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In Episode 1477, Craig Austin Lang and Alex Jared Zwiefelhofer, two U.S. soldiers went on an insane crime-murder-mercernary-coup-spree and the details are just too strange. Also, a juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people ⁠charged with stealing⁠ more than $40 million. Also,

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Animal Corner


(00:01:39 - 00:07:14) ‘My heart stopped’ Giraffe snatches toddler from truck at drive-thru safari in Texas, then drops her into mom's arms


(00:07:15 - 00:12:55) Giant venomous flying spiders with 4-inch legs to invade the New York area in 2024 as they spread across East Coast, experts say


(00:12:56 - 00:18:04) Virginia animal breeder Envigo fined record-setting $35 million for torturing 4,000 Beagles



Breaking


(00:18:05 - 00:19:17) Mexico and the WHO have reported the world’s first human case of H5N2 bird flu in a 59-year-old man who has now died


(00:19:18 - 00:21:13) Nvidia is officially in the $3 trillion market cap club, surpassing Apple as the 2nd most valuable company in the world - Nvidia is up nearly 1,000% in just 20 months



Business Ideas


(00:21:14 - 00:22:13) Chick-Fil-A business idea 


(00:22:14 - 00:27:38) Brazil unveils record-setting $4 million supercow Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis, she’s twice as meaty as others of her breed weighing in at more than 2,400 pounds


(00:27:39 - 00:33:24) Two ex-U.S. soldiers turned foreign fighters face charges in Florida after going on 'international crime spree,’ being extradition from Ukraine



⚡Lighting Round⚡


(00:33:25 - 00:35:44) Juror says someone left her a bag with $120,000 cash and the promise of more if she’d vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million


(00:35:45 - 00:36:30) Retired NASCAR driver and son arrested for alleged assaults on police during Jan. 6 riot


(00:36:32 - 00:38:08) A Colorado woman who was handcuffed in a police car hit by a train receives an $8.5M settlement


(00:38:09 - 00:39:32) Man sentenced to 40 years to life for killing mother after argument over video game volume


(00:39:32 - 00:40:34) 83-year-old woman gored by bison at Yellowstone National Park

In Episode 1476, China dominates moon exploration and colonization. You can now buy used tampons online. An Amazon tribe finally got the internet via Elon Musk’s Starlink and they are all now addicted to porn and a woman in Nebraska came back to live at a funeral home.

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(00:04:52) - 74-year-old Nebraska woman declared dead at nursing home discovered breathing at funeral home 2 hours later, she died hours after the error was discovered at the local hospital


(00:13:15) - Elon Musk’s Starlink connects remote Amazon tribe to the internet for the first time. Internet access has led Brazil’s Marubo People to become hooked up on porn, and addicted to social media.


(00:18:05) - ‘Lucrative business’: Online shop is selling used tampons to strangers


(00:26:35) - China's Moon probe launches back toward Earth with sample from far side of lunar surface


(00:33:43) - Biden signs executive order drastically tightening southern border


(00:35:10) - Five hesitant hitmen jailed over botched assassination plot in China


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(00:04:26) Fauci grilled by lawmakers on masks, vaccine mandates and lab leak theory in first testimony before Congress since leaving government
(00:15:31) RIP: Prince King, 81-year-old 'serial slingshot shooter' dies days after his arrest in California
(00:17:03) Jury selected as Day 1 of Hunter Biden gun trial wraps, Judge blocks key evidence and witness in blow to defense
(00:27:29) Boonsboro, Maryland high school senior denied chance to walk on graduation stage due to makeup 'concerns'
(00:35:41) Man who went viral for driving with a suspended license during court zoom hearing was innocent, due to a clerical error his suspension wasn’t lifted 2 years ago
(00:37:17) Louisiana man, 31, who was given five years probation for faking physical and mental disabilities to get female caregivers to change his soiled diapers for his sexual arousal is busted for doing it again

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Episode 1474: This weekend, the Philly Pride Parade ran head-on into the Free Palestine Protestors. There was also an incident or two in NYC during the Israel Day parade. A Welsh couple was arrested for continuously dining and ditching. Mormon crickets are taking over the West Coast. A family pranked out of their cruise vacation. The luckiest magnet fishers in the world and much more…

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Pride x Palestine


(00:05:08) - Philly Pride Parade blocked by pro-Palestinian protesters


(00:07:43) - Chaos at NYC Israel Day Parade as masked protester storms procession holding 'kill hostages now' sign


(00:09:19) - Maldives to ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza


(00:10:56) - President Biden unveils and endorses details of a new Israeli cease-fire plan as Israel digs deeper into Rafah, Netanyahu aide says Israel agreed to the plan



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(00:14:19) - New York City couple finds safe stuffed with $100,000 cash while magnet fishing at a lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens




(00:25:20) - “A full-blown panic”: Kentucky family’s $15K Carnival Cruise vacation canceled just 2 days before the ship was set to sail after they accidentally shared their booking number on Facebook



Oddities


(00:37:21) - "Sludge" from Mormon cricket invasion causes multiple crashes in Nevada


(00:39:52) - 'Dine and dash' UK couple jailed after racking up restaurant bills totaling more than $1,200, they reportedly used more than 40 names and 18 birth dates between them




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Episode 1472: Former president Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, we break down what that means (other than the fact he’s a convicted felon). 

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(00:03:20 - 00:22:58) Jury finds Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts in hush money trial; Trump is now the first president convicted of a crime




(00:24:04 - 00:27:35) Actor Nick Pasqual arrested at U.S.-Mexico border after stabbing ex-girlfriend multiple times




(00:27:36 - 00:32:12) Florida police chief ‘shocked’ after horribly placed speed cameras issue 1,300 tickets in 5 weeks




(00:32:13 - 00:34:24) Michigan man with suspended license joins Zoom court hearing while driving, Judge Cedric Simpson revoked Corey Harris’ bond and ordered him to turn himself in at a local county jail the same day




(00:34:25 - 00:44:00) Chicago man who sued women for bad-mouthing him on Facebook sentenced to 1 year in prison for tax fraud




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Diddy Do It?


(00:04:07) Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs 'whupped' college girlfriend with a belt in front of screaming classmates more than 30 years ago, according to a new investigation into growing accusations of abuse


(00:10:48) Is Diddy responsible for Biggies death? Notorious B.I.G. not killed in drive-by shooting, claims diddy ex-bodyguard




(00:12:45) Toronto stadium to be renamed after late mayor Rob Ford on what would have been his 55th birthday



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Updates


(00:15:50) Charges against Scottie Scheffler dismissed after arrest outside PGA Championship


(00:17:52) American arrested with ammo in Turks and Caicos released




(00:21:08) Former mayor of South Dakota town charged in triple homicide



Double Asian Smelly Corner


(00:27:24) Happy Birthday to Wes’ son! 🎂


(00:28:04) North Korea sends 260 feces-filled balloons across the heavily fortified border with South Korea as a ‘gift’


(00:36:39) Massachusetts 'Bad Breath Rapist' arrested after cops spotted him leaving his multimillion-dollar California home after 16 years on the run




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