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Two nuns who left a Brazilian convent are now married

Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério first met in a convent in Brazil back in 2019. Costa had been raised by deeply religious grandparents and was encouraged to join the convent, while Silvério joined a…

When The Going Gets Weird·8h ago·6 min read

On his deathbed her dad admitted that he robbed a bank

Thomas Randele was dying of lung cancer and had a secret. In March of 2021, with his daughter at his bedside after his first chemotherapy session, he made a stunning confession: He was a fugitive, and…

When The Going Gets Weird·1d ago·6 min read

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Edison may not have been the first to record the human voice

On December 7, 1877, Thomas Edison walked into the offices of Scientific American and placed a metal device on a desk. With a turn of a crank, Edison astonished the dozen or so staffers who had gather…

When The Going Gets Weird·Jun 4·6 min read

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Blobs of goo fell from the sky and we still don't know why

When police officer David Lacey was on patrol on August 7, 1994, and noticed drops hitting his windshield, he didn't think much of it. He turned on his wipers and kept on driving. But the wipers didn’…

When The Going Gets Weird·Mar 24·1 min read

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