Weird but true
Somebody call Tippi Hedren.
Wild turkeys have laid siege to Cherry Hill, NJ, attacking residents in a flurry of feathers.
No one knows where the large, dimwitted birds came from, but they show no sign of leaving, rattling nerves all over town — like in Alfred Hitchcock’s chiller “The Birds,” in which Hedren made her first star turn.
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The manager of British soccer squad Arsenal says he received his best training in life growing up around his parents’ tavern.
“There’s no better psychological education than growing up in a pub, because when you’re 5 or 6, you meet all different people and hear how cruel they can be to each other,” Arsene Wenger said.
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Couldn’t have seen that coming.
A South African man trying to break the world record for handling venomous snakes was hospitalized — after being bitten by a snake.
The appropriately named “Nutty Natie” Stewart was trying to live 121 days with 40 venomous snakes when a puff adder sneaked up on him.
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Confucius say his family will be very fertile.
The Chinese government now officially recognizes 2 million people as descendants of Confucius — tripling the previously reported figure.
The list — compiled for the ancient philosopher’s 2,560th birthday — for the first time includes women and overseas relatives.

