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Jumbo flying squid attack scuba divers in San Diego

Squid to me are alien like, and very scary indeed. Excerpt: Those who dive with them there fill the water with bait and sometimes get in a metal cage or wear chain mail to avoid being lashed by tentacles. The squid hunt in schools of up to 1,200, can swim up to 15mph and skim over the water to escape predators.

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Jumbo flying squid attack scuba divers in San Diego

Toilet breaks down on crowded International Space Station

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station used a pair of robot arms to install a pallet of equipment on Sunday, but when break-time came they may have found long lines at the bathrooms. With a record 13 people aboard the station, the main toilet broke down, sending astronauts scrambling to the use backup commodes on the Russian side of the station and aboard the visiting U.S.

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Toilet breaks down on crowded International Space Station