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The city council of a British community lost a nine-month legal battle to prosecute a man who accidentally dropped a piece of an orange peel. Luke Gutteridge was eating an orange and accidentally dropped a piece of the peel about the size of a dime. An enforcement officer for the city saw him and immediately…

Ashh Nicole posted a video to YouTube showing insects falling into the glaze as it poured onto to the pastries in a doughnut shop in North Carolina. http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/10/28/Doughnut-shop-customer-films-bugs-falling-into-glaze/9151446053180/?spt=sec&or=on That video, coupled with the recent…

Chipotle has become one of America’s most successful restaurant chains by touting its use of “fresh, often locally sourced, ingredients” for its tacos and burritos. It has boasted that its food is free of genetically modified organisms, GMO’s. Nevertheless, in 2015, the company was staggered because…

For 20 years, people have been sticking their gum to the walls of an alley by Seattle’s Pike Place market. The market estimates that there are as many as one million pieces of gum on the wall. The “gum wall” as it is known, has become a popular landmark, and people have left pictures, cards and other…

A study of the amount of chicken meat in chicken nuggets was published in the American Journal of Medicine. The nuggets are less than 50 percent meat. The rest is fat, blood veins, bone fragments and various other chicken parts. Does that disgust you? Christians disgust others when their lives are less…

In the winter of 2014 -2015, the tower of snow that the city of Boston piled up was a constant reminder of a winter that seemed to have to have no end. By the time, the snow stopped falling; the pile had grown to be 75 feet high. Though it reminded residents of a winter than made them shiver, there were…

When Misty Moser was preparing dinner for her family, she made a gruesome discovery in a bag of frozen green beans—a snake head. Thankfully, she made the discovery before she sat the vegetables on the table.—Jim L. Wilson http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/233057191.html (accessed 11-27-13) Galatians 5:9…

The way your desk looks may say a lot more about you than you think. Results from a new study indicate that people with messy desk may live less healthy, but more interesting lives, while people who keep their desks organized tend to be fit and get all their work done. The research appeared in the journal…

Not far from Seattle, six underground radioactive waste tanks in Hanford are leaking. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says that one tank located in Hanford was leaking 150 to 300 gallons of radioactive toxic waste per year. It is horrifying to know that the Energy Department will not clean up the extremely…

While Ronald Reagan was president, a thirteen year-old boy sent him a letter requesting disaster relief funds because his mother asked him to clean his room. Recently, an Internet blogger rediscovered the letter and reposted it. In the original request, seventh grader Andy Smith from South Carolina wrote,…

Art historians working to restore artwork in the Basilica dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi have discovered a previously unknown component in one of series of famous frescos painted by Giotto during the 13th century. As they worked to restore the clouds in the top of fresco number 20 in the cycle depicting…

China has recently seen an increase in food scandals as more safety reports continue to surface. One famous incident involved a house who found that a can of pork she purchased contained so much bacteria that it glowed in the dark. The rise in interest in food safety, and the continued appearance of…

A new App called Confession is available for the iPhone and iPad. With it, a Roman Catholic can confess their sins remotely, without visiting a confessional or a priest. A Roman Catholic bishop has approved its use. The App allows them to type their sins into a confessional box and receive instructions…

As the Passover Celebration approached, Israel’s Chief Rabbinate warned Israeli citizens to be on the lookout for pirated boxes of Matzah bread. A week before the holiday began; police raided a warehouse containing a stockpile of 7 tons of Matzah marked with fake Kosher certificates. Matzah is the flat,…

Hand sanitizing is in these days. Brookstone now offers a hand sanitizer dispenser that is so efficient you don’t even have to touch it for your little dab of sanitizer or soap. It is a hands-free dispenser. --USA Today December 7, 2009 p. 6D Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell USA Today…

Purity My Grandfather was a hardworking, custom combine operator. He worked long hard hours. Life was never easy for him, I don't think he ever wanted an easy life. My Grandmother? Now that's another story. She tried to live a pampered life on the road. Grandlady insisted that Grumps buy her an air conditioned…

THOUGHTS “Cleanliness is next to Godliness,” grandma used to say. She may have been closer to correct than we supposed. Psychological Science is publishing a study in which Katie Liljenquist, an assistant professor at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management claims they have proved you…

SIN Betsy McCaughey, chairperson of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths says that “65 percent of medical personnel confess they change their lab coat less than once a week. 15 percent admit they change it less than once a month.” Some of the resilient super bugs can live on these coats for up to…