Meanwhile... In Other Dumb News... 5/9/18

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The Daily Roundup of Lesser Known Stories.
The Humorous, the Cool, and the Just Plain Stupid.

Wednesday, May 9th: A lot of stupid today with a touch of cool.

Frich (Fake Rich) In WoW Is Richer Than Actually Rich In Venezuela... By Seven Times As Much.

This makes me almost wish I never stopped playing... almost. Venezuela has been rocked recently by unrest, which has tanked their economy and sanctions fear over the Iran deal are making things worse. As amusing as this is, its just plain stupid that we allow these kinds of things to happen.

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http://time.com/money/5269864/world-of-warcraft-currency-is-now-worth-7-times-as-much-as-venezuelas-cash/

They See Him Trollin, They Hatin.

President Trump's new Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, took to twitter on Tuesday for his first tweet in the office and proceeded to... wait for it... Offend the entire nation almost. Well played sir, you are awarded Troll Of The Day!

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Troll Of The Day.

https://theintercept.com/2018/05/09/twitter-troll-takes-post-u-s-ambassador-germany-immediately-offends-germans/

Bears Just Wanna Have Fun

A zoo in Alberta, Canada is facing some backlash after taking one of it's bears out for ice cream for it's birthday of all things. The trainers say it wasn't the fact they took the bear to DQ, it's that they didn't ask! Imagine the surprise on that employee's face at the drive through, or just look below.

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"You won't believe the day I had at work..."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/09/canada-alberta-zoo-bear-fed-ice-cream-charges

A Picture's Worth A Million Dollars

The Rockefeller legacy may be almost over, but not their ability to make money off of almost anything is far from it. The late David Rockefeller's art curation is being auctioned off for charities, bringing in $646 million in it's first night alone.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/05/09/pablo-picasso-claude-monet-more-art-fetch-646-m-rockefeller-auction/593724002/

Subnautica, In Real Life Almost.

At least this is close to what I imagine when I'm in my base. If you haven't played Subnautica, imagine building this on an alien world ala minecraft with way better graphics.

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As AWESOME as this is, anyone else see some serious issues with this? That glass better be diamond is all I'm saying.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristintablang/2018/05/03/underwater-hotel-residence-conrad-maldives-resort-island

Nature Digs Neon, Man.

San Diego residents for the last while have been fortunate enough to see one of Nature's most amazing natural light shows, thanks to algae bloom in the ocean water. Combine this with the underwater hotel, and I don't think you could get me to leave.

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Ocean Shore At Night In San Diego

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bioluminescence-from-red-tide-algae-bloom-literally-lighting-up-san-diego-waves-at-night/

Here, have some cute baby animals to make your day a little bearter.

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https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/Pets/photos/baby-animals-3351912?cid=social_twitter_abcn/image-andean-bear-baby-den-54663534

See you tomorrow!

(Original posting from my blog: http://adifferentangle.blog/2018/05/09/meanwhile-in-other-dumb-news-5-9-2018/ )

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