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Random Person Finds Dismembered Male Genitalia Sitting In Gas Station Parking Lot: Police​


The Mobile Police Department (MPD) responded to a call Monday that male genitalia had been found at an Alabama gas station.

Witnesses found the human penis in the parking lot of a gas station located at the corner of Navco Road and McVay Drive after 6:00 am, a local news outlet reported.

The MPD told the Caller police are not investigating the incident as a murder or assault. The MPD believes the penis belongs to a motorcycle driver who was involved in a fatal accident on the nearby interstate.

https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/31/mobile-alabama-gas-station-male-genitalia-motorcycle/

maximus otter
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Noooo
 
Many years ago I knew of a motorcyclist who was involved in an accident and had a similar mishap. He hit another vehicle and slipped forward. Unfortunately the petrol tank filler cap prevented certain parts staying with him.
 
Erinaceus said:
Many years ago I knew of a motorcyclist who was involved in an accident and had a similar mishap. He hit another vehicle and slipped forward. Unfortunately the petrol tank filler cap prevented certain parts staying with him.
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nononononononononononono! :puke2:
 

Dusty painting hidden behind door turns out to be Brueghel ‘masterpiece'​

A rediscovered painting by Flemish 17th-century painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger, for years hidden in a family house, will be presented for auction in Paris on Tuesday and is expected to fetch 600,000 to 800,000 euros ($649,000 to $865,000).

The painting "L'Avocat du village (the Village Lawyer)" is one of Brueghel's largest known works, measuring 112 centimeters (44 inches) high and 184 centimeters (72 inches) wide, and was unknown in the art world as the most recent generation of the family who had possessed it since the 1900s thought it was fake.

The family, who wishes to remain unknown, had asked Malo de Lussac of auctioneers Daguerre Val de Loire to estimate the value of their house but instead discovered a masterpiece.

De Lussac said he believes the artwork was bought as an authentic one, but over several generations had completely lost its authenticity within the family.

"And that's what's incredible," he said. "We are giving them back this authenticity by saying, 'In fact your artwork is real'."
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Rare 50s robot toy found 'in mum's loft' sells for £8,400 at auction

A rare toy robot that lay in a loft for decades and was destined for a charity shop has been sold for £8,400 at auction.

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The robot was produced in 1957 by Japanese toymaker Masudaya.

A member of the Gang Of Five robots that were only available by special purchase in the late 1950s, it was first in the set to be produced, giving it heightened status.

Lee Garrett was cleaning her mother’s house when she found the robot that she and her siblings played with as children more than 50 years ago and planned to give to charity.

Ms Garrett said: “The robot had been in the loft for decades and it was only when my brother said he had seen a similar toy online that we decided to take it out of the charity box and look into it a bit more.”

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23442458.rare-toy-robot-sells-8-400-auction-glasgow/

maximus otter
 
'This Lego door frame has been lying at the bottom of the sea for 26 years and has a tiny Devonshire cup coral growing inside one of its studs. It's one of over 18,000 lost from the cargo ship Tokio Express in 1997.'

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Bad enough finding the documents on a pub toilet floor but Wetherspoons? Sad.

The Royal Navy says it is investigating after documents marked "official sensitive" were reportedly found in a Wetherspoons pub toilet.

According to the Sun, the files carried details about HMS Anson - one of the navy's most advanced vessels. The paper says the files were left in the Furness Railway pub in Barrow-in-Furness, with a source saying they were found on the floor of a toilet cubicle.

The navy said they were "generic" papers with no classified information. In a statement, the Royal Navy spokesman: "These are generic training documents that carry no classified information. However, we take all security matters extremely seriously and will investigate the circumstances of their discovery."

The BBC has not seen the documents.

HMS Anson is a nuclear-powered attack submarine, which was built at the BAE Systems' shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, very close to the pub where materials were found. The 97m-long (318ft), 7,800 tonnes, nuclear-powered vessel is the fifth of the new Astute-class attack submarines to join the Navy fleet.

According to the Ministry of Defence, Astute-class submarines are "the largest, most advanced and "most powerful" attack submarines ever operated by the Navy - and Anson is capable of circumnavigating the globe without resurfacing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65433368
 
ramonmercado said:
Bad enough finding the documents on a pub toilet floor but Wetherspoons? Sad.

The Royal Navy says it is investigating after documents marked "official sensitive" were reportedly found in a Wetherspoons pub toilet.

According to the Sun, the files carried details about HMS Anson - one of the navy's most advanced vessels. The paper says the files were left in the Furness Railway pub in Barrow-in-Furness, with a source saying they were found on the floor of a toilet cubicle.

The navy said they were "generic" papers with no classified information. In a statement, the Royal Navy spokesman: "These are generic training documents that carry no classified information. However, we take all security matters extremely seriously and will investigate the circumstances of their discovery."

The BBC has not seen the documents.

HMS Anson is a nuclear-powered attack submarine, which was built at the BAE Systems' shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, very close to the pub where materials were found. The 97m-long (318ft), 7,800 tonnes, nuclear-powered vessel is the fifth of the new Astute-class attack submarines to join the Navy fleet.

According to the Ministry of Defence, Astute-class submarines are "the largest, most advanced and "most powerful" attack submarines ever operated by the Navy - and Anson is capable of circumnavigating the globe without resurfacing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65433368
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So that's where Enola hid them!.
 

Reunited: Woman gets wedding ring back 13 years after flushing it down toilet​

A Minnesota woman who mistakenly flushed her wedding ring down the toilet 13 years ago finally got it back this month.

In March, wastewater treatment workers with the Twin Cities' Metropolitan Council found the ring buried in grit and muck next to a chisel and a clamp while working at a plant in Rogers, about 25 miles northwest of Minneapolis.

Her husband, David Strand, gave her the ring on their 33rd wedding anniversary, local television station WCCO reported.

The ring wasn’t the perfect fit, which led to her losing it.

According to Mary, she was in the family's downstairs bathroom 13 years ago, reached over to flush the toilet and the ring fell in.

"I'm watching this ring swirl," she recalled in a video speaking to the council. "I dove for the ring. It went down the drain."

She called her husband, who she co-owns a sewer and drain cleaning business with. He searched the toilet, shaking it to see if the ring was stuck inside.

They even ran a camera down the toilet to find it but saw nothing, so they "wrote it off," said her husband David.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/...-finds-wedding-ring-toilet-flush/70234902007/

maximus otter
 
A million pennies, chances are that some of them are worth a lot more than their face value.

A couple in California are in for a penny, in for a pound after finding what they estimate to be a million copper pennies in a basement.

John Reyes and his wife discovered bags of the coins while cleaning her late father's Los Angeles home around nine months ago. The family thought about cashing them in for their $10,000 (£8,000) face value, but ultimately held back.

One local bank told Mr Reyes it had no room in the vault to take the coins.

"'Don't bring them here,'" the manager of a Well Fargo branch told him, he recalled in an interview with a local CBS News affiliate.

The discovery came as he was on his hands and knees rummaging through a crawlspace in his father-in-law's home in the Pico-Union neighbourhood of LA. At first, he said, he found loads of loose pennies that had rolled away after the paper rolls holding them in bundles disintegrated. They later found bank bags containing heavy loads full of pennies.

"Some of the banks don't even exist anymore," Mr Reyes said. "Literally bag-by-bag, we had to take them out of the basement, up the stairs, and into the trucks," Mr Reyes continued, adding that it took an entire day to remove them from the house. The home was built in the early 1900s and the family believes it may have been a bed and breakfast at one point.

The coins, which are made from pure copper, pre-date 1943, when the US began using other metals to make the one cent coin due to World War Two shortages. Pennies are now made primarily from zinc.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65839799
 
ramonmercado said:
A million pennies, chances are that some of them are worth a lot more than their face value.

A couple in California are in for a penny, in for a pound after finding what they estimate to be a million copper pennies in a basement.

John Reyes and his wife discovered bags of the coins while cleaning her late father's Los Angeles home around nine months ago. The family thought about cashing them in for their $10,000 (£8,000) face value, but ultimately held back.

One local bank told Mr Reyes it had no room in the vault to take the coins.

"'Don't bring them here,'" the manager of a Well Fargo branch told him, he recalled in an interview with a local CBS News affiliate.

The discovery came as he was on his hands and knees rummaging through a crawlspace in his father-in-law's home in the Pico-Union neighbourhood of LA. At first, he said, he found loads of loose pennies that had rolled away after the paper rolls holding them in bundles disintegrated. They later found bank bags containing heavy loads full of pennies.

"Some of the banks don't even exist anymore," Mr Reyes said. "Literally bag-by-bag, we had to take them out of the basement, up the stairs, and into the trucks," Mr Reyes continued, adding that it took an entire day to remove them from the house. The home was built in the early 1900s and the family believes it may have been a bed and breakfast at one point.

The coins, which are made from pure copper, pre-date 1943, when the US began using other metals to make the one cent coin due to World War Two shortages. Pennies are now made primarily from zinc.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65839799
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Sounds like they've found the stash of a coin stacker. He probably thought that the pennies would be worth more in the future.
Scrap value of all that copper has gone up, so it may be worth more than $8,000.
 
1984 is back.

A copy of George Orwell's dystopian novel, 1984, has been returned to a US library in Oregon state after 65 years.

In a note enclosed with the book, an 86-year-old man, identified only as WP, said the book should be returned to Multnomah County Library in Portland because of its relevance today.

"After re-reading, I realise that, more than ever, this book should be put back in circulation," the note reads.

The seminal novel explores the themes of totalitarianism and truth.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65926195
 

Scientists ‘find’ WW1 Royal Navy submarine in Dartmouth park​

Scientists believe they’ve confirmed a Dartmouth urban legend of more than 80 years by ‘finding’ a Royal Navy submarine buried in the town park.​


Experts from the University of Winchester used ground penetrating radar to scan the site where the old boat was believed to rest – along with landfill – which created Coronation Park.

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The vague outline of what is thought to be HMS E52 can be made out on the resulting scans – as well as a second object, a German torpedo boat, longer but also more narrow.

The findings were made by Dr Simon Roffey, Reader in Archaeology, and Dr David Ashby.

The team have come to the conclusion that E52 probably lies in the northeast corner of the park, while roughly at right angles to it is another large metallic object, most likely a German Torpedo Boat Destroyer, S24, bought for scrap like E52 after WW1.

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The positions of the two ‘finds’ corresponds with a contemporary aerial photo of Dartmouth in the 1920s which shows the submarine and another craft sitting on the mudflats.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-a...2023/june/30/20230630-submarine-found-in-park

maximus otter
 
Ukraine finds British WW2 Hurricane planes outside Kyiv

The rusting remains of eight British Hurricane fighter planes dating back to World War Two have been found buried in a forest in Ukraine.

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They were part of a package of allied military support for the USSR, paid for by the United States under the so-called Lend-Lease scheme.

In total, about 3,000 Hurricanes were sent to the USSR between 1941 and 1944 to support the Soviet war effort. Most were either destroyed in combat or dismantled later for parts.

But some Hurricanes were deliberately broken up and buried after the war so the Soviets did not have to pay back the United States. Under the Lend-Lease legislation, the USSR was required to pay for any donated military equipment that remained intact after hostilities ended.

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The National Aviation Museum of Ukraine is now in the process of painstakingly excavating the site by hand. Staff there aim to identify as much of the aircraft as possible so they can be reassembled and put on display.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65955365

maximus otter
 
maximus otter said:
But some Hurricanes were deliberately broken up and buried after the war so the Soviets did not have to pay back the United States. Under the Lend-Lease legislation, the USSR was required to pay for any donated military equipment that remained intact after hostilities ended.
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Now they've been found, Russia needs to pay!
 
ramonmercado said:
Nope, found in Ukraine which was part of USSR. Debt defaults to Ukraine.
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Ukraine never registered it's borders or that it was a separate country. Or so a specialist in International Law as it pertains to borders, etc, was saying on the radio.
 
kesavaross said:
Ukraine never registered it's borders or that it was a separate country. Or so a specialist in International Law as it pertains to borders, etc, was saying on the radio.
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But the deal wasn't with Russia. It was with the USSR. If anyone is to be chased for the debt then perhaps it should be all of the former Republics.
 
Hmm, actually the situation is rather complex and leads into the present war in Ukraine. Perhaps further discussion should take place the Ukraine Thread. In any case it's unlikely that payment will be sought for the planes!

Alexey Uvarov analyses Russia and Ukraine’s disputes over Soviet succession
https://ridl.io/the-heavy-legacy-of-the-soviet-regime/
 
ramonmercado said:
A million pennies, chances are that some of them are worth a lot more than their face value.

A couple in California are in for a penny, in for a pound after finding what they estimate to be a million copper pennies in a basement.

John Reyes and his wife discovered bags of the coins while cleaning her late father's Los Angeles home around nine months ago. The family thought about cashing them in for their $10,000 (£8,000) face value, but ultimately held back.

One local bank told Mr Reyes it had no room in the vault to take the coins.

"'Don't bring them here,'" the manager of a Well Fargo branch told him, he recalled in an interview with a local CBS News affiliate.

The discovery came as he was on his hands and knees rummaging through a crawlspace in his father-in-law's home in the Pico-Union neighbourhood of LA. At first, he said, he found loads of loose pennies that had rolled away after the paper rolls holding them in bundles disintegrated. They later found bank bags containing heavy loads full of pennies.

"Some of the banks don't even exist anymore," Mr Reyes said. "Literally bag-by-bag, we had to take them out of the basement, up the stairs, and into the trucks," Mr Reyes continued, adding that it took an entire day to remove them from the house. The home was built in the early 1900s and the family believes it may have been a bed and breakfast at one point.

The coins, which are made from pure copper, pre-date 1943, when the US began using other metals to make the one cent coin due to World War Two shortages. Pennies are now made primarily from zinc.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65839799
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A US penny weighed 3.11 grams. A million would weigh 6,842 lbs. Current US value of scrap bare copper wire is $3 per pound, so theoretical scrap value is $20,526.

maximus otter
 

Delhi crime: Century-old FIRs give sneak peek into city's simple life, criminals​


It was January 2, 1876. As Mohammad Khan was preparing to call it a night, three men -- Shera, Kaalu Khan and Mohammad -- arrived at his doorstep, requesting that they wanted shelter for the night. Khan offered them a room to stay in and beds to sleep in. However, when the large-hearted Khan woke up the next morning, all three guests were missing, and so were the beds.

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Delhi Police registered an FIR in this case a day later, on January 3, 1876, and the three accused had to spend three months in jail for this crime.

This case from 150 years ago is one of the 29 "antique" FIRs digitised by Delhi Police.

The digitised FIRs give a sneak peek into the crimes and the life of yore in Delhi. It also reveals how Delhi crime, which has turned brutal and gory, was simple and uncomplicated, like life in the city.

Under the Indian Police Act of 1861, five police stations were established in Delhi. They were at Sabji Mandi, Mehrauli, Kotwali, Sadar Bazar and Nangloi.

On its website, the Delhi Police has shared some cases from 1861 onwards, as part of a digitisation effort. Back then, reports were filed in Urdu. Some of these complaints were summarised and translated into Hindi by ACP Rajendra Singh Kalkal. He also added his illustrations to the digitised antique FIRs.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...bery-rajendra-singh-kalkal-2399051-2023-06-28

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Earring lost at sea returned to fisherman from Den Oever after 23 years

Fishermen from Zeeland this week found a gold earring that another fisherman lost at sea 23 years ago. "It is unimaginable," the owner of the found earring told NH Nieuws.

Henk Kuiper bought the earring in 1985. Inside the piece of jewellery, fish cutter WR70 can be seen. The gold earring is a centuries-old tradition among Dutch fishermen. Often, such an earring features a ship or some other maritime image.

Around the year 2000, the fisherman from Den Oever lost his earring at sea while fishing for tongues on the same WR70. "I still went looking on deck and at home, but if it is in the sea you never find it again," Kuiper told the broadcaster.

The day before yesterday, an intern on the Zeeland fishing cutter YE-118 saw something glistening on the boat after fishing. He soon saw that it must be another fisherman's earring, which had come with the catch. "The WR and the 7 could still be seen," says skipper Robbert Mol. He decided to share the piece of jewellery on Facebook.

Kuiper was able to collect the ornament from the Zeeland fishermen in Den Helder yesterday. Although he is extremely happy to have his earring back, the jewellery also reminds him of a violent event on the WR70. "We sank with that off Terschelling. That still gives me chills." The crew members all survived the event on 4 November 1987.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2485347-op-z...a-23-jaar-weer-terug-bij-visser-uit-den-oever
 
uair01 said:
Earring lost at sea returned to fisherman from Den Oever after 23 years

Fishermen from Zeeland this week found a gold earring that another fisherman lost at sea 23 years ago. "It is unimaginable," the owner of the found earring told NH Nieuws.

Henk Kuiper bought the earring in 1985. Inside the piece of jewellery, fish cutter WR70 can be seen. The gold earring is a centuries-old tradition among Dutch fishermen. Often, such an earring features a ship or some other maritime image.

Around the year 2000, the fisherman from Den Oever lost his earring at sea while fishing for tongues on the same WR70. "I still went looking on deck and at home, but if it is in the sea you never find it again," Kuiper told the broadcaster.

The day before yesterday, an intern on the Zeeland fishing cutter YE-118 saw something glistening on the boat after fishing. He soon saw that it must be another fisherman's earring, which had come with the catch. "The WR and the 7 could still be seen," says skipper Robbert Mol. He decided to share the piece of jewellery on Facebook.

Kuiper was able to collect the ornament from the Zeeland fishermen in Den Helder yesterday. Although he is extremely happy to have his earring back, the jewellery also reminds him of a violent event on the WR70. "We sank with that off Terschelling. That still gives me chills." The crew members all survived the event on 4 November 1987.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2485347-op-z...a-23-jaar-weer-terug-bij-visser-uit-den-oever
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This is such a great story. :)

As a child I read that fishermen and other seafarers wore an earring for Saint Peter to hook their souls up to Heaven should they drown. The tradition surely went back further than that.
 

Bag of cocaine worth £100,000 found by litter picker on beach​

Jodie Harper found the 1kg bag of cocaine on Upton Beach in Cornwall and delivered the suspicious package to Bute Police Station.
Jodie is part of the 2 Minute Foundation beach cleaning charity which is why she is involved in litter picking.

‘We cover a lot of these beaches on dog walks, we’re always out and about. We’re always picking up litter as we go,’ she said.

‘After the storms on Saturday we knew that there was going to be quite a lot of stuff washed up.

Jodie said the outer wrapping of the parcel was a black plastic material with a layer of rubber on the inside.
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