05/08/17

[Maik]

WEIRD NEWS 08/03/2017 04:50 pm ET
Texas Man Shoots Armadillo, Bullet Ricochets Back In His Own Face

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-armadillo-shooting_us_59838ae2e4b08b75dcc5f622

Man shot in face after bullet ricochets off armadillo
Nicole Morley for Metro.co.uk Friday 4 Aug 2017 7:47 am

Man shoots himself in face after bullet ricochets off armadillo
Max Burman Yahoo News UK4 August 2017

Catchy story - suggesting slightly sloppy journalism. Looks like one website saw the story, published it, and loads of others copied it. Without checking. Looks like the story is true - but it dates back to 2015:

July 31, 2015 / 10:47 PM / 2 years ago
Texas man shoots armadillo, gets hit in face by bullet ricochet

http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-texas-armadillo-idUKKCN0Q52KR20150731

Got it here on GGi, 02/08/15

[Maik]

British computer expert who stopped NHS cyber attack 'admits creating malware code'

http://www.itv.com/news/2017-08-04/british-computer-expert-who-stopped-nhs-cyber-attack-admits-creating-malware-code/

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Scams costing UK citizens £10 billion per year

http://www.itv.com/news/2017-08-05/scams-costing-uk-citizens-10-billion-per-year/

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Body of an 80 y-o foreign national recovered from the sea at Tsilivi, Zakynthos, yesterday afternoon.

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Anarchist group threatens new attacks on tourists in Spain after targeting Barcelona and Mallorca

British tourists on bus vandalised by group protesting mass tourism feared a terror attack was happening

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tourist-attacked-spain-anarchists-british-bus-barcelona-palma-de-mallorca-arran-restaurants-a7878226.html


Too many tourists...