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We all love a true story. Whether it’s a true-crime documentary or a podcast detailing the life of an infamous con artist, audiences will devour a story that actually happened. So it’s no surprise that “The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating” Facebook page has become so successful. With over 75k followers, this page has gained a loyal audience by sharing some of the most bizarre, entertaining and harrowing true stories we’ve ever heard. Anything from fascinating images of animals to details about the tragic deaths of celebrities, this page is the place to learn something interesting. We’ve gathered some of the most compelling posts from the page to share with all of you, so enjoy reading them below, along with an interview we were lucky enough to receive from Ryan, the creator of "The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating".

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This is Keanu Reeves. He was abandoned by his father at just 3-years-old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident and his best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose.

No bodyguards, no luxury houses. Keanu lives in an ordinary apartment and likes wandering around town and is often seen riding a subway in NYC. When he was filming the movie "The Lake House," he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants, one crying as he would lose his house if he did not pay $20,000 - On the same day, Keanu deposited the necessary amount in his bank account.

In his career, he has donated large sums to hospitals including $75 million of his earnings from “The Matrix” to charities.In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery & bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him. In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.

In life, sometimes the ones most broken from inside are the ones most willing to help others.
This man could buy everything, but instead he wakes up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought, to be a caring person

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Nathaniel
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This man is a legend. Other celebrities and people in general can learn a lot from this man.

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We reached out to Ryan, the creator of “The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating” to hear how the page began and what it’s been like seeing it grow. “I created this particular page to share some of the odd and strange things you see circulating around the internet,” Ryan told us. “This page has grown to 35k likes/75k follows in just under a month. It is extremely exciting watching something grow so fast. This was also done organically and without ads.”

We also asked him how he decides what to share on the page. “I share things that I believe others want to see and that will bring new followers to my page,” Ryan says. “The odd, bizarre and strange things are what I’m usually drawn to.” And clearly, based on the growth of the page, he’s not the only one who enjoys learning about weird things.

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A sheep showing gratitude to the dog that saved him from a wolf attack.

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The Greek government has decided to legally ban overweight tourists from receiving rides from donkeys. The ruling comes after animal rights groups garnered media attention surrounding the poor treatment of the donkeys, which included carrying burdensome loads.

The law was created after animal rights groups complained about spinal injuries and open wounds that the donkeys suffered from due to carrying heavier tourists.

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Friday
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good. Those poor donkeys are worked to death 😢

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Fat Harry
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where is the self-awareness from the tourists? Don't these people have a conscience?

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Paul C.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is wrong with these people? I'm a big bloke and wouldn't dream of getting on some poor animal. Shame on them.

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TonyTee
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Likewise, I'm 5'11 with shoes and 5'10 without shoes. My height alone would be hard enough for these animals to bare, but I'm also over 300 pounds, so I'm pretty f****n overweight to say the least. I know this, which is why my fatass wouldn't even think about getting on a horse, camel, donkey, bull, any kind of animal, because I know I would more than likely hurt/strain, maybe even damage the animal. We're no different when we give things like piggy-back rides and such to our friends, we know how strenuous that can be; just imagine if it was someone even heavier than what we can already handle. That's what these poor animals go through daily. These people have alot of nerve.

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Carol Emory
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry..I'm an overweight lady and I would never put a poor animal through the burden of carrying me...not even if it was a Camel or the largest Clydesdale. They were not meant to be tortured. Any owner of any establishment that puts their animals through this should be removed from the position and never allowed around animals again.

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Ladyvischuss
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately the money is more important to the villagers. They need to support families. You can get another animal. Not my view but that of many poor people who don't have another way to support themselves in areas rich with tourists and too many little shops. Not a lot different than the people who abuse animals on farms, in mines and many other instances.

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Mouse
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How thoughtless are this people to mount the poor donkey anyway. They know how big they are, it's cruel.

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TonyTee
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're right, this broad in the picture knew how heavy she was, and knew how hard it'd be on the donkey, but she didn't give a s**t because she knew if she hadn't gone on the donkey ride she wasn't gonna make it that much farther 😏 Should of stayed behind at the hotel if that was the case.

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ToGo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wth! She must know she's heavily obese, why on earth would she put an animal through that?! Should let someone double her weight ride on her back and see how she likes it. Same to anyone like her who's done this. I don't agree with riding on animals of any kind but this is shocking.

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Scott Rackley
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because it's the only way this lard a*s was going to see the top of the hill

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CrunChewy McSandybutt
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a kid in the San Francisco Bay Area, an amusement park called "Frontier Village" had a donkey ride. A lady in our party who weighed about 500 pounds decided to ride despite the 250-pound limit. The donkey fell to its knees and screamed. It had to be pulled from rotation.

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LH25
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a fat woman, no way in H**L would I have gotten on that poor donkey. Or any other animal outside of maybe a draft horse. Which wouldn't be comfortable anyway.

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Eli Fisher
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If sitting on someone else's lap or something similar is painful for whoever's lap you're sitting on, why would sitting on the back of an animal be a good idea? Sure they're stronger but they're not hercules. It's not just like visible obesity that should be banned because think about it- a 6"3 muscular man could weigh close to 300. Just don't use animals for entertainment. Period.

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Id row
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That awful woman should be ashamed of herself. I'm about 40 pounds overweight and would NEVER put a donkey through that. And shame on the people running the place for allowing her to be this awful. That picture is enraging.

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third molar
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All donkey rides should be converted to donkey petting n cuddling attractions

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AmAndA_Panda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It should be banned completely. We have moved past the days of needing donkeys or horses being needed as forms of transportation.

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Bex
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a very overweight person myself, my thought is... GOOD!! A lot of stables have rules that won't let you ride a horse if you're over a certain weight, no matter if it's due to height, muscle, or fat, and I'm so happy to see other places starting to adopt this. Our needs (humans) are not more important than the life and health of animals.

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Mokayokok
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That should have been a rule from the start - that's straight up animal cruelty / abuse.

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Morwen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A donkey cannot safely carried more than about 50kg as their spine is not made for carrying loads. Ban all adults and children over 50kg.

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RoseTheMad
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even if I was skinny I wouldn't pay to ride these poor animals. To give them lots of pets and hugs, yes, but not to ride the poor things. they are worked to death and it's appalling ;-;

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J Smythe
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am obese. Never in my life would I ever consider subjecting any riding animal to having to carry my heavy a*s around. That woman is disgusting for getting on that poor creature!

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Jane Alexander
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sickening that she even thinks of abusing that little guy. And how/why don't the people whose living that animal earns for them protect him?

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Raena Celis
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sorry, but if these tourists are non-disabled enough to choose a vacation destination where walking is necessary, they should walk. This picture pisses me off

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Analyn Lahr
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That person should be walking anyway. And if they can't for health reasons, they don't need to be on that trail at all.

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Dutchman Callypso
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm very overweight and it would NEVER cross my mind to try and get on that tiny animal O_O Jfc what are these people thinking...

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Pjerrot
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This Foto??!! I’m NOT BODYSHAMING AT ALL,OK??!!!!! But!!!! But how Can ANY NORMAL GROWN UP DO THAT TO AN ANIMAL & LOOK SO PROUD PROUID????

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Laurna Cron
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely, as a big person (thanks to illness and medication) I wouldn't DREAM of subjecting a poor animal to me climbing in their back... Actually even if I was a normal weight I might not do it either to be honest.

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Pink Dahlia
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm fat and there's no way in hell I'd jump on some poor animal's back.

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Lawrencium
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Open wounds?! You are doing something seriously wrong if you're causing that... Poor donkeys.

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Drea Benoit
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish they would do that in the US, particularly the animals that haul people up and down the Grand Canyon. I wish the whole practice were banned

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Lara Verne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's animal abuse. These brutes have to realize that donkey have to bear their whole weigh. I am overweigh. Nowhere near tourist on the photo, but I would never do this to donkey. Do something good for your health and walk for once!

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Amber Storm
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She should be ashamed of herself!! In what world is this okay. Maybe let a hippo ride her back!

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Mouse
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Find out what they make in a day per donkey then pay for a day and let the little guy hang out and relax in the shade with treats with me for the day.

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Alejandra Lima
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They should do the same in Jordania. Those poor donkeys climbing to the Monastery in Petra... none of them with a slim person on their back, only overweight as##oles

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rhubarb
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not even big, and wouldn't like to ride a donkey. They're so small.

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Celeste Grant
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the U.K. there has been a weight limit for many years, and the weight is set so that only children can rise, or those very slim (but it might be no adults allowed I'm not sure). Animals are not there for us to abuse for our own pleasure

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RavenTheCat
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Must be the American tourists. Im from new york so i think i know what im talking about

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Cory Tollman
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The burros that take people up and down the inside of the Grand Canyon have had a weight limit of around 200 pounds since at least the 90s.

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MimSorensson
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude. How would you WANT to ride a donkey when you can clearly see you’re too big for it? I’m 240 pound or so, I would walk to the other side of the earth before asking this poor thing to carry me. I wouldn’t sit down on it if I got paid. Not as long as I’m this massive. (And it doesn’t matter if you’re overweight or a gym rat. I might for instance not look like the woman in the picture, but muscles are even heavier than fat and the donkey doesn’t know the damn difference - all it knows is that the load is too heavy.) What’s the matter with people?

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Maggie Dinzler Shaw
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am overweight and I consider how my choices affect others wherever I go. No riding on animals, check chair limits, just consideration of others.

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LSR
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a disgsuting smelly piece of shite. Hope she gets heart disease. Poor donkey. And yes, f**k the human, would rather care for the animal.

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Derek Clark
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never ever pay money for something like these, whatever ride or whatever animal they're using. They're always abused and badly cared for. Do NOT support these kind of atrocities no matter what weight you are.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes fat-shaming is actually warranted. I hope she's seen this picture online and read the comments and is making some positive changes in her life.

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E Talavera
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She weighs more than the donkey, shame on this fat woman not having any compasion or pity for this small donkey.

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Sterling Hill
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

good - that picture is so sad - like those 400-lb (and up) people who break down the ride-on-scooters they demand everywhere and threaten to sue because the scooter broke down.

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Lyn Moffett
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't mean to body shame but the donkeys owner should be ashamed plus the rider. They both knew this lady was too heavy for that poor animal.

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MCathenaE
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would never put my big ol butt on a little donky. That poor thing looks like it's about to buckle in half.

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Damon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought fat was healthy and something to be proud of?

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Amy Tennant
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I anything, THIS should be waaaaay up at the top (even though I totally adore Keanu)

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Andrew Pugg
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WTF they should have more sense even contemplating getting on Any animal if they are overweight. And I don't mean that maliciously, its just common sense

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C Bragg
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That poor donkey, there needs to be a weight limit, and a I'm fat person!

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Dorothy Cloud
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad. It's like animal abuse to allow what is in the picture above.

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Jane Pool
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just because she thinks big is beautiful but the donkey should'n have to endure this abuse.

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DuchessDegu
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It should stop everyone from riding the poor donkeys, they're not for entertainment!

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Béatrice Gallet
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It ,would be more accurate to choose a weight limite. Because tall people can be not overweight but weight to much !

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fu yu
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Damn tourist is so fat, the donkey should be riding it!

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BluEyedSeoulite
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a bit overweight myself and would have a hard time getting on a proper horse, let alone a poor smaller animal!

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am not trying to shame anyone to be mean. It would seem to me, that if you know you're on the larger size, why would you think it would not injure the animal in some way. And I say this as it is probably no secret that this person realizes they may be of a size that could injure an animal that is not of an adequate size for their structure. My Husband is 6.6 feet tall, we realize he is tall and we take that into consideration when we go to the movies or concerts or any where that may block other's view. It's a judgment call that a person should consider for the situation. *side note, I'm on the larger size.

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Marnie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good job hiding the identity of Margaret, my neighbor by in no way actually obscuring necessary physical details. I'd recognize her anywhere, including here.

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Diphylleia Grayi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would like the same happens with horses and llamas, very mistreating acts for them too :(

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Rachel W B
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not sure what to say,I dont want to upset anyone. But that lady should never have done that 😔

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Katinka Min
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am overweight and when I booked a horse ride, once, I checked in with the stables beforehand if my weight was ok. Seriously, what was the woman thinking? We check if chairs or other things can hold our weeight, why the hell not a living animal? And what is wrong with the donkey's owner??

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine not thinking ur overweight but you find out when you’re told that u can’t ride the donkey.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look at that stupid fat cow, you don't need to be a genius to know she is too heavy for that poor animal, her and the people who run this are assholes.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Get her fat backside off the donkey and walk. Might loose some of her fat.

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Lisa Owen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's about time ! The woman in this picture weighs more than the poor animal carrying her !

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PC
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again. Big people are a security hazard so thank God.

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no but literally they get broken backs from getting sat on by fat monkeys

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So who or what will transport larger people? There are plenty of mammals capable of carrying heavier loads.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Technology is amazing these days. People are inventive. They can figure it out. Animals are not here just for our use.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's hold back on the fat shaming. A person who weighs 200 lbs bc they are 5'5" and overweight shouldn't ride, but a person who weighs 200 lbs bc they are a skinny 6'6" shouldn't either. Stash the fat hatred and focus on the real issue.

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Shouldn't those donkeys learn about a thing called Fat Acceptance! Let me guess, these donkeys wouldn't want to give Tess Holiday a ride, b/c they've bought into our society's fascist construct that she's 'medically obese' and that her huge girth would break their backs, instead of embracing radical fat-acceptance-feminism and realizing that she's beautiful and that her weight won't cause those 'problems' that animal rights groups claim!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jesus Christ. Grow up and give it a rest. We get it, you hate women and feminists and basically everything.

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The moment you realize this is only one photograph.

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I knew I recognized that outfit!

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Nathaniel
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who knew the Austin Powers films could predict the future? They predicted Jeff Bezos and his rocket as well. Is Mike Myers the Nostradamus of our time?

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One popular way to seek out a topic few of us understand is by learning about true-crime stories. One might think learning about real-life atrocities would lead us to live in fear, but many of us actually find these stories exciting. Psychologist Dr. Chivonna Childs told the Cleveland Clinic, “Watching true crime doesn’t make you strange or weird. It’s human nature to be inquisitive. True crime appeals to us because we get a glimpse into the mind of a real person who has committed a heinous act.” Whether it’s John Wayne Gacy Jr. or Ted Bundy, hearing about someone who is capable of committing such gruesome crimes is almost beyond belief; we can’t help but be intrigued.

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By the time she was 17, Judy Garland was already reliant on "pep pills," a.k.a. amphetamines, and was being hounded by studio executives regarding her weight and looks. One executive called her a fat hunchback and encouraged her to smoke in order to suppress her appetite.

Garland's grueling work schedule — coupled with a strict diet of black coffee, chicken soup, and cigarettes imposed upon her by her Hollywood bosses — set the stage for her lifetime of body dysmorphia and substance abuse. The star attempted suicide at least 20 times in her life until her fatal overdose at 47.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor woman, I hope they were ashamed of themselves for treating her like that, although I doubt they were as long as the cash rolled in.

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In October 1983, Tami Oldham Ashcraft and her fiancé, Richard Sharp, began a 4,000-mile sailing trip from Tahiti to San Diego. Three weeks into the journey, they were hit by a category 4 hurricane that capsized their ship and knocked Ashcraft unconscious.⁠

Some 27 hours later, she awoke to find that her fiance was gone and she was stranded alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With only a sextant and watch, Ashcraft journeyed for 41 days until she found the coast of Hawaii.

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Interestingly enough, true-crime stories also appeal disproportionately to women. But Dr. Childs says that it makes sense, considering that women are statistically more likely to be the victims of violent crime. “We want to watch true-crime in part to learn how to avoid being a victim,” she says. “It can teach us to be prepared in case we’re ever in that situation.” While it’s impossible to predict how any of us would react when confronted with a violent attacker (a situation hopefully none of us every find ourselves in!), I’d like to think that the hundreds of documentaries, podcasts and videos I’ve ingested featuring true-crime tales would do me some good. 

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This is a Hammerhead Bat, also known as the "Winged Moose" Wow!

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By the age of 12, Drew Barrymore was already a self-described "party girl" — thanks to her mom who took her to nightclubs in Los Angeles and New York. By the time she turned 14, she had spent a year in rehab, been emancipated from her parents, and lived in her own apartment.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She has done amazingly well to be, what appears to be one of the most well adjusted people in the Entertainment industry.

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A giant eagle that was caught on camera in Alert Bay, BC.

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When it comes to the kind of media many of us are interested in, true stories via documentaries and podcasts have become insanely popular in recent years. Podcasts like Serial, My Favorite Murderer, The Dropout and Swindled have gained massive audiences, all by detailing stories that seem too outlandish to be true. Documentaries have also taken over streaming platforms, with Tiger King becoming the most watched show on Netflix for over 3 weeks in a row upon its release. Audiences are hungry for documentaries about anything that's mysterious to us, including celebrities. Some popular documentaries focusing on the lives of celebrities are Hulu’s The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears and Netflix's Miss Americana and The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes.

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This is Simo Häyhä, the deadliest sniper in world history with over 500 confirmed kills in less than 100 days. He used no scope on his rifle and once held off over 4,000 Soviets with only 31 other Finns.

Over the course of the Winter War, which lasted roughly 100 days, Häyhä killed between 500 and 542 Russian soldiers, all with his antiquated rifle. While his comrades were using state-of-the-art telescopic lenses to zoom in on their targets, Häyhä was fighting with an iron sight, which he felt gave him a more precise target.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He chew snow to prevent visible breath and didn't use a scope to prevent reflections giving away his position - A sniper unit send to take him out was doomed by such reflections, as those gave away their locations to him

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In 2005, researchers discovered a phallus-shaped stone object buried in a cave in a German mountain, measuring eight inches long and three centimeters wide. Upon closer inspection, experts realized that they were looking at the world's oldest known dildo. Created approximately 28,000 years ago, this sex toy is older than civilization, religion, and marriage combined.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That pic shows centimetres, no way is that 8 inches long, they have got the wrong pic?

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Harry Haft was just a teenager when he was sent to Auschwitz. Once he arrived, the Nazi guards found out that he had some boxing experience — so they ordered him to fight his fellow prisoners in harrowing boxing matches where the loser would be executed. Forced to literally fight for his life, Haft never lost a single match, even though he would have known many of his opponents because the Nazis regularly sent people from the same town to the same concentration camps. From 1943 to 1945, he was forced to fight at least 76 people, none of whom he ever saw alive again.

Only in April 1945 did Haft manage to escape during a death march away from the camp — by killing a Nazi soldier and stealing his uniform. Haft then spent weeks running from village to village. Trained to fight to the death, he even killed an elderly couple who offered him shelter after he suspected they'd discovered that he wasn't really a Nazi. By the time he made it to Allied-controlled Germany, he weighed only 110 pounds and spent the next two years recovering in a refugee camp. But by 1947, he decided to fight again and immigrated to America to become a professional boxer — where he took on some of the biggest names in the sport.

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Time Magazine’s Judy Berman broke down “docu-mania” in a piece last year, analyzing the rapid rise of true stories on streaming platforms. She addressed the fact that there used to be a stigma around documentaries, with audiences assuming they are more like text books on a screen than riveting stories. But recently, and even more fueled by the pandemic, we are devouring documentaries faster than ever before. The Hollywood Reporter even stated that, “Access to archival footage, remote post-production capabilities and even teleconference interviews mean audiences are likely to see several docuseries born out of COVID-19’s binding circumstances.” Desperate to piece together what audiences were begging for, studios began digging up everything they could to pump out compelling, never-before-heard tales.

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Accused of murdering two white girls in 1944 without a shred of physical evidence, 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person in U.S. history ever executed in the electric chair

When he was put to death, he was so small that the state electrician struggled to adjust an electrode to his right leg. Stinney even needed to sit on a phone book for the electrocution to work properly. He then survived the first round of 2,400 volts, which caused his oversized mask to slip off and expose his tears. It took two more jolts before he was dead with the room reeking of burning flesh.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS is so damned disgusting ... death penalty itself is disgusting at maximum level already, but it needs us to memorize even worse cases within this worst of them all, to recognize the evil and, literally, final entitlement, in those enforcing or justifying this act of needless cruelty - over and over again, thousands of times a year.

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In March of 1993, photographer Kevin Carter captured this haunting photograph of a vulture stalking a young Sudanese girl, who was reduced to a skeletal state because of the country’s famine. Carter won the Pulitzer Prize for the photo, but a short time after, he tragically ended his own life.⁠ ⁠

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So many people hounded him for not getting involved. Poor guy, what was he supposed to do? Save everyone he came across? It’s just a reminder that collectively we don’t do enough, and his documentation of that is rightfully highlighting that.

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On September 30, 1999, Hisashi Ouchi was exposed to the highest dose of nuclear radiation in human history. A 35-year-old lab technician at the nuclear plant in Tokaimura, Japan, Ouchi was mixing a uranium solution by hand directly over an open container when he accidentally poured in too much uranium, immediately causing a violent explosion.

For the next 83 days, Ouchi suffered unimaginable agony as the radiation worked its way through his body, obliterating his DNA and causing his skin to melt off and his eyes to weep blood before he finally died. And though he begged for death, doctors refused to listen and kept him alive against his will for nearly three excruciating months.

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Paul Jenkins wrote a list of “Reasons Why Documentaries Are Important” for Brilliantio, and many of them align perfectly with why “The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating” page is so successful. The first reason being the classic idea that “truth is stranger than fiction”. Many of the stories featured on the Facebook page sound unbelievable. And while many of them are tragic or harrowing, we can’t help but be captivated by them. Much like documentaries, “The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating” also conveys a “kaleidoscope of humanity”, allowing readers to learn about how diverse our world and all the people in it are. 

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Former NFL star Pat Tillman was hailed as a hero in 2004 after he was "killed by the Taliban." But it was a lie — he'd been killed by friendly fire. And while the shooting has since been described as accidental, some believe it was intentionally planned by the U.S. Army.

Not only was Tillman shot three times in the head, but he was also shot at close range and it was later determined that the Army had lied about his unit being ambushed by the enemy. Eerily, all of Tillman's personal items had been burned — including his uniform and private journals. On top of that, rumors had surfaced that he was about to go public about his opposition to the invasion of Iraq and the War on Terror with a televised meeting with Noam Chomsky. But this meeting would never happen.

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“They couldn’t get shoes on him because his feet had swelled up,” she recalled. “They had to cut up the formal wear, too, because they couldn’t get it on him, there wasn’t a whole body to put it on.”

In 1986, firefighter Vasily Ignatenko heroically responded to the radioactive fires caused by the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station explosion. He put most of the fires out in a couple of hours, but spend far too long near the radiation. After several weeks of suffering, he would die from his exposure. After his death, Ignatenko's body was so radioactive, he had to be buried under layers of zinc and concrete in order to protect the public from his corpse.

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In 1989, Billy Idol threw a three-week-long party in his penthouse at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok. All the sex, drugs, and property damage eventually prompted the hotel to hit Idol with a $250,000 bill.

But when he still refused to leave, the military had to be called in to corral the British rocker. Idol was shot with a tranquilizer dart and hauled out on a stretcher before he would finally stop partying.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like it would have been fun to be an adult in the 1980s. The party stories are legendary

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Another feature of documentaries and the posts shared on this Facebook page are the opportunities to give faces to names. As exciting as podcasts and books are, it’s nice to have visual elements alongside the stories. A photo really is worth a thousand words and can add so much to a compelling story. These images can also help audiences better understand worlds they think they know. For example, unflattering and heartbreaking images of late celebrities right before they passed are very different from the images of them typically shown in the media. Of course, it’s great to celebrate how they were at their best, but especially when tackling topics like addiction, audiences should see the reality of a situation.

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Only a few will remember him

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Near the end of his life, Bob Marley was told by a doctor that he had "more cancer in him than I've seen with a live human being," and that he only had a few months to live, so "he might as well go back out on the road and die there."

Three years earlier, the reggae icon had been diagnosed with melanoma under his toenail in 1977. Doctors removed the nail and the nail bed, but Marley refused to have the toe itself amputated to stop the spread of the disease, insisting that it violated his Rastafarian religious beliefs. By 1980, the cancer had spread throughout his body, infecting his liver, lungs, and even his brain. Marley played his last show on September 30, 1980, in Pittsburgh, performing Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" during the soundcheck to the bemusement of his roadies, who didn't know anything was wrong. He died eight months later at the age of 36.

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“4 days ago, a group of friends and I went to Murree together. We were having a walk through the Murree Hills at 2 or 3am and this happened. All of us were together. One friend asked to take a group photo of us, and took it with flash because there was low to zero lighting. When i went through my pictures later on, I was shocked to see a person standing right behind one of my friends. He had a pale white face and if you close in on his legs you can see it look as if it is not of human. None of us knew the person 3rd from the left.”

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When Joe Pichler was just six years old, he made his acting breakthrough with a commercial for a Seattle department store. Soon after, he moved to Los Angeles, where he landed a part in 1999's "Varsity Blues" before earning a leading role in two installments of the "Beethoven" franchise.

Pichler then moved back to his hometown of Bremerton, Washington to attend high school and had plans to return to Hollywood after he had his braces removed — but he never got the chance. In the early morning hours of January 5, 2006, Pichler mysteriously vanished, and police have been unable to solve his disappearance to this day.

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In 1993, lawyer Garry Hoy fell 24 floors to his death while demonstrating the tensile strength of his office windows to a group of visiting law students. Far from being an unusual incident, body-checking window safety was his signature - and fatal - move.

Hoy's regular practice of hurling himself at window panels in front of onlookers and harmlessly bouncing off ended disastrously when it accidentally popped the glass out of its frame and sent "one of the best and brightest" lawyers plunging from the skyscraper.

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Between 2000 and 2003, biologist Amie Huguenard spent three summers in Alaska with her boyfriend Timothy Treadwell studying and filming grizzly bears. Treadwell, who was better known as the "Grizzly Man," had met Huguenard during a book tour in 1996 and the pair had instantly bonded over their love of animals. But then, in October 2003, the couple was brutally mauled and eaten by a half-ton bear that attacked them at their camp. And the audio of their horrifying final moments was captured on tape.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, I never understood these kind of people. You know is dangerous, you know it can kill you, but you are still going with it. Especially with animals.Even the thousands years domesticated ones can kill you, in given circumstances, but you are gambling with the wild ones in plus....

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