Something Offbeat
By Audacy
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What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.
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OFFBITES: Killer umbrellas and the dying Dead Sea
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May 31, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: Fanny pack with $30K in Pokémon money saved and tall ships arrive for America's 250th anniversary
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May 31, 2026 |
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Bizarre beach tales, from fanny pack cash and tall ships to killer umbrellas and the dying Dead Sea
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May 29, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: A cemetery city and Americans' real showering habits
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May 24, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: Mysterious piggy banks and the magic of wind phones
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May 24, 2026 |
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Piggy banks wash up on beaches, wind phones connect to the other side, a cemetery city and shower habits revealed
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May 22, 2026 |
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BONUS: Does anyone really know anything about the FIFA World Cup???
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May 20, 2026 |
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BONUS: The cars are taking over and won't go! A gang of Waymos!
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May 19, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: Can excessive work lead to obesity? Plus, a diet from the Bible
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May 17, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: 'Senior Assassins' and UFO files
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May 17, 2026 |
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'Senior Assassins' on the loose, UFO reports, work potentially causing obesity and the Bible diet
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May 15, 2026 |
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BONUS: Robbers with a bear of a weapon...terrorizing California residents!
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May 14, 2026 |
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BONUS: A man gets chopped up by a plane...and passengers are taking selfies of it!
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May 13, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: AI vacation planning and kamikaze dolphins
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May 11, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: A bayou triathlon and morel mushroom hunting
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May 10, 2026 |
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Letting AI plan a trip, dolphins at war, the Jazz Fest triathlon and mushroom hunting
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May 08, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: The fate of the nickel and a turtle that snuck into Rainforest Cafe
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May 03, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: Hot tub boats and The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame garage
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May 03, 2026 |
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Will nickels disappear? Plus, a turtle found at Rainforest Cafe, hot tub boats and The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's garage
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May 01, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: Are you psychic? Plus, invasive plants that haunt our landscapes
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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OFFBITES: AI brings actors back from the dead and an interview with the Warren's grandson
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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An actor brought back from the dead with AI, a second-generation paranormal researcher, psychic Americans and dangerous plants
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Going down the yellow brick road with jumping tornadoes, underwater zombies and smart glasses
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Snot bags, fart studies, robot doctors and the secret fish smuggling trade
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Bird poop court, spring silliness, funeral bread and New York's fairies
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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A.I. cowboys, overachiever refrigerators, underground Teslas and what you didn’t know about graffiti
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Shakespeare's rizz, a high school choir trapped, Savannah Bananas and meteors
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Vintage toilets, biking babies, escaped cows and hidden salamander tunnels
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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We're going on a nostalgia journey filled with photos, toys and the rebirth of Pizza Hut Classic
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Presidents join the UFO discourse and new ways to look at death
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Great white shark sightings, understanding our brains, year of the Fire Horse and the Old Farmer's Almanac
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Danger lurks on escalators and in our bodies as sex and malls disappear
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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The dark side of being an Olympian, the world’s highest marathon, de-mystifying curling and more
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Down the rabbit hole with Mad Hatters, the Doomsday clock, rogue mountain lions and sasquatch
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Alien signals, solar storms, a gravity conspiracy and danger on the chairlift
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Monkeys on the loose, a real-life Dr. Frankenstein and how to evict your bear roommate
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Can we make it to the moon by 2028? Plus, the couple whose engagement ring fell 118 feet and sandwich stories
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: All about animals
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: Viral internet stories
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: Strange stuff is going on in space
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: Not quite 'Jurassic Park' and more
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: A scandal at the stone skimming competition
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Potty problems, random graves, shrimp opinions and bigfoot
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Could you try a different sport every week?
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Is this the end of fast food as we know it?
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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6-7 is here, mom takes seven kids on 2,300-mile river trip and queer sheep fashion
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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How to avoid being a holiday jerk, finding ancient canoes, drinking at 23-hour bars and more
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: A visit to the Croc Cave, a collection of 3,800 Crocs
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The truth about genetic engineering, society getting meaner (?) and a 1,000-member rock band
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Comets, moon water, rats and robots
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Halloween crimes, ugly pumpkins, mind reading and adult-o-ween
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Licking toads, shucking oysters, saving roller coasters and more
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Gross smells and the spooky side of AI
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: How long can your fridge really last?
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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The Great Lakes' last shipwreck, feral hogs rampage and killer bear attacks campground
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Mobile bathroom trucks are changing lives
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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A kitten fed to a snake, a man pretends to be a high schooler and we've all got road rage
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Texas chainsaw... orchestra?
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Poop spray mayhem, the rapture that never came and a history of failed predictions
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: What it takes to be the ultimate Donkey Kong champ
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Deep sea aliens, babies switched at birth and a peek behind Alice Cooper's curtain
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Bringing 'dead zones' to life with vintage pay phones
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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A mysterious comet in our solar system: Could a blind date with extraterrestrial life crash the stock market?
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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ALIEN WEEK DISPATCH: Ancient life on Mars? Here's what NASA says its rover uncovered
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Is it a comet or something more?
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Naked volleyball, robotic lions and living funerals
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Piano playing rhino
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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A butt sniffer arrested, explosions and the cow of Stonehenge
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Crash a wedding, for a fee
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Cracker Barrel, missing Texas woman joins African tribe in Scotland and radioactive shrimp
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Can you delete yourself from the internet?
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Back-to-school special: The Gen Z stare and beyond
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Hopelessly devoted to Chick-fil-A
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Zoo asks for pet donations to feed its animals, gambler wins 400 jackpots and weirdos throw adult toys at WNBA
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: A donkey sings the blues
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Unpacking the Coldplay couple scandal
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Taking on the UK in a teeny tiny car
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Remembering the Prince of Darkness, MRI horror and a firefly resurgence
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Record-breaking bananas
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Unhealthiest fast food, dangerous e-scooters and drugs in space
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: A cheesesteak odyssey
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Bald guys, rich guys and stinging ants
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Stepping into the halls of psychedelic academia
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Pro-doping sports, a rejection disorder and water-gunning tourists
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Hiking with burgers n' beers, surprise danger linked to golf and keeping up with robots
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Orphaned time, the selfie museum and psychedelic college degrees
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Tasting the Six Flags diet, digging Dig World and finding the darkest night sky
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May 30, 2025 |
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Other Side of the News: Extreme dogs, a daylong pub crawl and magic asparagus
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May 23, 2025 |
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She's giving mother: How 97-year-old tortoise Mommy finally became a mom
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May 16, 2025 |
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Why do GenZers spend so freaking much on breakups?
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May 09, 2025 |
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We can't stop talking about Gen Z or unusual zoo births
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May 02, 2025 |
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That poisonous tree from 'The White Lotus' is real: What you need to know
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Why the Yankees amended a decades-old ban on beards
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Vintage Offbeat: The real life fungus featured in 'The Last of Us'
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Offbites: Talkin' about animals and outer space
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Offbites: Soothing robot fears with emergency ice cream
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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As schools try to ban Crocs, we're pulling back the layers on dress codes
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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The case of Saturn's disappearing rings
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Offbites: From kayaking in a whale to the crime car wash
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Vintage Offbeat: A bear on Mars
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Feb 28, 2025 |