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UK Driver Emma Way apparently knocks down cyclist, jokingly tweets offense

Norwich Police have launched an investigation after a young woman admitted on Twitter to having knocked down a cyclist with her car.
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NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 17: A controversial bike lane next to Prospect Park on August 17, 2011 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (Spencer Platt/AFP/Getty Images)
Norwich Police have launched an investigation after a young woman admitted on Twitter to having knocked down a cyclist with her car.
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In Croatia, honeybees are trained to find landmines

Sugar-craving honeybees are all the buzz when it comes to the most innovative way to seek out unexploded land mines.
Sugar-craving honeybees are all the buzz when it comes to the most innovative way to seek out unexploded land mines.
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Venezuela has run out of toilet paper. Cue the hysteria.

Economists say Venezuela's shortages stem from price controls meant to make basic goods available to the poorest parts of society and the government's controls on foreign currency.
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A tree makes for a toilet paper holder as anti nuclear protestor against the transport and storage of nuclear waste wake up at their blockade after sleeping on the road leading to the storage facility in Gorleben, November 8, 2010. (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images) (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Venezuela's government has ordered 50 million rolls of toilet paper after a widespread shortage has left the nation — hanging out to dry.
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In Gaza, an 'original recipe' for happiness

Kentucky Fried Chicken is making its way to Gaza through underground smuggling tunnels beneath the Gaza-Egypt border.
Gazans have a fever, and the only prescription, is more KFC.
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Six of the world's weirdest taxes

Taxes might be one of life's only certainties, but no one ever said they couldn't be weird.
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Dairy cows, used in Camembert cheese manufacturing process, gather in a field in Vimoutiers, northwestern France on April 18, 2013. Since 1983, the name Camembert de Normandie has been protected as Appellation d'Origine controlee (AOC). (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty Images)
From taxes on flavored vodka in the US to beards in Russia, here are the top six wackiest taxes from around the world.
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In Swaziland, witches on broomsticks must fly low

Like airplanes and helicopters, witches on broomsticks must also obey the Swaziland's aviation laws.
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Dressed as a witch, Leigh Kosega (R) and Zabell Carstens dressed as Mary Poppins stand near a bon fire October 25, 2003 in Huntingtown, Maryland. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (Mark Wilson/AFP/Getty Images)
The arrest, which made for the operation of a toy drone, is the first of its kind in Swaziland, and thus represents a clear but confusing legal departure for the traditional authorities, press, and public.
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Outrage of the Day: Racist anti-gay marriage poster goes viral

Outrage erupts in France over an anti-gay marriage propaganda poster that depicts the country's black justice minister as a raging gorilla.
Outrage erupts in France over an anti-gay marriage propaganda poster that depicts the country's black justice minister as a raging gorilla.
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Number of the Day: 45

For the first time since 9/11, polls show that more respondents are unwilling to sacrifice personal freedoms to reduce the threat of terrorism.
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The American flag blows in the wind. (TIMOTHY CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Will our desire for unencumbered civil liberties outweigh our need for increased safety measures in the modern day?
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Outrage of the Day: Korean teacher allegedly beats student and then masturbates in the hallway

After a disturbing sequence of events, a high school teacher in Seoul has been arrested for causing bodily harm and public exposure.
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Students in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/AFP/Getty Images)
After exhibiting behavior that can, at best, be described as shocking and vulgar, a 55-year-old teacher at a Seoul high school has been arrested for both causing bodily harm as well as indecent public exposure.
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Innovation of the Day: Camouflage Condoms

South African soldiers have a new camouflaged weapon in their arsenal.
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A pack of the new South African condoms 'sexy and fun', launched 14 June 2004 in Benoni in Johannesburg. (ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)
Bringing a whole new meaning to fit and flare: South African soldiers are supplied with camouflage condoms.
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