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Fake carpool passenger, 28 restaurant meals in a day, sharks on cocaine, metal in ice cream
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Quadraplegic in jail: Dayton James Webber, 27, has no arms or legs. That hasn’t stopped the Maryland resident from competing in wrestling and football as a child, and becoming a champion cornhole player as an adult. And now he’s an accused murderer, reports NBC Washington. Police say that Webber was behind the wheel of a parked car (yes, he drives) when an argument broke out and he allegedly shot a friend in the head. A 2024 online video shows him shooting a 9-millimeter handugn.
Sandwich outrage: Philadelphians are in uproar because a new book describes a character getting a “sub” from a Wawa convenience store, reports Inquirer.com. “That just sent a chill down my spine,” said one person on X.com. “Jail to the author,” said another. In Philadelphia, the preferred term for the particular type of sandwich is “hoagie” and locals are passionate about it. But author B.K. Borison is not backing down, pointing out that her book, “And Now, Back to You,” is set in Baltimore, not Philly.
Hungry man: A Las Vegas man set a world record by dining at 28 Michelin-starred restaurants in 24 hours, reports Guinness. Joshua Ryken, armed with a list of reservations and a minute-by-minute schedule, achieved his feat in New York City. He had fasted for 24 hours ahead of time. In all, Ryken said he spent $976.97 on food, not including tips, and another $474.37 on transportation between restaurants.
Fish on drugs: Sharks in the Bahamas have cocaine in their blood, scientists have found. Researchers writing in the journal Enviromental Pollution say they detected cocaine as well as caffeine and painkillers in sharks they tested. Such drugs could enter the ocean through sewage discharge or swimmers urinating in the water. A person on Reddit suggested a new movie: “Cocaine Bear, the sequel: Cocaine Shark.”
Ride along: The California Highway Patrol reported that it pulled over a car in the Interstate 10 carpool lane with a suspicious passenger. “Upon closer inspection, that ‘Passenger’ turned out to be a jacket carefully wrapped around the front seat with the seatbelt fastened across it to resemble a person,” the CHP reported on Instagram. “Nice try — but jackets don’t count toward Carpool Lane requirements.”
Not so tasty: A Florida jury awarded $14 million to a woman who bought ice cream with a nail and metal fragments in it, reports KOAT-TV. Brandy Buckley noticed something unusual after starting to eat the ice cream from Bruster's Ice Cream in Palm Bay."When I did swallow, I did feel something in my throat that kind of got stuck," Brandy Buckley said. "I thought it was a pecan because it was a butter pecan ice cream.” But after going to the hospital and getting an X-ray, Buckley found she had ingested a nail.
I would eat a nail for $14 mil!