Invisible aliens ‘are the answer to climate change’
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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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Pornhub Avengers searches soar
Pornhub has published data revealing that the release of the Avengers Endgame film saw Avengers-related searches soar by 2,912%. That’s an additional two million searches over seven days. The top three character-related searches were for Captain Marvel followed by Black Widow and Spider-Man. Avengers Endgame is an American superhero film based on Marvel Comics characters.
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