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Peeping Tom Picked The Wrong House

The homeowner’s wife saw him and yelled for her husband, Pembroke Pines firefighter Ireneusz Fajkis, according to the police report. Fajkis chased Parkerson onto his front lawn and tackled him to the ground, according to the police report. Parkerson, of Coral Springs, was taken to Coral Springs Medical Center, where he talked to a nurse treating his wounds.

“I picked the wrong house,” he reportedly said, “because a UFC [mixed martial arts] fighter lived there and beat me up.”

Year Without a Summer

The Year Without a Summer (also known as the Poverty Year, Year There Was No Summer and Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death was 1816, in which severe summer climate abnormalities destroyed crops in Northern Europe, the Northeastern United States and eastern Canada.

Average global temperatures decreased about 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1.3 °F), enough to cause significant agricultural problems around the globe.

Scientists find use for cigarette butts

Chemical extracts from cigarette butts — so toxic they kill fish — can be used to protect steel pipes from rusting, a study in China has found. According to the paper, 4.5 trillion cigarette butts find their way into the environment each year. Apart from being an eyesore, they contain toxins that can kill fish.

“Recycling could solve those problems, but finding practical uses for cigarette butts has been difficult,” the researchers wrote.

China, which has 300 million smokers, is the world’s largest smoking nation and it consumes a third of the world’s cigarettes. Nearly 60 percent of men in China smoke, puffing an average of 15 cigarettes per day.

5 Things Capable of Crawling Up Your Toilet

We’ve all seen cartoons in which people travel through the sewers, although looking back on it, we confess we can’t come up with a reason they were ever down there. Nonetheless, through these shows we learned that the sewer is a magical place, home to many wondrous and sometimes frightening creatures, like man eating crocodiles, your giant pet goldfish you thought died 11 years ago, and on rare occasion a talking piece of Christmas feces.

Thankfully you knew these things were fake and so when you sat down on the toilet, you were able to do your business in comfort. Well those days of safety are over. Be forewarned – after reading about these animals, you’ll never be able to poop in comfort again.

1.Frogs
2.Carnivorous Lizards
3.Possums
4.Rats
5.Snakes