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March 13, 2017

Man Fashions Fabulously Tiny Hats for Toad Who Visits His Porch Every Day

Chris Newsome never expected that he'd be a milliner of toad hats, but last year he found himself fashioning them for a little friend living under the porch of his home. After first noticing the creature one summer night, he didn’t think much of it. But once the toad came back again and again, Newsome logically concluded that he “needed a hat” and decided to “help the little guy out.

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February 26, 2017

Vintage Booklet Teaches People How to Use a Telephone

It's hard to remember a time when telephones didn't exist, but this hilarious etiquette booklet from 1951 reminds us that there was a time when they needed an instruction manual. Published by Bell Telephone System, The Telephone and How We Use It was intended as a beginner's guide on all things telephone. Funnily enough, there's still some good advice to remember even in our digital age.

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January 25, 2017

Couple’s Quirky T. Rex Engagement Photos Prove True Love Isn’t Extinct

Dinosaurs are extinct, but oddly enough, the love between them lives on. It's all thanks to photographers (and couple) Greg Basel and Maria Adams, who recently snapped romantic portraits of two T. rexes madly in love. Well, as much as they can be—those tiny arms and ferocious set of chompers don't make things easy. But however it may look, this T. rex engagement shoot is one for the history books.

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January 9, 2017

Great-Grandmother Has Been Accidentally Praying to a ‘Lord of the Rings’ Figurine

There’s a religious-like fandom for The Lord of the Rings books and film franchise, but that wasn’t what one elderly woman from Brazil meant to pray to all these years. Gabriela Brandão, a freelance makeup artist from Florianópolis, recently discovered something unusual about the tiny figurine that her daughter’s great-grandmother worships every day. The ears were pointed—like an elf—and Brandão knew that something wasn’t right. Taking to the internet, she found an identical figurine for sale online.

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