TIL 29-year-old Indonesian singer Irma Bule was performing on stage when she was bitten by a cobra after stepping on its tail. Believing the snake to be defanged, she refused an antidote and continued singing for 45 minutes before vomiting and having seizures. She was pronounced dead at the hospital
Daycare worker who reportedly said that she "spazzed out" and slammed baby multiple times into crib and changing table is banned from working at any daycare center | CT scan reportedly showed multiple injuries on the baby, including "skull fractures, a fractured leg, ribs and a brain bleed"
TIL a woman in Maine brought in a baby raccoon to Petco to get its nails trimmed but the baby raccoon was later euthanized to test for rabies because people in the store had handled the animal and kissed it. Later, the wildlife department in Maine stated that, "Petco does not trim raccoon nails"
TIL 26 U.S. states have laws protecting individuals from liability for damages when they break into a hot car to rescue a child whose life is in danger.
TIL the Sci-Fi Channel, which produced 'Scare Tactics', was sued in 2003 by a woman who was pranked when a car that she was in stalled on a desert road and two of her companions pretended to be seriously injured or killed by an "alien". She claimed to have been hospitalized several times afterwards.
TIL the mysterious disappearance of George Phillip Gall in 1994, who was allegedly sacrificed by a vampire coven in Dayton, Ohio, led to an urban legend about a headless man who approaches Dayton residents in tunnels to ask where his head is.
In 2021, a paperboy noticed newspapers piling up at an elderly customer's door and became concerned. With the help of a neighbor, he broke her door down to rescue her after discovering she had fallen and could not get up. She had been on the floor for days.
Man who fell into depths of vault toilet at campground while trying to retrieve sunglasses has been rescued and decontaminated | Sheriff's office says 'he'll be okay'