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Costing up to $499,000, the Vengeance has bullet- proof glass, strobe lights, wing mirrors that emit pepper spray and no back windshield — instead, the driver can monitor a live video stream of what’s going on behind the car. Sure to win you a pop- ularity contest in the pickup lane at your kid’s school, the Vengeance also has a loud- speaker so you can call to little Timmy without leaving the safety of your seat. Extras include bulletproof vests, hel- mets and gas masks.
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Facebook, speculating that the cats are being marked as targets. But no other harm has come to any of them.
All For A Pie
A 31-year-old woman was charged with two counts of robbery and possession of a “weapon” on Jan. 22 in Win- nipeg, Manitoba, after a puz- zling attempt to steal a pizza, the CBC reported. Around 3 a.m., she allegedly entered a crowded restaurant and de- manded a pizza, brandishing a firecracker as a threat. She was denied the pie, so she lit the firework and ran off with a pizza. Outside the restau- rant, she got into a cab, but the driver asked her to get out because she was being belligerent. When the driver stepped out of the car, she jumped into his seat and took off, dragging the 54-year- old several meters down the street.
Officers caught up with
the stolen cab and caught the pizza thief when she became stuck in a snowbank.
Disappearing Act
“My mother remembered all our relatives’ birthdays before she started getting dementia,” he said. “I don’t think my talent is all that special. I’ m more impressed by musicians who can play a song from memory on the piano.”
A Close Shave
In Coventry, England, someone dubbed the Cat Shaver is catching cats and shaving a square into their fur, Metro News reported on Jan. 11. Not just a small patch, either: 6-year-old Tal- lulah had a large bald spot on her stomach that owner Bon- nie Towe noticed when her daughter picked the cat up.
One woman said she add- ed “a hair sample just in case they need it for DNA testing.” Elizabeth Jeglic, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, soothingly says, “The majority of adults will not go missing or be kid- napped.” Her colleague Pat- rick McLaughlin offers some
A Horse With No Rider
Vanyar, one of the equine competitors in the Tokay Stakes race on Jan. 22 in Na- goya, Japan, crossed the fin- ish line first. However, Odd- ity Central reported, Vanyar was missing one thing, which led to his being disqualified: a rider. Vanyar’s jockey fell off as soon as they left the gate, and the second-place horse’s jockey couldn’t catch up to the riderless horse (al- though they were the techni- cal winners). After crossing
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Alas, you can’t buy them: The incense will be awarded through a raffle on KFC Thai- land’s Facebook page.
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does it have electrified door handles? The Guardian re- ported on Jan. 25 that a new vehicle has hit the market targeted at the particularly fearful driver: the Rezvani Vengeance.
ideas for the kit, though: recent photos; the unlock code for your phone; pics of tattoos, scars or birthmarks; handwriting samples — but he warns that such binders might not be admissible as evidence.
Dennis Garsjo, 73, of Glasgow, Montana, may not know your name when he greets you on the street, but he’ll call out to you anyway, using your birthday.
the finish line, Vanyar coolly slowed down and sauntered off toward the exit.
KFC Thailand has part- nered with perfume experts during the Lunar New Year to create what every fin- ger-lickin’ good fan wants: fried chicken incense. Odd- ity Central reported that the
incense sticks look good enough to eat and smell even better.
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“Top of the morning to ya, April 11,” he might say, ac- cording to KRTV. Garsjo has memorized more than 3,000 birthdays and says he came by the talent naturally.
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If you’re looking for a crafty project this year, the online shop Savor has you covered, Slate reported. For the low, low price of $46.95, you can put together your own “In Case I Go Missing” binder, which Savor claims, “makes it super easy for the true-crime obsessed to record their key stats for their loved ones.” Those facts include medical and financial infor- mation, fingerprints and lists of “hangout spots.”
Still, residents of Prai- rie Ridge Village, where he works, enjoy The Birthday Guy, as he’s known, and he loves surprising people with their special day.
“Did someone take her and bring her back? Or did they do it in a car?” Towe wondered. “We did notice she wasn’t going out quite as much. She mostly sits at home and looks out the window.”
Other victims’ owners have discovered one another on