By Tim Binnall
May 14, 2021
A bevy of Neanderthal bodies discovered in Italy, a case of foreign accept syndrome out of Australia, and the first crop circle of 2021 are among the strange, unusual, and enlightening stories to cross our desk this week.
This past week featured something of a paranormal milestone as the first crop circle of 2021 was found in the United Kingdom. Embossed into a field of rapeseed in the village of Stanton St Bernard, the curious formation consists of a series of triangles that some observers have likened to an origami pinwheel. Officially marking the start of crop circle season in the United Kingdom, the design is undoubtedly the first of several strange and mysterious formations which will appear throughout the world over the next few weeks and months, raising the seemingly age-old question of whether they were made by humans or visitors from another world.
Apr 27, 2021
Apple has announced it will spend over $1 billion to open a new campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. The campus will open in the Research Triangle area, near North Carolina State University, Duke University and the University of North Carolina, hiring around 3,000 to work on software engineering and more. Apple has another $1 billion campus that will open next year in Austin, Texas. The company also said it will hire an additional 5,000 in San Diego, 3,000 in Culver City and 700 in Boulder, Colorado by 2026. Apple hopes to add 20,000 jobs over the next five years.
By Bill Galluccio
Apr 23, 2021
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told hospitals to they no longer need to reuse N95 medical masks. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the FDA issued an emergency exception to allow nurses and healthcare workers to use the same N95 mask while treating multiple patients due to a shortage of personal protective equipment.
Normally, healthcare workers would swap out the masks between each patient to reduce the risk of spreading infectious diseases.
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recommending health care personnel and facilities transition away from crisis capacity conservation strategies,” the agency said in a letter to healthcare facilities.
By Tim Binnall
Apr 23, 2021
A phantom lumberjack on a reign of terror in England, an eerie dashcam video from Australia that may show a ghost child, and a bowler who threw a perfect game using a ball containing his late father s ashes were among the strange and unusual stories to cross our desk this week.
This past week saw a pair of puzzling videos make news and leave viewers scratching their heads. First, in Florida, a homeowner could not believe her eyes when her home security system captured video of a mysterious creature that seemed to resemble a baby dinosaur dashing through her yard. Meanwhile, down in Australia, a motorist cruising down the highway was shaken when he nearly hit what appeared to be a small child in the middle of the road. The unsettling incident, which was filmed by his dashcam, took a strange turn when it was revealed that police were informed of the near-miss and spent hours searching for the tot, but found no trace of the child, leading some to suspect