There wasn’t a thread of truth to it.
A Cleveland museum that for 20 years displayed a supposed lock of Amelia Earhart’s hair has discovered by DNA analysis that it was just a pile of thread.
The International Women’s Air and Space Museum said it obtained the clump from the Smithsonian, which got it from a man in Pennsylvania.
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He must not have been much of a dancer.
Motorists in Hopkinsville, Ky., called 911 when they spotted a man standing on the rail of a bridge and thought he was going to jump. Turns out the guy was actually dancing with a sign advertising the sub shop Quizno’s.
He was cited for disorderly conduct.
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Here’s a car for the dead hippie taking one last trip.
A British funeral home has painted a hearse with psychedelic colors as the Woodstock generation begins to die out.
“They really lived a colorful life — they wouldn’t want to go to their funeral in a boring black hearse,” said Matthew Shuter.
The vehicle is also available for the living to use to go to rock festivals.
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May as well have one last hurrah before going up river.
A 41-year-old German man called in by police for questioning about a robbery popped in and robbed a shop on his way to the station house.
When he arrived, cops noticed he bore a striking resemblance to the description of the robber the shopkeeper had just called in. Plus, he had all the stolen goods in his car.
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Call him Crocodile Dumb-Dee.
An Aussie whose boat sunk in a billabong was forced to hang in a tree “like a koala bear” for 12 hours as crocodiles circled below waiting for a snack.
Rescuers found Stan Martell the next morning after he had triggered the emergency beacon on his satellite phone.