Weird but true
The state of Ohio is reviewing its rules about the lasts words of condemned prisoners after a death-row inmate babbled for 17 minutes before he was executed in May.
Michael Beuke prayed and repeated the rosary, saying “Hail Mary full of grace” 53 times.
Those who caught the convicted killer’s last act said he was really dying up there on stage.
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Just because you’re dead doesn’t mean you can’t look fabulous.
An undertaker in Cologne, Germany, is selling coffins aimed at the gay market. The caskets are covered with images of beefy nude men in athletic poses.
He also offers rainbow-colored urns.
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A French farmer was fined $680 after cops caught him feeding marijuana to his ducks.
Michel Rouyer wasn’t trying to make foie gras by giving the birds the munchies — he claims he just thought the pot would keep them from getting worms.
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Scientists have invented a baby robot that can help real babies.
Cosmobot, built by a Maryland company, has been shown to help disabled kids, who learn by copying its moves.
The robot, the size of toddler, moves so much like a real person that babies think it’s real and are comfortable learning from the device.
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This is one hell of a nuclear response.
A prominent anti-nuke protester in Germany has made a offer to the country’s president, Christian Wulff: Vote to end nuke plants and I’ll have sex with you.
Charlotte Roche said her husband is OK with the indecent proposal, and even noted that she sports a tattoo just like Wulff’s wife.

