A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies

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General morphology of P. kolymaensis, female.
General morphology of P. kolymaensis, female.

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Meet CosMc, the obscure alien McDonald's mascot behind its new restaurant spinoff chain

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CosMc's first appearance in a 1987 McDonald's commercial.

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Kim Jong Un showed Russia his arsenal of nuclear weapons, the newest of which is among North Korea's most dangerous missiles

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, with Russian delegation led by its Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visits an arms exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, July 26, 2023, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War.
The Hwasong-18, the middle missile pictured here, is a solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile, which

Even Elon Musk thinks Mitch McConnell freezing on Capitol Hill is 'insane'

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Elon Musk; Mitch McConnell.
Elon Musk; Mitch McConnell.

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The ex-intel officer who testified the US has proof of aliens previously made the wild claim that the Vatican was part of a UFO cover-up

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David Grusch speaking at a congressional hearing on UFOs on Wednesday.

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A convicted Jan. 6 rioter says he threw up on the Capitol building because he drank too much peach schnapps, inhaled tear gas, and was out of shape

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Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they try to storm the US Capitol surrounded by tear gas in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021.
Pro-Trump supporters clash with police and security forces at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.

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If Mitch McConnell steps down, Kentucky Republicans made sure years ago it won't be a Democrat who replaces him

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Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) reaches out to help Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after McConnell froze and stopped talking.
GOP Sen. John Barrasso (left) reaches out to help Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell after McConnell froze and stopped talking on Wednesday.

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Prigozhin was spotted at an international summit in Russia, hundreds of miles from where he was last seen in his underwear in a Belarus field tent

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Yevgeny Prigozhin
Prigozhin.

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The US military once detonated a nuclear bomb directly above the heads of 5 officers

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US military Private First Class Jack Wilson (left, fore) and Sergeant Glenn Poth (right, fore) look at the smoke plume of a nuclear detonation as part of Operation Tumbler-Snapper at the Nevada Proving Grounds, Nevada, early to mid 1952.
The five men weren't required — — to stand under the explosion, which, unlike the one pictured here, would have been in the air, about three miles up.

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Fox News' Greg Gutfeld is facing new backlash — this time over his comment about Holocaust victims' work skills

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Fox News host Greg Gutfeld
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld.

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