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Alleged Human Sacrifice in India Was Supposed to Help Find Buried Treasure
According to authorities in Koppal, a five-year-old girl was kidnapped and murdered in an effort to magically locate buried treasure.
Thailand Wants Its Teens to Stop Buying Baggy Condoms
Last Friday Thailand's Ministry of Public Health claimed that sexually transmitted infections are rising due in part to a supposed epidemic of teens buying oversized condoms, which slip off while they're doin' it.
Vietnamese Authorities Sold a Bunch of Adorable Endangered Animals to Local Restaurants
The news comes just days after the country pissed off animal rights activists by crushing hundreds of cats to death with a dump truck.
Patenting a Magic Trick Is Tricky Business
Performers who want to protect their tricks with the law have an uphill battle.
Iceland to Build a Pagan Temple—Followers of Odin, Freya, and Thor, Rejoice
After floating their intentions in January, a group of pagans in Iceland earlier this week announced that they would break ground on a new temple to the old Nordic gods within the month.
The Men Making Money Off the Art and Personal Effects of Rapists and Serial Killers
The "murderabilia" market allows collectors to buy ghoulish artifacts like string art made by Charles Manson and dirt pulled from the crawlspace where John Wayne Gacy buried his victims.
World Bank Says Chances of Upward Social Mobility in India About the Same as in the US
While that's great news for India, saying that a nation has the same class mobility as the US doesn't mean what it used to.
Witch Hunting Is a Growing Problem in Papua New Guinea
It's gotten to the point that yesterday a government worker admitted the country has a sorcery refugee problem on its hands.
Science Has Finally Outsmarted Bedbugs (We Hope)
After half a decade of toil, researchers have announced that they have developed a new bedbug trap with the potential to revolutionize the fight against the miniature bloodsuckers.
A Woman in Britain Is Making Faceless 'Islamic Dolls'
Ridhwana B., the doll's creator, designed it to comply with what some interpret as Islamic religious law's prohibition on the depiction of distinct features on any children's toy.
How Worried Should We be About Moldova's Recent Uranium-Smuggling Bust?
The $2.1 million worth of uranium seized in a raid last week is only one of an exceptional number of nuclear-material thefts, losses, or smugglings recorded over the past two decades.
Uganda's President of 28 Years Doesn't Want to Retire
President Museveni claimed he would gladly leave politics, but says his people don't want him to step down.