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Bianet [Turkey]
22 November 2017
‘Spies’ Communicate Via
Ripped Jeans, According to Akit Daily
Pro-government Yeni Akit newspaper has claimed that
ripped jeans are used as means of “disguise” and “communication” by “foreign
intelligence units and their co-conspirators”. The report by Selim Yazıcı
alleged that the aforementioned figures contact with each other by means of
rips in certain spots of the jeans of same serial number. […]
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Gothamist [NY]
8 February 2019
The Alligator In The Sewer:
Evidence Behind NYC's Urban Legend
by Michael Miscione
[On 10 February 1935, the New York Times published a story titled "Alligator Found in
Uptown Sewer."] […] As much as I trusted the Times, a story as
preposterous as this one, without any byline, picture, or follow-up articles,
gave off a slight whiff of "fake news." So I decided to revisit the
incident to see if I could find more evidence to prove—or disprove— the 1935
encounter. And sure enough, I did find more evidence, some of it solid and some
of it circumstantial. Taken together, I think it makes a convincing case that
the East Harlem gator was real. […]
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Times of India
10 February 2019
Rumours about child lifters appear on social media,
cops warn of action
Aurangabad: After
a breather and some cases of mob-lynching, the rumours about a gang of child
lifters moving to the city have started making the rounds on social media in
different parts of the state, including Aurangabad city. […]
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WALA-TV [Mobile, AL]
4 February 2019
"A sign from God":
Baldwin man says Bible survived destructive house fire
BON SECOUR, Ala. (WALA) - In what a Baldwin County man
can only call a miracle, Scot Byrd says his Bible survived a January house fire
that destroyed his home. Byrd, a Veteran who lived in the home for more than 20
years, says he lost everything in the fire, but the Bible his grandfather gave
him, somehow, was still in tact [sic].
[…]
