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| 10 Presidents Nobody Remembers Posted: 13 Jul 2012 05:05 AM PDT
1. Herbert Hoover (President #31, 1929–1933) Although Herbert Hoover won the 1928 presidential election with almost 60 percent of the vote, today he’s basically remembered as a dam. Actually, many Americans probably think he was an FBI director or the guy who invented a vacuum. But Hoover was, in fact, a U.S. president — and an interesting one to boot. Orphaned at age 9, he worked and scraped his way into the newly minted Stanford University to study mining engineering. There, he married Lou Henry, the only female geology student at the school, and the pair traveled the world evaluating mining sites and learning languages. (In the White House, they often spoke in Mandarin when they didn’t want staff eavesdropping.) Hoover’s successful coordination of the U.S. Food Administration during WWI paved his way to the Oval Office. Although massively popular early in his term, a little thing called the Great Depression came along and seriously soured his approval rating. Herbert battled bravely against the dusty tide of poverty, but his programs were largely ineffective. Sorry, Herbert. Great dam, though. Great dam.
Despite earning catchy nicknames such as “The Little Magician” and “The Red Fox of Kinderhook” on the political battlefield, M.V.B. is far from the MVP of the American presidency. One title he can claim, though, is that of the first president not of British descent. Van Buren was the son of a Dutch tavern owner and gained his taste for politics listening to debates in the rowdy rooms of the family saloon. A self-taught lawyer, the politically adept Van Buren quickly rose up the governmental ranks, landing a spot as President Andrew Jackson’s secretary of state in 1828. By keeping clear of the Cabinet infighting that marred Jackson’s first term, Van Buren replaced John Calhoun as Jackson’s vice president in the second term. In 1836, he won the presidency, but soon fizzled out in a daze of leadership defeats and ineffective policies. Don’t look for him on the penny any time soon.
Warren G. Harding is generally regarded as the worst president ever. He was disappointing from the get-go, as the very basis of his campaign was boring. Harding ran on the promise of a “return to normalcy,” which he (somehow) felt people craved following Woodrow Wilson’s bold and visionary term. To make things worse, Harding ran the White House like a kind of boys’ club, where he and some friends known as the “Ohio Gang” enjoyed drinking, playing golf, and cheating on their wives. (Harding is widely rumored to have paid a gambling debt with antique White House china.) After admitting to friends that he felt overmatched by the job of president, Harding gave his Cabinet free reign and treated the presidency as more of a ceremonial post. Just as the friends he’d appointed were being nailed for corruption one after another, Harding contracted what doctors assumed was ptomaine poisoning and died of a related heart attack. No autopsy was performed, but rumors abounded that his wife poisoned him to protect what legacy he had left.
Most people don’t know ol’ Chesty for anything other than his mammoth moustache. But he should be remembered as a guy who rose to the occasion. As a young man, Arthur worked on civil rights cases in New York before succumbing to the corrupt New York political machine of Roscoe “Boss” Conkling. (How anyone could fail to detect corruption in someone named Roscoe “Boss” Conkling is beyond us.) In 1881, Arthur became vice president under James Garfield, but soon butted heads with the president over an appointment that sapped Conkling’s power. In fact, Arthur and Garfield were hardly communicating when, a few months later, Garfield was assassinated, and Arthur suddenly became the big cheese. Instead of behaving like a pawn as everyone expected, Arthur became a man of the people, taking steps to cut back on cronyism and rebuffing pressures from big business. And what do you call him? The president with the big moustache. Nice going!
Today, Millard Fillmore’s name is synonymous with overlooked. Need proof? In February 2006, a group called the Friends of Millard Fillmore hosted the 38th annual FOMF Trivia Hunt, a contest celebrating obscure knowledge. Fillmore was born in 1800 to a destitute family, but thanks to a merciless work ethic, he taught himself to read and eventually became a lawyer. That quickly segued into politics, and in 1848, the Whigs ran Fillmore for VP alongside Zachary Taylor. The pair won the election, but remained divided by their views on slavery (Taylor being a southern slave owner, and Fillmore, well, not). When Taylor died, Fillmore tried to appease the North and South by supporting the Compromise of 1850. Unfortunately, the move alienated the North and created a fair share of enemies on both sides. Thus tainted, he lost several bids for re-election and died of a stroke in 1874.
The son of a two-term New Hampshire governor, Pierce rode the coattails of nepotism into the U.S. House and Senate by age 30. In 1852, he came out of nowhere to win the presidency. He beat out seemingly more dedicated candidates with a platform essentially based on trying to avoid the hot-button issue of slavery. But his presidency didn’t get off to a good start. Two months before Pierce took office, his 11-year-old son was killed in a train wreck. Hampered by heartbreak, Pierce tried not to rock the boat of peace between the North and South, but that plan didn’t exactly pan out. By signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, he inadvertently launched a frenzy of shooting matches in Kansas and re-awakened the conflict surrounding slavery. The Democrats reeling, Pierce was abandoned and denied the chance to run for a second term.
Rutherford B. Hayes is slightly more memorable due to the catchiness of his name, but he’s still more than obscure enough to make our list. Raised by a single mother, Hayes worked his way up in the world from next to nothing, studying at Harvard and practicing law in Cincinnati. When the Civil War erupted, Hayes was 39 and a father of three. Nonetheless, he volunteered to fight and quickly distinguished himself as a valuable leader. After parlaying this fame into a Senate seat and then the governorship of Ohio, he received the Republican presidential nomination in 1876. Until the chad-alicious scandal of 2000, this was perhaps America’s most contested election –ending with a special Congressional committee declaring Hayes the winner over Samuel J. Tilden by one electoral vote. Once he took office, Hayes got right to work healing a nation still battered by the Civil War. He later claimed to have inherited the country “divided and distracted” and left it “united, harmonious and prosperous.” Unfortunately for ol’ Rutherford, harmony and prosperity alone won’t get your mug on Mount Rushmore.
John Tyler was up against it from the start. For one thing, he only got to be president because he was the VP under William Henry Harrison, who died of pneumonia following his inauguration speech. Let’s put it this way: When your nicknames include “His Accidency,” you’re not destined to make a splash. After Harrison’s unscheduled departure, Tyler’s orchestration of an orderly transfer of power was his only recognized political success. Tyler didn’t want to alienate Harrison’s supporters, so he retained the departed president’s Cabinet. Unfortunately, they had little respect for their new leader. When he once vetoed a bill they favored, all but one of them resigned. That’s pretty much how the presidency went for Tyler. In fact, his own Whig party tried to have him impeached. Tyler gamely ran for re-election in 1844, but was persuaded to withdraw. Broke, Tyler returned to his Virginia plantation and spent a lot of time supporting the secession of the South. (That didn’t work out so well either.)
Despite his privileged upbringing, ownership of slaves, and reputation as an “Indian fighter,” Zachary Taylor was the most popular man in America when he won the election in 1848. Like many members of our list, Taylor spent much of his presidency wrestling with the question of slavery. Unfortunately, this left little time for him to wrestle with the question of how not to contact cholera, and he died of the disease in 1850. Millard Fillmore took office next, almost immediately signing the Compromise of 1850 and wiping out what little progress Taylor had made. Welcome to the annals of anonymity, Zach. ________________________________
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| What Snake Venom Does to Human Blood Posted: 13 Jul 2012 04:00 AM PDT (Video Link) This is amazing! In a BBC nature documentary, Steve Leonard introduces viewers to some of the animal world’s deadliest predators. In this clip, he places a drop of snake venom in a cup of human blood. Watch what happens to the blood within seconds. |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 03:37 AM PDT The Star Wars Cookbook II: Darth Malt and More Galactic Recipes – $18.95 Are you hungry for a cookbook that can transport you to a a culinary land far, far away? You need the Star Wars Cookbook II: Darth Malt and More Galactic Recipes from the NeatoShop. This great books include delicious masterpieces like:
Looking for more great Star Wars inspired recipes? Don’t forget to buy the Star Wars Cookbook: Wookiee Pies, Clone Scones, and Other Galactic Goodies. That great gift set includes 3 metal cookie cutters. Both books are sure to encourage healthy Jedi appetites and entice even the pickiest Star Wars fans. Buy one cookbook or buy them both. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Star Wars items. |
| Mom, Can You Hit The Snooze Button? Posted: 13 Jul 2012 02:55 AM PDT |
| Are You Cow Enough to Get Free Chicken? Posted: 13 Jul 2012 02:36 AM PDT Hungry? Happen to have a cow costume? Well then, you could go get a free meal from Chik-Fill-A. The only condition? You have to dress like a cow. What’s your dignity worth? If you aren’t willing to go head-to-toe cow, you can get partial credit if you just wear a little cow fashion and earn a free sandwich. Link Via The Consumerist |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 02:00 AM PDT (Video Link) In Budapest, the capital of Hungary, you can find this lovely book-shaped fountain. With each spray, a page of water turns. -via Bit Rebels |
| Don’t Ever Sleep With A Weeping Angel Toy Posted: 13 Jul 2012 01:30 AM PDT Sure, it looks like an adorable little amigurumi toy, but we all know that weeping angels come to life the second you stop looking at them. So why on earth would you risk putting one in your own home. Of course, anything that contains an image of a weeping angel becomes a weeping angel, so I’ve pretty much condemned all of you to die anyway, so I guess go ahead and order one of the toys -the angels can’t get you twice, right? |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2012 12:30 AM PDT (Video Link) I know what you Neatoramanauts love: cute animal videos. Well, I am here to deliver. Sarah Brame of Myrtle Beach, Florida hooks a fish. Then a shark erupts from the water to claim it. Content warning: foul language. -via Daily Telegraph (warning: self-starting audio) |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:30 PM PDT Why is this woman spinning? Why does the blog RRRRRRRR_GIF consist entirely of pictures of this woman spinning in different settings? I’ll bet that it’s an art project. Okay, that may not make sense. Let me try a different approach. Ponder the words of the Immortal Bard, who can shine light into the depths of this mystery:
You follow what I’m saying? |
| Why Do People Say Geronimo When Jumping? Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:53 PM PDT Even kids jumping off of playground equipment scream Geronimo before they let loose, but have you ever stopped and wondered why people do this? Well, Mental Floss has the story:
Read the rest of the story over at the link. |
| 15 Creepy Abandoned Observatories Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:54 PM PDT Looking for a great place to tell ghost stories and enjoy unparalleled views of the night sky? Well, one of these eerie abandoned observatories might just be the perfect place to host your next camping trip -assuming you’re up to date on your shots and don’t mind getting attacked by ghosts of angry astronomers past. |
| Buy Extra Insurance Just in Case Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:30 PM PDT Jake Palmer, a real estate agent in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, promises that future owners will encounter no paranormal problems in this house. He guarantees it in bold print on the sign in front:
Link -via Dave Barry | Photo: Jake Palmer |
| Dog Tries, Fails to Eat Passing Cars Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:30 PM PDT (Video Link) He figured that it would be easier to catch cars if he was in a car, too. Alas, pup’s success rate remains appallingly low. Keep at it! -via Geekosystem |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 07:30 PM PDT Have you ever felt your phone vibrate, but the sensation wasn’t real? Researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne call it “phantom vibration.” The Atlantic‘s Robinson Meyer summarized their study in eleven points:
Link -via Kottke | Photo: Colin Kloecker |
| Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Hangs Out on Street Corner Answering Questions from Passersby Posted: 12 Jul 2012 06:30 PM PDT (Video) What’s great about this video is that no question is too simplistic for Dr. Leon Lederman to take seriously. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics, but he’s not above helping ordinary people grasp the wonders of the universe. -via Boing Boing |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 06:00 PM PDT Okay, you need to cut something, but you’re in the Amazon rain forest with no scissors. What to do? Just grab a friendly neighborhood piranha and let him do the cutting for you! -via Arbroath |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:30 PM PDT Redditor renbo draws portraits that consist of one line each. The line doesn’t cross itself or end. It’s just one long loop. For him/her, it’s a meditative act:
You can find portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and others at the link. |
| Tesla vs. Edison on the Big Screen Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT
Besides the biography, a second film is in the works about the FBI trying to steal Tesla’s plans for a death-ray weapon. Read about both films at Wild Rooster. Link -via The Daily What |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT Thirty-two motors under the “skin” gives the robot named FACE expressions that we can recognize.
Nope, despite being able to mimic human emotions on her face, we have not crossed the uncanny valley. Link -via DiscoBlog |
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| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 01:00 PM PDT Michael Goudeau made this for The Pancake Project. He tells us it is, indeed a real Eggo waffle in the pancake’s hand. Link -via Neatorama’s G+ page
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| Skippy, the Stone-skipping Robot Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT When I saw this cute robot that can skip rocks, I thought, “Great, now they automated a lazy summer human pastime.” But you can control this robot to skip rocks for you through the internet! It’s an ad campaign from Sun Valley, Idaho, that runs only through Friday, and only during daylight hours. Link -via The Daily What |
| New Headlights Make Raindrops Disappear Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT
And if the system fails, the lights will still function as normal headlights. Link -via The Week |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:00 AM PDT To hear authentic Swiss yodeling, you need to go to the mountains of Switzerland …or watch a video by someone who did. NatGeo’s Digital Nomad Andrew Evans recorded Swiss yodeler Amadé Perrig, a cowherd who grew up yodeling in the Alps. He also learned quite a bit about the art.
Read a lot more about yodeling in Switzerland at National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel blog. Link -Thanks, Marilyn! |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT I kid you not -I saw this Twaggie not two minutes after I got an Adobe update notice (and since I saw this two minutes afterward, you know I clicked “remind me later”). The Tweet came from @AristotlesNZ and the illustration is by Kevin Coffee. You can see a new illustrated Tweet every day at Twaggies, and any of them can be made into a t-shirt! Link |
| Giraffe Rescued from Septic Tank Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:00 AM PDT
The giraffe was treated for shock and was freed after appearing to recover nicely. Link -via Arbroath (Image credit: Miller & Maclean) |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:30 AM PDT Something’s wrong with this pony–my Pinkie sense is tingling. Mari Kasurinen crafted this mad vision of H.R. Giger’s alien queen from sculpey and painted it with acrylic. |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:00 AM PDT Here it is, our collaboration with the always amusing What Is It? Blog! Tell us what this object is, if you know. If you don’t, make a wild guess! Place your guess in the comment section below. One guess per comment, please, though you can enter as many as you’d like. Post no URLs or weblinks, as doing so will forfeit your entry. We’ll have two winners: the first correct guess and the funniest (albeit ultimately wrong) guess will win T-shirt from the NeatoShop. Please write your T-shirt selection alongside your guess. If you don’t include a selection, you forfeit the prize, okay? May we suggest the Science T-Shirt, Funny T-Shirt and Artist-Designed T-Shirts? There are more pictures of this thing at the What Is It? Blog. Have fun and good luck! |
| Comic Convention Warning Signs Posted: 12 Jul 2012 07:30 AM PDT Comic Con in San Diego is this weekend! Here are some warning signs they should use to make your visit safer and easier, from College Humor. Link |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 07:00 AM PDT Looks like the Dark Knight is dabbling in some illegal chemistry! This mashup of Breaking Bad and the many Batman movies works disturbingly well. Oh, and if you haven’t kept up with the series so far, this contains some Breaking Bad spoilers. -via The Daily What Geek |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 06:30 AM PDT Harbor the raccoon was kept in a small cage for four years and become almost completely blind before wildlife rehabilitator MaryEllen Schoeman took him in. She washed, fed, and cuddled him, then introduced him to his new custom-made enclosure, where he can run, climb, and play in water. His recovery was amazing, and he now an active and joyful raccoon.
See photos, videos, and more links about Harbor at Buzzfeed. Link (Image credit: Flickr user MaryEllen and Paul) |
| Fantastic Delites Must be Good Posted: 12 Jul 2012 06:00 AM PDT An Australian snack called Fantastic Delites has an advertising campaign centered around what people are willing to do to get a free pack. This vending machine won’t take money, but it will make you pay. How far will they go? I honestly think it becomes more about fulfilling a challenge than eating a …well, I went through three pages of the company website and I think it is some kind of chip. -via The Daily of the Day Update: commenter beerad advises that these are crackers, and “A DAMNED FINE CRACKER INDEED!!!!!” |
| 6 Famous Misquotes & Where They Came From Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:04 AM PDT You've probably heard most of these misquotes aren't accurate already, but what you might not know is where they actually originated and how they ended up getting associated with certain famous people and characters. Here's your chance to learn how misattribution and miswording can become someone's longest lasting legacy. 1. "Let Them Eat Cake"Perhaps the most famous misquote of all time, you almost certainly already knew she never actually said this line. What you might not know is where the line comes from. As it turns out “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche,” was first written in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions, an autobiography he started to write while Antoinette was only nine years old. In fact, Marie didn't even arrive in France until after Rousseau completed the book. The quote itself was said to have come from a "great princess," but he never actually lists the princess by name and many believe he completely made the story up. Others speculate that it was referring to Maria Theresa of Spain or one of Louis XV’s daughters, either Madame Sophie and Madame Victoire. As for Marie, she was actually quite sweet and felt bad for the impoverish people of her country, even if she didn't let it stop her from living a rather lavish lifestyle. In fact, when there was a bread shortage during her reign, she wrote to her family in Austria saying, “It is quite certain that in seeing the people who treat us so well despite their own misfortune, we are more obliged than ever to work hard for their happiness." It wasn't until 1843, almost 75 years after Rousseau completed Confessions and over 50 years since Marie was executed, that the quote was attributed to her for the first time by Alphonse Karr in "Les Guepes. While none of this makes it any better that the Queen has been so wrongly villainized by the quote, at least now you know the story. Source Image Via (Alex) [Flickr] 2. "Elementary, My Dear Watson"Here's another one that's famous for being inaccurate, but people still like to quote it whenever a reference to Sherlock Holmes comes up. In all of the sixty Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this phrase never once comes up, although Holmes does say both "elementary" and "my dear Watson" –just never together. As for the origin of the phrase, well, it was first used in the 1915 P.G. Wodehouse novel Psmith, Journalist. It later appeared in the first Sherlock Holmes sound film, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, which premiered in 1929. Neither of these sources were enough to make it the famous misquote it is today though. Indeed, that honor goes to writer Edith Meiser's regular use of the line in The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes radio series that was broadcast between 1939 and 1947. 3. "Play It Again, Sam"Real fans of Casablanca know this is never said in the film, but those who have never seen the classic –even those who have only seen it once, seem to remember seeing clips of Humphrey Bogart saying this classic line. In reality, Ingrid Bergman comes closest to the line, saying, "Play it once, Sam, for old times’ sake, play ‘As Time Goes By.'” Humphrey's actual line is in reference to this earlier scene, when he drunkenly tells Sam, “You played it for her, you can play it for me. … If she can stand to listen to it, I can. Play it.” As for where the line first appeared, well, the movie has been a popular source for parody ever since it was released. In fact, the Marx Brother's film, A Night in Casablanca, was originally a direct parody of the classic although it was later changed to be a parody of the genre rather than the specific film. Even after the script changes though, the words "Play it again, Sam" were left in the film, securely tying the name Casablanca with the phrase. Later on, Woody Allen named his film Play It Again, Sam, which was based on a man obsessed with Casablanca, further ingraining the phrase into the popular consciousness. 4. "I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It"Admittedly, this is a great quote no matter what, and it was certainly an ideal that Voltaire believed in. That being said, the famous thinker never actually said this. The expression came about when Evelyn Beatrice Hall wrote a biography of Voltaire under the pen name S. G. Tallentyre. The 1906 biography, called The Friends of Voltaire was unique in that Hall wrote it in first person, so when she made up this great line that sounded like something Voltaire would stand for, people immediately adopted it as something he actually did say. Humorously, these days the quote is more famous than pretty much anything Voltaire ever actually said. 5. "I Can See Russia From My House"Sarah Palin may have said plenty of gaffes during the 2008 election campaign (just as all politicians do), but this famous phrase was never uttered by the Vice Presidential Candidate. It all started in an interview on ABC News, where she was asked what insight she was given by living so close to Russia. In response, Palin answered “They’re our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska." While it might not be the most eloquent response, what she said was entirely true: there are a few Alaskan islands that allow you to see Russia. In fact, Slate pointed out that in the Bering Strait are the islands of Big Diomede, which is a Russian territory, and Little Diomede, which is part of Alaska. Being as how the islands are only two and a half miles apart, you can certainly see from one to the other. You can blame Tina Fey for the famous misquote because only two days later she appeared on Saturday Night Live as Sarah Palin and delivered the line during the above sketch that also features Amy Poehler appearing as Hillary Clinton. 6. "First They Ignore You. Then They Laugh At You. Then They Attack You. Then You Win."While this is one of the most famous quotes by Gandhi, there is no actual record that he ever said this. It certainly sounds like something he would say, but his later life was fairly well documented, so there is no reason to believe he actually did say this line. So where did it come from? No one knows where this specific version of the line came from or how it was attributed to Gandhi, but it was certainly adapted from a speech given by Union worker Nicholas Klein at the Biennial Convention of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1914. Before it was modified and wrongly attributed, the quote went, "In this story you have a history of this entire movement. First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you. And that is what is going to happen to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America." It's not exactly the same as the supposed Gandhi line, but I'm sure we can all agree that it was definitely the inspiration for it. Source Image Via Victorgrigas [Wikipedia] I don't know about you guys, but I find it really interesting to see how these phrases have been manipulated and changed. It puts a whole new perspective on all of the "he said, she said" gossip we have all dealt with at one point or another. After all, if it's this easy to randomly associate Gandhi with something he never even came close to saying, then how easy would it be for gossip to completely change what someone you know actually said or did? |
We don’t recall ever seeing them on our coins, stamps, or monuments, but we’re told the following seven men were once president of the United States. Go figure!
2. Martin Van Buren (President #8, 1837–1841)
3. Warren Harding (President #29, 1921–1923)
4. James Monroe (Presidet #5, 1817-1825)
5. Chester Arthur (President #21, 1881–1885)
6. Millard Fillmore (President #13, 1850–1853)
7. Franklin Pierce (President #14, 1853-1857)
8. Rutherford B. Hayes (President #19, 1877–1881)
9. John Tyler (President #10, 1841–1845)
10. Zachary Taylor (President #12, 1849-1850)
This article by Christopher Connolly is from the 
We can see Christian Bale as Tesla, but Nicolas Cage as Thomas Edison? It could be a while before we really see it, but Tesla, Ruler of the World is in development from Serbian screenwriter Vladimir Raj?i? and Croatian producer Branko Lustig. It’s about the fascinating but largely unknown life of Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla.
Do you ever have trouble driving through rain at night because every raindrop reflects your headlights? Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute has developed a new type of car headlight that reduces glare from falling rain or snow. The technology is akin to running between the raindrops -with light! Associate robotics professor Srinivasa Narasimhan explained:
A full-grown giraffe became stuck when its weight apparently caused a septic tank to collapse at the Marloth Park wildlife preserve in South Africa. Veterinarian Cobus Raath and a team of rescuers worked to free the animal.
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