As you know, your oh-so-cynical Out There editor usually comes down on the side of hoaxes and mistakes of various kinds–especially when it comes to video of actual aliens. However, this is among my favorites, an amazing security-camera video of two very strange creatures creeping through the dark of a property near Yosemite.
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Unless this is an outright hoax, it shows unknown objects rising off the surface of the moon. It would be easy to hoax, unfortunately, but if it’s real, it is an extraordinary catch.
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Most of us have already figured out that our money isn’t real (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). Manhattan gold merchant Ibrahim Fadl discovered this we he found that several 10-ounce gold bars, normally worth around $100,000, were counterfeits filled with tungsten, a much less valuable metal that has the same weight as gold. This immediately dropped their worth 80%.
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Is your tattoo a time bomb that you now want removed? Tatts are usually removed with a laser (the light from the laser helps the pigments in the tattoo ink the ink break down and eventually "float away" via the lymphatic system. But a new study has found that they’re harder to remove if the design contains colors and is larger than 12 inches or (surprise) if the tattooed person is a smoker. It’s also harder to remove tattoos from the feet or legs, so you may have to stick to wearing socks and long pants.
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