Marilyn Monroe ‘killed by CIA in Roswell cover-up’
And other stories from the stranger side of life
Marilyn Monroe was murdered by the CIA to prevent her exposing the truth of the alien landing at Roswell, according to a strange new claim. American "ufologist" Dr Steven Greer says a wiretap summary of a phone conversation between Monroe and the then attorney general features code words indicating the conspiracy. The star was found dead in her Los Angeles home on 5 August, 1962, from an overdose.
Man wearing Trump mask vandalises car
A man wearing a Donald Trump mask was arrested after allegedly breaking the windows and slashing the tyres of a car in Orange County, US. Officers said they did a “double take” when they spotted “a person resembling President Trump slashing tyres and breaking the windshield of a parked vehicle”.
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Record broken as man pops 200 balloons in 14.77 seconds
A man broke a world record when he used a nail to pop 200 balloons in 14.77 seconds. David Rush, who holds more than 100 Guinness World Records titles, including the most corn kernels eaten using a toothpick in three minutes, grabbed a new one when he popped the balloons in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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