Fired Illegal Prostitute Seeks Court Redress
A South African prostitute has asked the country’s Court of Appeals to hear her case against the owner of a massage parlor where she used to offer her services. The woman simply known as Kylie is suing the owner of the parlor in Cape Town for allegedly firing her illegally in 2003.
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Scot-turned-Australian Becomes World’s First Legal Neutral Gender
A Scot became the very first person on the planet to be given legally a gender as “Not Specified.”
Norrie May-Welby was born in Scotland 48 years ago as a man. He had a sex change operation twenty years ago after emigrating to Australia.
However, May-Welby was not happy...
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Internet-obsessed couple let baby starve to death while raising virtual child online
I’m ordaining this as the WTF story of the day!
A Korean couple has been arrested for allegedly letting their three-month-old daughter starve to death while raising a virtual baby online.
Kim Yoo-chul, 41, and his partner Choi Mi-sun, 25, spent 12 hours a night at a neighborhood...
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New Book Says Hitler Took “Primitive Viagra”
For all his strong-man posturing, Adolf Hitler actually had a “soft” part in him. A new book written by Henrik Eberle and Hans-Joachim Neumann reveals that Hitler always took a shot of primitive Viagra before meeting with his lover Eva Braun. The book, which is largely based on previously...
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Controversy Erupts as 7-Year-Old Girl Chosen Rio Carnival Queen
People hoping to see a scantily clad samba queen during the annual Rio Carnival parade will be in for a big disappointment. The Viradouro samba group of the world-famous Rio Carnival has picked a 7-year-old as its queen this year. The group’s decision to name Julia Lira as drum corps queen quickly...
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Google China’s Memorial
In case you still haven’t learned about Google’s “New Approach to China” lengthy post announcing that they will no longer censor its Chinese search engine (Google.cn) even if it means shutting it down news until now. It looks like some Chinese are already giving Google China...
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Church blesses mobiles phones, laptops
A vicar surprised everyone when he blessed the high-tech gadgets of city workers in London, as part of a 21st-century upgrade of Plow Monday.
The Reverend David Parrott yesterday blessed a pile of laptops and mobile phones on the altar of St. Lawrence Jewry church, the Times of London reports.
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Broadmann Blades: Ping-Pong Paddle without the handle
What you see above is not a swimming paddle but some kind of a table-tennis paddle where you slide your hands in and smack the ball. It’s called the Broadmann Blades!
The set is priced at $100 and includes the two paddles, four balls, terrycloth wristbands and a carrying case. The designer claims...
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