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Image: byakkaya/Getty Images Back in 1975, a neurobiologist named Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow was spending time out in Indonesia. And while the scientist was in the attractive Southeast Asian nation, he whiled away some time by diving close to the Banda Islands – a band of ten tiny landmasses that all rest in the Banda Sea. A leopard sea cucumber caught Meyer-Rochow’s eye during that jaunt, too, and so he decided to bring the creature up to…

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Image: Kirstyn Hairston via People A suicide is always a terrible thing, both for the victim and for the people left behind. When Jason Hairston, a former NFL player, killed himself in September 2018, his family was of course utterly devastated. Later, his bereaved wife spoke about what reasons she believed there were for her husband dying and the awful implications for other sportsmen. Image: via People Jason Hairston, from southern California, had played football ever since…

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Image: Caroline Malatesta via Cosmopolitan For many moms-to-be, the sensations that come with pregnancy are some of the most memorable parts of the experience. They relish the kicks and movements that their unborn babies make. Those recollections linger longer than the pain of contractions and the physical discomfort of pushing their newborns out into the world. Image: alessandraamendess But for one Alabama mother, fourth time around the experience of the birth itself was the most memorable aspect…

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Image: YouTube/DogBlog It wasn’t until little Owen Howkins was 18 months old that his parents noticed something strange about how he was developing. He was struggling to crawl, for instance, and they thought that he might be autistic. The truth, however, would change their lives forever. Owen was born in 2006, and he was the son of Will and Kim Howkins from Hampshire, U.K. For the first few months of his young life, he seemed like…

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Image: Eric Bégin On July 23, 1983, the pilots of Air Canada Flight 143 don’t dwell too much on the warning light that starts blinking during their journey. Having calculated the amount of fuel they have left, the airmen simply conclude that they’ll make it to their destination with ease. But then another bulb lights up – and this one tells them that their numbers are all wrong. In fact, they’re dangerously low on fuel –…

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Image: via Honest to Paws Picture the scene: you’re enjoying a day at the zoo, looking at the gorillas, when you see a shape tumble into the enclosure. Wait… was that what you thought it was? You look closer, and you hear the screams, and slowly your curiosity turns to horror when you see a small boy lying on the concrete… and a hulking shape approaching him. Image: via YouTube/News Today / via YouTube/sathu bhai The recent controversial shooting…

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For Eddie Schmidt, July 24, 2017, may have seemed like just another regular day. It certainly began pretty benignly, with his pregnant wife Lindsey shuttling all three of their young sons into her car in order to take them to Bible camp. And after Lindsey had gone through the routine of getting them ready for the journey, she finally hopped into the driver’s seat. The mom-to-be’s drive through rural Illinois passed sweeping cornfields and brought…

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Image: via UNESCO It’s a beautiful, sunny day in the small town of Monasterace on the Calabrian coast of Italy. The date is August 16th, 1972, and holidaymaker Stefano Mariottini is enjoying the final hours of his vacation. Snorkeling in the clear, blue waters of the Ionian Sea just south of the town, he spots something on the ocean floor that will write his name in the history books. Image: Marco Rimoldi Italy is a country with…

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Image: YouTube/First Dates When Dani told her pairing on First Dates that she was transgender, she had no idea how he’d react. In the past, it’s changed people’s perception of her completely, so would the same be true of her companion? She steeled herself to reveal the truth, and soon the words came tumbling out. Image: rawpixel Reality television has yet to capture everyone’s interest – indeed, some might wonder what all the fuss is about. Why would you…

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Just Heartbreaking Image: YouTube Inside Edition Losing someone you love is one of the most wretched experiences. It’s even worse when it happens to be your own child. When this couple lost their son, their world was turned upside down. However, they’d soon come to find that the worst was yet to come when they came across an unwelcome guest at their son’s grave. Their Son Image: Facebook: TaShanna Armstrong When Jacob and Tashanna Armstrong…

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