Druggies look what you might be snorting up your nose: Dutch customs officers found 100 dead beetles stuffed with cocaine while examining a parcel from Peru, Dutch authorities said Thursday. The little drug couriers’ bodies had been slit open and filled with a total of 300 grams of cocaine, with an estimated street-value of 8,000…

Evidently it’s not a problem because the chlorine kills them but still, yech! And the only way they can get in your brain is if you snort the water: Brain-eating amoebas have taken up residence in Tucson’s water supply as recent tests have shown their presence in 12 wells. While the discovery of the killer…

This is pretty scary and sad! I’m glad I didn’t know about this when we were on vacation. It sounds like science fiction but it’s true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die. Even though encounters with the microscopic bug…

And there is even a video of it! Yum! I was amazed by the guy who said, “It’s not necessary for us to sacrifice our enjoyment for the sake of the environmental protection.” Well, when they run out of space in the landfills he may change his mind: The territory faces a severe shortage of…

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