The very last circulating pennies, or “cents,” sold for over $16.76 million in a special auction by Stack’s Bowers Galleries on Thursday, December 12th, presented on behalf of the United States Mint. Included in the sale were 232 three-coin sets featuring one each of the 2025 penny struck at the Philadelphia Mint, the 2025-D penny struck at the Denver Mint, and a historic 2025 penny struck in 24 karat gold also at the Philadelphia Mint. Each of these special coins exhibits a small “Ω” privy mark of the final Greek letter Omega, indicating their role as the capstone to a two-centuries long legacy that first began in 1793 with the Chain Cent.
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Sergio Manoel Da Silva, a flight instructor, was flying with a student when he collided with Philip Eric Haegler in Brazil. The video shows Sergio flying with a student in a red hang glider when he suddenly collides with Philip in a green paraglider. Philip’s paraglider approached quickly from the opposite direction and just beneath the instructor’s hang glider.
The footage shows parts of the equipment and the pilot’s body striking the paraglider before the canopy tangles and Philip loses control. Philip then hit the facade of a building on Avenida Prefeito Mendes de Morais around the 11th floor before plunging about 150ft.
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President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.
The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a "false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump," calling it "a brazen attempt to interfere in and influence" the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
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Depicted as a charming, talking mouse, Stuart (voiced by Michael J Fox) found true happiness with the Littles - despite initial jealousy from the family's cat Snowbell (voiced by Nathan Lane). Taking to the 'Today I Learned' subreddit on Reddit, one user revealed that, in the original novel, Stuart isn't a mouse at all. Sharing an illustration from E.B. White's beloved book, they penned: 'Today I Learned that Stuart Little isn't a mouse, but is actually a very small human boy who just happens to look like a mouse 'in every way'.
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When you buy anything on Amazon going from a link
on this blog, I get credit for whatever you buy.
Granted, it's only pennies, but every penny helps, right?
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The Hanover county animal protection shelter raised the charitable amount after caring for the inebriated raccoon in question and teaming up with custom apparel maker Bonfire to create and sell items seizing on the internet virality achieved by the creature. Emblazoned with the words “Trashed Panda”, the shirts, sweatshirts, cups and stickers contain an image of a raccoon spread-eagle next to a spilled booze bottle – unmistakably evoking the compromising position the animal that burgled the Ashland ABC store on 29 November was found and photographed in.
Proceeds from the campaign anchored by those limited edition items “directly support shelter animal care and enrichment”, according to Bonfire’s website. Figures posted by the company based in Richmond, Virginia, indicated the campaign had raised more than $252,000 as of late Monday afternoon.
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The mayor told deputies this had been going on for a “long time” and that the cats had become a public nuisance. The mayor said the cats were continually at the community center, which is used on a daily basis by the public. In addition to stray cats, the amount of food Valastro was providing also attracted buzzards. She was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center and released after posting $1,000 bond.
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'Baby it's cold outside' - a throwback to 2016..
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Christmas will be here soon enough,
but there's still time to order...
Here's a great idea for a gift that's
both elegant and very affordable.
Click on the picture for more information on this beautiful bracelet.
It's a one of a kind gift - and it comes to you with free shipping!
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