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đ¶ Fool me twice: A Texas family fell for the same puppy scam twice on Facebook Marketplace. It cost them $20,000. The phony breeders lured them in with cute puppy pics, and then they asked for a deposit, transportation and vaccination expenses via gift card. It was all fake. Donât send money until you see the goods (or pups) in person.
Tags: Facebook, family, scam, vaccination
Your nephewâs birthday is coming up, so you go online and find a $300 Little Tikes playground set on sale for $60. But when the party rolls around, your moneyâs gone and that gift never showed up. So you head to the grocery store to buy some birthday treats instead ⊠only to get caught by a card skimmer at checkout. Ouch.
Imagine if you could have a virtual double to attend meetings for you, see a drugâs side effects before you take it or, my personal favorite, do the laundry. Analysts say the digital twin market will be worth $379 billion in 2034 â 10 times what it is today. Thatâs why Iâm telling you about it; I always want to keep you ahead of the tech curve, not left in the dust.
Love watching courtTV and other true crime shows? Why not get paid for your entertainment?
Slowdown in song speeds per decade as musicians age. Itâs not just you; even rock stars get slower with age (paywall link). Scientists studied musicians from Eddie Vedder to Dolly Parton and found after their 30s, the songs they wrote got sleepier (read: slower). My fave Dolly quote? âIâm not offended by dumb blonde jokes. Iâm not dumb and Iâm not blonde.â
If you think women want to receive đ pics in the middle of the day, then Amy Chan’s dating bootcamp is perfect for you.
The weight of a hairball pulled from a womanâs stomach. By the time doctors got to it, the hairball was so big that it could be felt from the outside. She was probably suffering from a hair-eating disorder called trichophagia. If youâre feeling brave, take a peek. Donât say I didnât warn you.
Can feed any team at Amazon. And thatâs just how Bezos likes it. In the early days, he enacted the âtwo-pizza team ruleâ to keep Amazon efficient. The rule says any team should be small enough to be fed by â you guessed it â two pizzas. Oh, youâre a real pizza work!
Here’s the full story as to what caused airlines, emergency services, and banks to shutdown.
To be a cop in Plano, Texas. Big-city police departments were having trouble recruiting, so they pulled out all the stops (paywall link). Perks include take-home cars, paid workout hours and a relaxed tattoo policy. Itâs working â more officers joined in 2023 than in the four years prior.
For a stegosaurus named âApex.â The 27-foot-long skeleton sold on auction for 10 times more than expected, making it the worldâs most valuable fossil. Apex was discovered in Colorado just two years ago and is thought to have lived well into old age. Mustâve been taking his Flintstones vitamins âŠ
