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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ray Villafane is not your mamma&#8217;s pumpkin carver (who is most likely you.) This sculptor used two giant 1600+ lbs pumpkins to make this zombie themed carving, the largest in the world.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://villafanestudios.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ray Villafane</a> is not your mamma&#8217;s pumpkin carver (who is most likely you.) This sculptor used two giant 1600+ lbs pumpkins to make this zombie themed carving, the largest in the world.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Known as South America&#8217;s most adorable and most endangered primate, the Cotton-Top Tamarin is a monkey that must be seen to be believed. And even then you&#8217;re pushing it.]]></description>
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		<title>Are You For Real? Gateway to hell lies in Turkmenistan!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hell&#8217;s Gate is the nickname for this giant hole in the middle of  the Kara-Kum Desert in Turkmenistan. It was discovered in 1971, when the ground gave way under an excavation team to reveal an opening to a massive underground cavern of natural gas. The hole was set ablaze, to keep the toxic fumes from [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You For Real?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the fastest way to walk 10,000ft up a mountain? &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; On a tightrope! Duh! &#8230;This guy actually did just that. And he plans to do more.]]></description>
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		<title>Are You For Real?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 22:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spaghetti doesn&#8217;t grow on trees! Or does it? In honor of April Fool&#8217;s Day, we&#8217;re throwing it back to one of the most famous gags in history. Back in 1957, BBC pranked its viewers with a faux news story featuring the discovery of a seemingly improbable crop of noodles sprouting from trees in Switzerland. Take a look! [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>In honor of April Fool&#8217;s Day, we&#8217;re throwing it back to one of the most famous gags in history. Back in 1957, BBC pranked its viewers with a faux news story featuring the discovery of a seemingly improbable crop of noodles sprouting from trees in Switzerland.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 02:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The Modern Toilet in Taiwan, is a toilet themed restaurant that makes you wonder&#8230; &#8230;What do you think the restrooms look like?]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anywhere near Castletown in the UK? Get out yer tin bath! The race commences this weekend! Here&#8217;s some highlights from last year&#8230;]]></description>
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