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Unwanted ice delivery, explosive home entertainment, when NOT to use a dating app
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Unexpected visitor: A large chunk of ice crashed through the roof of a Southern California home and landed on an unoccupied sofa, reports ABC7. While the source of the ice remains unclear, homeowner Thania Manga noted that a plane was flying over the house in Whittier at the time. Manga said the ice “smelled pretty bad” and she is saving it in her freezer in the hopes that someone will analyze it.
On the hunt: With an armed man barricaded in a car just a few feet from him, a California sheriff’s deputy was caught on camera perusing a dating app on his phone, reports CBS News. The aerial camera’s viewpoint showed the Riverside County deputy scrolling through the images of women on the app, swiping left on three of them while he was taking cover behind an armored vehicle that was against the suspect’s car. The sheriff later said: "This behavior does not reflect the standards, expectations, or policies of our department."
Tick, tick, boom: A Pennsylvania man was injured by a pipe bomb he had built to entertain guests, reports CBS21 News. Travis Peachey, 51, told police he had assembled the bomb because he and his wife were having guests over and he thought an explosion would be good entertainment. But when the would-be guests canceled, Peachey brought the bomb into a shed and accidentally dropped it, triggering the explosion. Peachey suffered injuries to his face and eye, and a piece of shrapnel lodged in his head.
In want of a wife: Uganda’s top general backed down after demanding Turkey pay him $1 billion and give him “the most beautiful woman in that country for a wife,” reports the Times of Islamabad. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who not only commands Uganda’s military but is also the son of the country’s president, withdrew his demand a few days later. This is not the first time Kainerugaba has made an unusual statement. In October 2022, he offered 100 cows in exchange for the hand in marriage of Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Grandpa: An Australian man has been confirmed as the oldest first-time grandfather by the Guinness Book of World Records. Charles Smith became a father at age 55 and then a grandfather last year at the age of 91 years, 209 days after his daughter Ashley gave birth to a baby girl. The oldest ever first-time grandmother was 95 years 82 days old.
Focused: The family of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who lived alone became alarmed when the woman failed to answer several phone calls one day. When she then failed to answer the door for police, fears escalated. But, according to News 5 Cleveland, the officers soon found the woman alive and well in her bedroom, playing video games — trying to beat her record — and ignoring the ringing phone. "Everyone got a good laugh out of it," said a police supervisor.
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