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US Teen Arrested After Forcing Phones To Call 911 Nonstop
Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai, 18, was arrested on three counts of felony computer tampering after allegedly sending out a link on Twitter that forced people’s phones to call 911 repeatedly. Authorities were not amused.
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Wingdings Predicted 9/11: A Truther’s Tale
In 1992, mere days after Windows 3.1 was released, it was revealed that typing the letters NYC in Wingdings — Microsoft’s all-symbols font — produced the following antisemitic and/or Jewish conspiracy-backed text, depending on who you asked:
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Photos Of Tourists Staring At The World Trade Center Are Weirdly Riveting
If you’ve ever taken a lunchtime stroll in Lower Manhattan, you’ve seen them: Sightseers (and locals, too) with their eyes raised skyward, watching the construction of One World Trade Center. Annoying to some, but revealing to photographer Keith Goldstein — whose photo essay Looking On captures the craning.
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Military Jets Escorted Flights On 9/11 Because Of Too Much Poop
On a Los Angeles to New York flight yesterday, a few people used the bathroom repeatedly. On a flight from Denver to Detroit, a few more people used the bathroom for a really long time. In both cases, the military intervened. Wait, huh?