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Snail Eats Fish After Drugging Them (Newser Daily Digest)

Snail Eats Fish After Drugging Them

(Newser) - It may be small and slow, but the geographic cone snail packs a wallop. The creature eats fish after paralyzing them with a toxin, researchers find. When its prey swims by, it sends out a poisonous cloud that's packed with enough insulin to make the fish's blood sugar... More »

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When Vacuums Rule: 5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week

(Newser) - Some nice gestures for loved ones highlights this week's uplifting stories: Best Birthday Ever for Autistic Teen : For his 14th birthday, a mom in Chesterfield, Va., arranged to have a vacuum cleaner salesman conduct a demo for her son. Unusual, but also a huge success: The teen is autistic... More »

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Why Thousands of Selfies Feature This Carpet

(Newser) - Today, Portland, Oregon is parting ways with a beloved friend: a rather unattractive carpet in the city's international airport. The turquoise floor covering with odd geometric designs was originally installed in 1987, when its look was perhaps a bit more in style; yesterday, workers began removing it, KGW.com... More »

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Smell of Cinnamon Can Make Us Buy Expensive Stuff

(Newser) - Shoppers, beware: Your nose could trick you into spending more than you'd planned to. That's according to a new study, which finds that fragrances linked to a feeling of warmth—cinnamon, for instance—can lead us to buy fancier items, Medical Daily reports. It's a little complicated:... More »

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5 Apologies of the Week

(Newser) - A look at some of the public apologies that made headlines this week: Crash footage: "Unfortunately a very bad choice was made to use a real crash instead of creating a VFX shot, without realizing the impact it could have on the families. ... I want to also extend my... More »

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From Prison, Madoff Defends Two Dead Sons

(Newser) - Bernie Madoff is trying to clear the names of his dead sons caught up in his mammoth Ponzi scheme. In emails to NBC , the 76-year-old insists that Andrew and Mark never knew about his illegal dealings. Andrew died of cancer last year at age 48, and Mark committed suicide at... More »

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Woman Lives on Cruise Ship, for $164K a Year

(Newser) - As far as repeat cruisegoers go, you'd be hard-pressed to beat the record of Lee Wachtstetter. The 86-year-old Florida woman logged 89 cruises with her husband of 50 years, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. After he died of cancer in 1997 (making her promise to... More »

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Woman Returns $2.6K in Cash in Her Burger King Bag

(Newser) - A New Hampshire woman got a surprise at a Burger King drive-thru: a bag full of cash instead of food. Janelle Jones says she discovered on the way home that the bag did not contain the sweet tea and junior spicy chicken sandwich that she had ordered yesterday at the... More »

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Scientists 'Read' Words on Ancient, Burnt Scrolls

(Newser) - It's been centuries since a certain set of ancient scrolls was discovered in 1752, but their words have largely remained a secret. The 300-some rolled-up pieces of papyrus were in Herculaneum, a town pummeled by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The scrolls were left in a... More »

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