Monthly Archives: October 2023

Deer Crashes Through Window Into Crowded Wisconsin Restaurant

By Ben Hooper

Oct. 27 (UPI) — The lunch rush at a Wisconsin restaurant turned into a lunch stampede when a deer crashed through a window and wandered through the seating area and kitchen.

Security camera footage from the Noodles & Company eatery in Beloit shows the packed restaurant erupting into chaos when the buck breaks in through a window.

Customers scramble for safety as the deer wanders from the seating area into the kitchen, before leaving out the back door.

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How Did Alabama Lose Most of Its Coastline to Florida?

Why Does Florida Have a Panhandle?

Where did that Florida Panhandle come from? Follow the money!

Transcript from Bizarre US State Borders Explained

Florida’s panhandle used to be much longer.

This didn’t last for long though, since this part of Western Florida would be annexed into the Mississippi Territory, and then shortly after, it would be broken up into Mississippi and Alabama.

This left Alabama with this tiny coastline, and Florida a much shorter panhandle. But even this almost became a part of Alabama.

You see, the residents of the Floridian panhandle felt more connected to Alabama rather than to the rest of the state. This was due to the “swamps and dense forests” which made it difficult to go east.

And so from 1811-1901, the Florida Panhandle tried to become a part of Alabama 11 times!

Probably the closest attempt to succeeding was in 1869, when all the West Florida counties were polled on whether or not they wanted to be annexed by Alabama. A majority 64% of the population wanted annexation but despite this, Alabama didn’t annex it.

This was because they actually had to purchase it from Florida first for $1M, but it just didn’t seem worth it to them.

All annexation attempts largely came to an end after the completion of the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad in 1883; finally ending its isolation from the rest of the state.

US Customs Officials Seize Giraffe Feces from Woman at Minnesota Airport

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of an Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces she picked up on a trip to Kenya and brought back to the U.S. in her luggage.

The woman declared the small box of feces when she was selected to have her belongings inspected upon arriving at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport on Sept. 29, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The woman, who was not identified, told officials she planned to use the waste to make a necklace, as she had done in the past with moose poop.

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Why is it always about the poop?