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Jennifer Beyer/Peacock The ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Writer Who Faked Cancer IRL Even Lied to Her Wife
TV writer Elisabeth Finch’s years of faking cancer and trauma unravel in a new docuseries, sparking outrage and a public apology.
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Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Kid Survives 6-Day Mexican Rainforest Nightmare Using the Night Sky
A 9-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after spent six days alone in the Mexican rainforest in the wake of Hurricane Milton.
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Pokemon movie still (Photo by Warner Bros. Pictures) Leaked Pokémon Lore Includes Story of a Girl Who Has a Baby with a Pokémon
Pokémon developer Game Freak was hacked, leaking a lurid backstory about Typhlosion and other odd lore.
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Photo by Alessandra Benedetti – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Is on Track to Lose Up to $200 Million
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker Folie a Deux’ is a box office failure that may end up losing hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Photo courtesy of 2024 World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off Minnesota Teacher Wins Pumpkin-Weighing Contest for Fourth Year in a Row
His massive pumpkin, named Rudy, weighed in at 2,471 pounds.
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Archival photo from the 1996 World Conker Championships. Photo by Mark Thompson/Allsport. Steel Nut Scandal Rocks World Conker Championship—Whatever That Is
David Jakins’s alleged steel nut sparked outrage at the obscure World Conker Championships, then an American upstart claimed surprise victory.
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Ranchers in Colorado (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Freaky Tick Bites Make Farmers Allergic to Their Own Farm Animals
The Lone Star ticks can transmit Alpha-gal Syndrome, a life-threatening allergy to meat and other animal byproducts.
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Central Cee with Debbie Monfries, owner of embattled London restaurant Umana Yana. Central Cee Is Joining the Fight to Save a Beloved London Restaurant
The rap star aprons up in support of South London Caribbean spot Umana Yana, in a new Munchies film.
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Drink Wisconsinly Pub / Instagram Cheese Curd Vodka Debuts in Wisconsin
Drink Wisconsibly Pub invented cheese curd vodka ahead of its fifth annual Curd Fest, originally as an ingredient in Bloody Mary’s.
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Lauren Levis, who died after taking iboga at the Soul Centro retreat in 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Levis family) American ‘Neoshamans’ Are Running Psychedelics Hotels in Costa Rica—and Someone Died
In August, Lauren Levis lost her life at the Soul Centro retreat in Paquera. Hers isn’t the only death linked to a cast of characters toying with iboga—an African root bark offering one of the wildest drug experiences known to man.
