The key to climate change is invisible aliens breeding with humans, according to an Oxford professor. Dr Young-hae Chi claims that insect-like aliens have already been breeding with humans on earth to produce a superspecies that is capable of solving our environmental woes. “They are just next to us, we can’t see them,” he said.
Arizona holds largest ever bingo game
An Arizona resort broke two Guinness World Records when it held the world’s largest game of bingo. Gila River Hotel and Casinos used 75 giant inflatable bingo balls and a card measuring 20 feet by 20 feet. It offered a $2,500 prize to the winner of the gargantuan game.
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