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Campbell Gillespie was struck by lightning four years ago. Barely surviving the strike, the injuries he sustained left him with no sense of taste or smell and, according to doctors, completely sterile. tags campbell gillespie hazel topping brogan thomasProving them wrong (or in an incredibly ostentatious act of cuckoldry), his partner Hazel Topping gave birth to a son this morning. Link to an earlier story here picked by pocksucket 10 months ago |
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A woman who filmed the moment she was hit by lightning has spoken of her terror as the strike passed through her body. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
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This amazing photograph gives whole new meaning to the phrase "May God strike me with lightning if ..." Rio de Janeiro's world-famous statue of Christ the Redeemer was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm over the Brazilian city on Sunday. picked by maxriter 8 months ago 12 comments edit related share arts |
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A Croatian woman was left with a severely burned anus after a lightning strike which entered through her mouth left her body through her bottom. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago 10 comments edit related share weird |
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The writers' contract expires Oct. 31. Studios and TV networks have accelerated filming of shows and movies and begun stockpiling scripts in case of a strike. The last strike in 1988 lasted 22 weeks, and losses to the industry were put at $500 million. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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In New Mexico, U.S., scientists tested a new ultra-high-power laser which provoked lightning. Scientists fired ultra-fast pulses from an extremely powerful laser thus sending several terawatts into the clouds to call down electrical discharges in storm clouds over the region. picked by maxriter 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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What was supposed to be a workers' strike turned into violent riots in northeastern Egypt on Sunday resulting in 150 arrests, around 100 injured and at least one dead. Our Observers in the country explain why. Other sources here. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
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A man making a trip from Puerto Rico to South Florida to raise money for his religious education remains hospitalized Monday after he was struck down by a bolt of lightning which flew from clear blue sky on Sunday. He was selling religious materials when he was hit. [Can't seem to find the Irony category] picked by sholom22 1 year ago 10 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Twenty-seven years to the day. You think God is trying to tell him something? picked by misswinkle 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
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Contrary to earlier reports on plime, the writers strike is NOT over, but rather there is a proposed agreement on the table. picked by xenity7 8 months ago 5 comments edit related share entertainment |
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A New Hampshire woman is feeling pretty lucky after a lightning bolt struck her body and apparently exited through her nose ring. picked by deEPCHIll 3 months ago 4 comments edit related share weird |
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The rougher the bowling ball, the more likely you are to score a strike in ten-pin bowling, according to new research. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago 3 comments edit related share science |
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A 36-year-old diver was killed off a Florida beach after lightning struck his air tank. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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An unlucky Croatian motorbike rider was knocked unconscious when lightning struck his penis as he stopped for a quick roadside toilet break. OK, let the "Lightning Rod" jokes begin... picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago 10 comments edit related share weird |
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A man wearing his iPod during a thunderstorm was hurled eight feet into the air when lightning hit a tree close by. The burns covering the man's chest, neck and ear coincided with the positions of his iPod earphones he was wearing at the moment of the lightning strike. picked by maxriter 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
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The mayor of a beach resort near Athens is deteriorating fast after being on hunger strike for 21 days, doctors say. picked by kxmk 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share world |
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As clouds of toxic ash and dust tower into the sky, they ionise the air, generating an explosive electrical storm. Colossal forks of lightning spark around the noxious plume as it spews from the volcano's crater, creating an image of raw, terrifying energy - as if the air itself were ablaze. Video of the eruption here. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago 5 comments edit related share arts |
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He went to an asylum for the criminally insane and spent 50 years there. There was just one problem. His father, whom he was thought to have killed, was still alive. picked by Moe 6 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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I have left this in the main Plime Category as it is a story of a father and son against all odds...Team Hoyt! I defy you to watch the video at the end of the story and tell me that it didn't move you! Their actual web page is here: picked by Ziaphra 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |