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AUSTRALIAAAAAA

Colossal alien wasps’ nest discovered in Melbourne home

(Thanks to Suzie Q Wacvet)

PARTY ANIMALS

Sex and no sleep may be killing endangered quolls

(Thanks to Allen at Division)

THANK GOD FOR EXPERTS

Can Your Nipple *Actually* Fall Off While Breastfeeding? What An Expert Says

(Thanks to Matt Filar)

HE WAS HAVING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE WITH A PYTHON?

Man Bit Head Off Pet Python During South FL Domestic Dispute

(Thanks to Steverino)

CLEARLY IT HAS GPS

Great White Shark’s GPS Tracking Path Unexpectedly Creates a Self-Portrait

(Thanks to Jane Linderman)

WORKS FINE UNLESS IT GETS WET

Royal Navy orders investigation into nuclear submarine ‘repaired with glue’

(Thanks to Fabian Marson, who says "Correct procedure calls for the use of duct tape.")

AND IN AUSTRALIAN SPORTS

Golfers on Aussie course encounter one of the country's famously deadly snakes hiding in the cup as they play a round

(Thanks to Fabian Marson)

VIGILANCE

A bird conservation charity said it had been locked out of its Twitter account for eight days after posting several tweets about woodcock.

(Thanks to Ralph)

ALWAYS THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK

Severed penis discovered in gas station parking lot

(Thanks to James Freeman)

WE'VE ALL BEEN TEMPTED

Parents leave baby behind at Israeli airport check-in

(Thanks to Barry Nester)

WHY SAFETY EXPERTS SAY YOU SHOULD NEVER GO INDOORS:

Massive Boulder Crashes into Hawaii Home, Narrowly Missing Woman

(Thanks to EricY)

REST IN PEEPS

‘Father of Peeps’ marshmallow candies, Ira ‘Bob’ Born, dies at 98

(Thanks to Al Barkafski)

FASHION UPDATE

Woman in Philippine Air Force goes viral for gown made of 17,000 soda can pull tabs

(Thanks to MOTW)

Didn't pull tabs go away in, like, the 70s? (Perhaps the story explains, but here at the blog we are too busy posting stories to actually read them.)