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Sancho

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March 22, 2017

Is there a group for "dumb ass"? (...please don't nominate Florida)...

I'm sure she was impressed!!

Guy Mauled by Croc After Jumping in River to Prove Point

An Australian teenager mauled after getting drunk and jumping into a crocodile-infested river to impress a woman he had just met denies being "one of the stupidest people around."

"Haters gonna hate," says 18-year-old Lee De Paauw, per the Courier-Mail. He suffered gouges and two broken bones in his left arm Saturday night after jumping into the river near the town of Innisfail, Queensland, and being attacked by a croc almost immediately.

Read more: http://970wfla.iheart.com/articles/national-news-104668/guy-mauled-by-croc-after-jumping-15665060/?cmd=managed_social#ixzz4c0juu2rG

March 16, 2017

Drone wars!!!

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39277940?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook

A Patriot missile - usually priced at about $3m (£2.5m) - was used to shoot down a small quadcopter drone, according to a US general.
The strike was made by a US ally, Gen David Perkins told a military symposium.
"That quadcopter that cost 200 bucks from Amazon.com did not stand a chance against a Patriot," he said.

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