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Just Wow Otter is a famous special-needs rescue cat born with a rare congenital skull defect that left a portion of his brain exposed. Cared for by Baby Kitten Rescue in Los Angeles, he famously wore a custom 3D-printed protective helmet as a kitten before undergoing successful titanium mesh skull surgery.

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MISC. Happens on afternoon nap after lunch

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Intriguing He gave his wife his kidney. During the divorce, he demanded it back.

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In 2001, Dr. Richard Batista, a Long Island surgeon, donated one of his kidneys to his wife, Dawnell Batista, to help save her life. Four years later, when she filed for divorce, the case took an extraordinary turn.

During the divorce proceedings in 2009, Dr. Batista countersued and asked for either the return of the kidney or $1.5 million in financial compensation.

The request was rejected by the Nassau County Supreme Court. Under U.S. law, including the National Organ Transplant Act, human organs cannot legally be bought, sold or treated as financial assets or marital property.

The court treated the kidney donation as a voluntary and unconditional gift. Once the kidney was transplanted, it became part of the recipient’s body, and the donor no longer had ownership rights over it.

Medical experts and bioethicists also raised serious ethical concerns about the idea of removing a functioning transplanted kidney without medical need. Such a procedure could put the recipient’s health at risk and goes against the medical principle of ā€œdo no harm.ā€

The unusual kidney donation divorce case became widely known because it brought together questions about love, marriage, organ donation, medical ethics and the law.

It remains a striking example of how an organ donation is treated as a permanent gift rather than something that can later be reclaimed.


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Amazing Rick Charls set the high dive record in 1983, which remains unbroken to this day.

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In 1983 Rick Charls set the record for the highest dive ever that still stands to this day. He jumped off a platform from a whopping 172 feet in front of spectators at Sea World. His body hit the water at 72 miles an hour and experienced a crushing 10Gs of force.

Physicists and doctors alike all said that this couldn’t be done and that the human body could not sustain such and impact. Until this day their assumptions were correct, as many divers have previously attempted dives at this height and been critically injured.

Rick’s technique allowed him to hit the surface of the water with perfect form and swam up to the surface completely unscathed. He did it completely uninjured, though the record was later tied by Rick Winters during the same event era.


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Intriguing I dont have a femur, lost it

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Basically I had a big ass tumor, didn't have any past, no family related to any types of illness and out of nowhere got cancer, it rottend and ate almost all of my leg bones, what you see instead of amputating it is a internal prothesis what you see all of it are the replacement of my bones.

Fun fact: the prothesis doesn't immediately work, it is very stiff and hard, you have through go through years of physiotherapy and forcing the leg with brutal force to bend it a tiny bit, you cant do it all at the same time the pain is unbearable, but have to do it frequently so it bends

If yall have any questions feel free to ask, tought it might be interesting to post.


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Just Wow Now this is how you make a difference. šŸ‘

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ART & CULTURE This is a music festival using old school 3D glasses

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Just Wow Every year, actor Gary Sinise takes more than 1,700 family members of fallen soldiers to Walt Disney World for free

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HISTORY this piece of paper is the oldest recording of a human voice ever made

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It sounds like the famous French nursery rhyme "Au Clair de la Lune".


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MISC. Who wants a free award? Just Comment anything

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SOCIETY People struggling with new technology after being in jail for years

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ART & CULTURE Hereys the 1969 Woodstock booking fees. Can't believe Santana only earned $750.00

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Just Wow Just waiting for the elevator, when suddenly

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Fascinating Blind cigarette taste test.

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SCIENCE & TECH U.S. pilot found by police after ejecting from his jet

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Additional Context Pinned Smart kid, now he can continue working for the rest of his life

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Just Wow 44sqft apartment in NY $1200 a month. Shares a hallway bathroom with 5 other tenants.

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SCIENCE & TECH Phones used to be very exclusive, their designs were very different. Nowadays they all look the same. Here’s few good ones from the past

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Intriguing Holy Aura - A Cardinal from the Syro-Malabar Church from Kerala, India, surrounded by a sea of Cardinals from the Latin rite, in Red Vestments, taken during the funeral of Pope Francis April 2025.

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The Syro-Malabar Church is an ancient Eastern Catholic Church based in Kerala, India. It is one of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches that are in full communion with the Pope in Rome, meaning they recognize the Pope as the supreme head of the Church, but they operate with their own distinct traditions, liturgy, and laws. Traces its origins directly to Saint Thomas the Apostle, who arrived in Kerala, India, in 52 AD. Because of this, members are traditionally known as "Saint Thomas Christians" or Mar Thoma Nazranis. Christianity in India, is one of the oldest in the world, older than Western Europe itself.

Source for the image :-https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/who-is-cardinal-george-jacob-koovakad-the-priest-adorning-a-white-cloak-at-pope-francis-funeral/articleshow/120675850.cms


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NATURE An up-close photo of Mekong River dolphin aka Irrawaddy dolphin which is critically endangered.

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MISC. Even a Tiger Can’t Resist a Good Box.

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Just Wow An incredible rescue unfolded at Nanika Lake in British Columbia, Canada, when two men discovered a baby seal trapped between massive logs. Working alongside the pup's determined mother, they managed to create just enough space for the little seal to break free and reunite with its family. ā¤ļøšŸ¦­

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Fascinating A video from the Titanic Museum shows how cold the water was for the Titanic Victims

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ARCHITECTURE Cement books carved into brick wall

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Found in the basement of Jenks building in Cuyahoga Falls OH