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WFGR Retrovision: 5 Megabyte Hard Drive from 1956

Check out this baby from 1956.   My question is, what does one store on a hard drive in 1956?   Vidoes? Music? Pictures?  Probably not. It was likely just boring data.

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Category: Retrovision, Weird News
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The Internet Really Wants to Give Joe Biden a Reality Show

They say politics is becoming more and more like reality television. Now a new petition that's rapidly collecting e-signatures on the White House's We The People webpage wants the Obama administration to go all in on this premise and produce a reality show featuring Vice President Joe Biden.

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Category: News, Weird News
Subway ketchup
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Subway Sandwich Artist Flips Out On Customer Who Demands Ketchup

Most Subway sandwich shops don't have ketchup. While it may seem weird that a fast food chain would ignore such a popular condiment, when you consider Subway doesn't offer burgers or fries it makes more sense.

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Category: Videos, Weird News
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See Crazy Photos From Coney Island’s New Year’s Polar Bear Swim

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club's annual New Year's swim looks like a great time. People in costumes, swimming, having fun. We probably should've gone, but there was that whole hangover thing to deal with. Which makes us wonder, does jumping into the freezing Atlantic ocean cure a hangover? If so, we're totally there next year.

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Woman Gets Massive Tattoo of Dead Cats on Her Back

Fran Bailey is a tattoo artist from Newtown, Wales who's been inked with everything from a drunk cat to a plate of sushi. Fran loves it so much, she's even been featured in the documentary 'My Tattoo Addiction.' 

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Category: Weird News
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A Medic-Alert Bracelet Every Dude Should Own: ‘Delete My Browser History’

This Medic-Alert bracelet engraved with the phrase ‘Delete My Browser History’ was intended as a one-time gag gift from a Reddit user to one of his bros, but we think this idea has great potential. 

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Category: Humor, Weird News
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Worst Jewel Thieves Ever Tunnel Into KFC By Mistake

Peter Welsh and Dwayne Doolan really wanted to steal some jewels on New Year's Eve. So the Australians first threw spark plugs at the windows of Wrights Classique Jewellers in Queensland in hopes that would break them in. When that didn't work, they tried to barge in through the back door -- only to find themselves in the neighboring Animal Welfare League.

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Category: Weird News
'Iron Man' Arc Reactor Proposal
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Geek Proposes to Girlfriend With Replica of ‘Iron Man’ Arc Reactor

When YouTube user Eddie Zarick wanted to propose to his girlfriend, as an electronics geek and 'Iron Man' nerd, he wanted to make it an extra-special occasion. His girlfriend had always been very supportive of his work with electronics and she is also a huge fan of 'Iron Man.' Thus, Eddie's nickname of "Tony Stark" was born.

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Category: Movies, Weird News
Teen Girl Drugs Parents So She Can Go Online Past Curfew
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Teen Drugs Parents So She Can Stay Online Past Curfew

We've all heard the stories about stressed-out parents drugging their unruly toddlers with a dose of Benadryl so that they can get some shut-eye, but this is certainly a new twist. On December 28, a 16 year-old girl and her 15-year-old friend from Northern California decided to buy her parents two milkshakes from a local fast-food joint and crush prescription sleeping pills in them so that they can explore the wonderful world of the Internet without that pesky 10 p.m. curfew.

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Category: Weird News
Unemployed Couple Visits Disneyland Every Day for a Year
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Unemployed Couple Visits Disneyland Every Day for a Year

While the rest of the unemployed masses dutifully send out resumes, a California couple decided on a different strategy instead and went to Disneyland every day for a year. And what did they get for this achievement? A free night in the Dream Suite, a luxury apartment located in the park's New Orleans Square. Um, congratulations?

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Category: Weird News
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Russia Finally Admits That Beer is an Alcoholic Beverage

There has been some speculation, throughout the years, that drinking booze can lead to intoxication, or even alcoholism. Because of this, Russia has finally decided to officially declare beer an alcoholic beverage as a means of keeping their citizens from turning into full-blown boozehounds. Like us Americans. I mean they didn't say it was because of us, but it's a good bet.

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Category: Weird News
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Woman Possesses Amazing Ability to Write With Both Hands

To most, the idea of being capable of writing with both hands is already hard to envision. But how about being ambidextrous and possessing the ability to write with a pencil in two different languages that go in dissimilar directions? To 24-year-old Chen Siyuan the idea isn't that hard to believe.

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Category: Videos, Weird News

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