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[BeBMan]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67712369

[Berzerker]

INDIE....RUN

[Meticulous Man]

Another young woman dead of Indophobia in Danube Valley

BUDAPEST (REUTERS) -- According to the police, she was found dead in her apartment with an expession of dread on her face. The Coroner's Office confirmed that the immediate cause was heart failure caused by an utter fear of some person or things originating from the Indian Subcontinent.

[N35t0r]

Woman Enters MRI Machine With a Gun, Gets Shot in Butt

https://gizmodo.com/mri-machine-accidents-gun-shot-woman-butt-1851077446

[-Jrabbit]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oshawa-kangaroo-zoo-1.7048082

[Ming]

Escaped Kangaroo Punches Canadian Cop
They've made it an honorary member of K9 unit

Police officers east of Toronto dealt with a situation Monday that their training probably never covered: an escaped kangaroo. The animal hopped over its handlers and escaped late last week during what was supposed to be a brief stop at the Oshawa Zoo en route to Quebec. Staff Sgt. Chris Boileau of the Durham Regional Police Service says the kangaroo was spotted in a rural area early Monday and an officer was punched in the face while recapturing it, the CBC reports. "It's something that he and his platoon mates will be remembering for the rest of their careers," he says.

Bouileau says the officers contacted the kangaroo's handlers and on their advice, "they actually just grabbed it by the tail." Videos of the kangaroo running down rural roads was shared on social media on Friday, the day after its escape, but search parties were unable to track it down amid bad weather over the weekend. Officials say the kangaroo is in good shape and will stay at the Oshawa Zoo until it is fully recovered. The officer struck by the kangaroo was not injured and the force apparently doesn't have any hard feelings: CityNews reports that it has been made an honorary member of the K9 unit.

Police released body camera footage of the kangaroo encounter. "The entire incident was not recorded —currently, officers are not required to activate their cameras for interactions with kangaroos as per the DRPS directive (currently under roo-view)," police said in a statement. "This camera recording of the kangaroo was triggered when she nudged one of the responding officers."

[Ming]

Traffic-blocking turkey beloved by some residents in Michigan town
By Ben Hooper





Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A wild turkey has taken to chasing cars and blocking traffic in a Michigan neighborhood -- and some locals love him for it.

The turkey, seen most commonly around an intersection in Kentwood, was dubbed "Gary Jr." by locals in honor of a turkey named Gary that previously frequented the area before his death in early 2022.

A Facebook group started by local woman Kayla Smith to document sightings of the original Gary saw a spike in activity after a dormant period when Gary Jr. arrived on the scene.

"It's something that brings some positive light to dark times," Cathy Kutschinski told WXMI-TV. "Turkeys roost in the trees at night, but once it's daylight, Gary can be anywhere."

She said Gary Jr. Is a worthy successor to his namesake.

"He's following in his footsteps," Kutschinski said. "Same antics of stopping traffic, chasing cars, blocking people from getting out of their driveways."

[Berzerker]

Now thats interesting, maybe the smell 'awakens' parts of the brain in need of help. My sense of smell and taste are very weak, dont know if it was smoking, drugs, or nasal spray. Probably the spray, used it far too long.

[pchang]

Research shows strong smells in general are good for memory.

[Berzerker]

Schiff and his colleagues pinpointed a structure deep inside the brain as a crucial hub in the network. Known as the central lateral nucleus, it is a thin sheet of neurons about the size and shape of an almond shell.

The human brain has two such structures, one in each hemisphere. They seem to help the brain quiet itself at night for sleep and rev up the brain in the morning. Stimulating the neurons in these regions can wake up a sleeping rat, Schiff’s research has shown.

Electric shock therapy that works? Implants produce rapid pulses thereby replacing a weakened or broken connection

[Berzerker]

Japanese Wasabi used on Sushi found to improve both short and long term memory

[BeBMan]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67622247

What ppl do for Youtube vids

[Berzerker]

Overall, astronauts often compare the smell of space to "hot metal, burnt meat, burnt cakes, spent gunpowder and welding of metal,"

They get a whiff when removing gear after spacewalks or when doors open to let space walkers back in. Makes sense, the Sun is fusing metals among other things

[-Jrabbit]

Did I address anything at all about the incident? No.
I just called Kyle Rittenhouse a whiny little trailer trash beyotch. And I stand by that.

[Uncle Sparky]

50 years of Humbug!