This Animal Might Be Responsible for Coronavirus; A Fish Stabs a Teenager; “Sopranos” Actress Testifies Against Weinstein; Ben & Jerry’s Reveals New “Netflix and Chill’d” Ice Cream and McDonald’s Big Mac Dipping Sauces Are a Thing
News of the Wuhan coronavirus has been spreading globally. And now, there’s reason to believe that it could have originated from fruit bats, via bat soup.
The South China Morning Post published the following statement: “The Wuhan coronavirus’ natural host could be bats… but between bats and humans there may be an unknown intermediate.”
People are sharing clips online of people eating bats floating in a bowl of broth. This soup is considered a delicacy in some parts of China.
Gao Fu, the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report published by Rappler, “We already know that the disease originated from a market which conducted illegal transaction of wild animals.”
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16-year-old Muhammad Idul was recently fishing in southern Indonesia. Imagine his surprise when a needlefish leapt out of the water and skewered itself right into the teen’s neck!
He wanted to catch a fish that day, but not like this. Thankfully surgeons were able to remove the fish after two hours of surgery.
And it’s a good thing that Idul didn’t try to pull the fish out himself.
Professor Dr Syafri K. Arif said to news site Makassar Terkin, “To remove the fish snout, one must be very careful because there is a large vessel in the neck.”
Idul remains in the hospital so that the doctors can make sure that no infection develops.
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During the recent trial of Harvey Weinstein, actress Annabella Sciorra became the first of his accusers to testify against him.
She described the graphic assault she experienced in the early nineties, saying, “I was punching him. I was kicking him. I was just trying to get him off of me. I didn’t have very much fight left inside me. My body shut down.”
“It was just so disgusting that my body started to shake in a way that was very unusual…I didn’t even know what was happening.”
When she later confronted him over what happened, he replied saying, “That’s what all the nice Catholic girls say.”
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If you love to sit back to Netflix and Chill––and I mean actually chill, not the kind involving two frisky folks––Ben & Jerry’s got you, girl. The ice cream mavens have revealed a new flavor that is dedicated to helping you sit back and chillax.
The ingredients include sweet and salty pretzel swirls, peanut butter ice cream and lots of fudge brownies.
The CEO of Ben & Jerry’s, Matthew McCarthy, says, “This is the perfect pairing between Ben & Jerry’s and Netflix, to bring more magic to millions of fans (taste buds) across the globe.”
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If you love the sauce on McDonald’s Big Macs, it looks like they heard you loud and clear. McDonald’s is releasing a line of Big Mac dipping pots that will go on sale starting on February 12.
The sauces are only out for a limited time, so once they’re gone… they’re really gone. We have bad news for those who live in the United States, however—the dipping pots will only be available in Ireland and the UK.
But to be honest, just how much Big Mac sauce do you need, anyway? Ok, don’t answer that.
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