in a plastic bag at the bottom of the pool, was found by employees of the country club at approximately 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. Some of…
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Dave Hughes shocks with Grant Hackett joke
Dave Hughes’ opening Logies speech was peppered with awkward ‘ooo’s from the audience after he bridged some rather controversial topics. One that truly divided the crowd was his handling of Grant Hackett. Addressing the embattled swimming star’s recent troubles, Hughes said, “Grant Hackett, ‘Oh I’m going to rehab again’, well listen this time, right!†“I…
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Behold the Kim Kardashian butt pool float
I kid you not, see Neatorama and Kimoji Kim Kardashian’s posterior has arguably become more famous than the woman herself, and it’s virtually impossible to read about Kim K. without some wiseacre commenting on the size of her rear end. This fact is not lost on Kim, so she has decided to embrace the attention and…
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Diver survives being trapped inside cage with great white shark
A diver escaped unscathed after he was trapped in a cage underwater with a great white shark. Footage of the incident, which took place near Guadalupe Island off the west coast of Mexico, shows the shark lunging for a large chunk of tuna that is tied to a rope from a boat. According to the…
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