As Yahoo Answers shuts down after more than 15 years, fans are recalling the Q&A site’s more amusing moments. One questioner asked: “how is babby formed? How girl get pragnent?” Another highlight - perhaps delivered by the same person - came when someone asked: “What if the girl that thinks I’m the dad isn’t the mom?” For many, the site’s pinnacle was reached when someone asked: “If i eat myself would i become twice as big or disappear completely?”
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Lost B&B sign found 800 miles away
A bed-and-breakfast sign in Alabama that was lost during Hurricane Sally has washed up 800 miles away in Texas. After the hurricane dumped as much as 30 inches of torrential rainfall, a local resident said she and her husband “spotted something floating face down in the water”. She added: “He goes out in the water and brings it back and it’s this beautiful sign. The only thing that was wrong with it was it was covered in shells and mussels.”
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Prince Harry’s court battle with ‘highly intrusive’ pressIn the Spotlight As the Duke of Sussex and other high-profile claimants begin their trial against Associated Newspapers, ‘the stakes for all sides are high’
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Climate change could lead to a reptile ‘sexpocalypse’Under the radar The gender gap has hit the animal kingdom
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro behind bars after appeals run outSpeed Read He will serve 27 years in prison
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Americans traveling abroad face renewed criticism in the Trump eraThe Explainer Some of Trump’s behavior has Americans being questioned
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Nigeria confused by Trump invasion threatSpeed Read Trump has claimed the country is persecuting Christians
