Paramedics Mistake Waving for Help for Cheering – Hand Sanitizer Inventor – Cow Buried on Campus (Fargo, ND)

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/23/teacher-gave-birth-car-park-paramedics-thought-husband-cheering-12597088/

Metro [UK]

23 April 2020

Teacher gave birth in car park when paramedics thought husband was cheering them on

A teacher has described how she gave birth to her baby son in a supermarket car park after an ambulance failed to stop because the driver thought the baby’s father was just cheering them on. Hannah Howells and husband Andy, from Hamble, Hampshire, were driving to the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton on April 19 when she realised they were not going to arrive in time. […] ‘We saw an ambulance coming in the other direction. Andy was trying to wave, but they quite rightly thought we were clapping for the amazing work they’re doing.’ […]

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-25/coronavirus-hand-sanitizer-urban-legend

Los Angeles Times

25 April 2020

Did Lupe Hernandez invent hand sanitizer? An origin story debated amid coronavirus.

Over the last decade, the legend of Lupe Hernandez from Bakersfield has bounced around the medical world. Haven’t you heard? She’s the student nurse who invented hand sanitizer. Or so the story went. Most accounts give a specific date for her breakthrough: 1966. Some say Hernandez did it at Bakersfield College, prompted by a lack of soap and hot water. Others claim that this novice Florence Nightingale registered a patent for her concoction, but bigger companies such as Gojo Industries, the makers of Purell, appropriated it. […]

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https://www.inforum.com/news/education/6479151-Building-demolition-stirs-up-legend-of-cow-rumored-to-be-buried-at-NDSU

Inforum [Fargo, ND]

6 May 2020

Building demolition stirs up legend of cow rumored to be buried at NDSU

FARGO — For years, many who roamed the campus of North Dakota State University wondered if a dairy cow was buried in front of the geosciences building, and now the legend connected to “Moo U” may be uncovered, literally. The geosciences building was demolished last week in preparation for construction of a $51 million science facility meant to replace the nearby Dunbar Hall, which also will be demolished after construction is completed in 2 ½ to 3 years. […] But before razing began, crews dug in the northwest corner in front of the geosciences building, where it was believed Noble’s Golden Marguerite, a record-setting Jersey cow from the early 20th century, was laid to rest in 1932. […]

Scary Clown (Sandhurst, UK) – Clock Tower Cow (West Virginia University) – Malay Pricing (Singapore)

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/terrifying-clown-emerges-woodland-sandhurst-17131276

Surrey Live [UK]

23 October 2019

Terrifying clown emerges from woodland in Sandhurst and sends children running

A man has described the "surreal" moment he saw a clown emerge from a woodland in Sandhurst after children had run screaming away from it. Jonathan Wood, who lives in Sandhurst, was cycling through Thibet Woods on Sunday afternoon (October 20) when a group of "terrified" children ran up to him. […] "I announced that I was calling the police," he said. "Then he proceeded to take his mask off, and one of the kids recognised him and was like: 'You scared the hell out of me'.” […]

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https://www.insider.com/west-virginia-university-haunted-woodburn-clock-tower-cow-legend-2019-10

Insider

25 October 2019

Inside West Virginia University's haunted clock tower, where students say they hear the tortured moos of a cow slaughtered in a prank gone wrong

[…] Legend has it that some of the school’s first students took a cow from a farm owned by the university and lead [sic] it up to the top of the tower for the whole student body to see. The students, not knowing that cows can't walk down stairs, didn't plan how to get it down. According to the legend, they were then forced to kill the cow, chops [sic] up its body, and walk down the pieces from the tower one by one. The clock tower is boarded up and off-limits [to] the public. But rumor has it that students walking by can still hear the cow's haunted mooing. Insider reached out to a West Virginia University student to find out just what's going on in the school's haunted tower. Armed with a camera and a fair dose of courage, […] Casey Johnson gained access to the tower and scavenged for clues. […]

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https://sg.news.yahoo.com/debunking-myth-malay-non-malay-033140922.html

Yahoo! News [Singapore]

25 October 2019

Debunking the Myth of ‘Malay’ and ‘Non-Malay’ Pricing

[…] Known to Singaporeans as a racially-motivated form of price discrimination, Malay pricing, as you would expect, commonly refers to those who look, or are Malay being charged a cheaper price for the same item than your Chinese Singaporean. Little has been said about this curious phenomenon, yet it seems like everyone agrees it’s “a thing”. We’ve all heard about a friend of a friend who was charged “more” for his meal as compared to his Malay pal. Maybe it’s even happened to you. But this is where it gets tricky: much of the evidence behind Malay pricing is anecdotal. […]

Hit by a Bus = Free Tuition – Dog Theft Gang (UK) – Needle in Grape (Australia) – Attempted Mall Abduction (Ohio)

https://www.chronicle.com/article/If-You-Get-Hit-by-a-Bus-You/247283

The Chronicle of Higher Education

3 October 2019

If You Get Hit by a Bus, You Get Free Tuition. Wait, What?

[…] A pervasive myth found on campuses […] says that if you get hit by a bus, your university will give you free tuition. It’s a decades-old legend thriving like a weed in the crevices of college dorm rooms, dining halls, and libraries at colleges in Georgia, Ohio, Virginia — and just about everywhere else. In all of those cases, officials have roundly assured students that it’s just not true. Nonetheless, the college rumor mill keeps feeding the same myth. […]

https://twitter.com/heregoesthesun/status/1166720688956346368?lang=en

Miranda Sun, 28 August 2019: “Yesterday, I finally achieved what every single college student in America has dreamed of, yet can only hope will happen to them. That’s right. I got run over by a bus on campus.”

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https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/17949846.claims-dogs-stolen-tuckton-fake-say-police/

Daily Echo [Bournemouth, UK]

5 October 2019

Claims dogs are stolen from Tuckton are fake, say police

CLAIMS that dogs are being stolen by a gang in a Nissan van and used as bait are simply rumours, police say. Posters have gone up in Tuckton Gardens warning that dogs are being snatched from their owners. Reports have also circulated widely on social media that dogs have been stolen during walks at Hengistbury Head. […] One claims a ‘lady in a white Nissan van’ is using ‘two ropes’ to snare dogs. Others say the ‘gang’ are striking “all along the coastline from Hengistbury Head to Branksome, and probably all in-between”. […]

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https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/food-warnings/woman-claims-to-have-found-needle-in-grapes-bought-from-aldi-supermarket-in-melbournes-west/news-story/7f34d9009161626ee6a945472d601dfd

News.com.au [Australia]

7 October 2019

Woman claims to have found needle in grapes bought from Aldi supermarket in Melbourne’s west

A needle spiked through a grape has reportedly been found in a Victorian Aldi shop, weeks after similar suspected contamination of strawberries. Chloe Shaw posted to Facebook on Sunday that she had made the discovery and contacted the retailer and police. “Grapes I purchased today from ALDI Caroline Springs. Please check all your grapes before eating especially if your giving them to your kids,” she posted alongside two photos of a halved green grape with a metal spike inside. […]

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https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/human-trafficking/fairlawn-police-no-facts-to-support-human-trafficking-claims-at-mall/95-ca16346b-8dd7-474c-a39b-3ced2f204b1a

WKYC-TV [Cleveland, OH]

3 October 2019

Fairlawn Police: No facts to support human trafficking claims at mall

FAIRLAWN, Ohio — You may have seen similar stories circulating on social media about a mother confronting women at a mall who drugged and were trying to kidnap her daughter. The Fairlawn Police Department is sending a warning:  Be careful what you post. “She heard it from her husband’s co worker’s friend of a friend and a long list of other people that had told the story and that’s where she got her information,” says Officer Allison Ross. […]