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November 6, 2005
A lightning strike killed 68 dairy cows waiting to be milked on an Australian farm. The farmer, Warwick Marks, 57, said the lightning strike killed half his herd of 150 Jersey cows at his dairy farm outside Dorrigo in northern New South Wales state.
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November 4, 2005
Polish archeologists have solved a centuries-old mystery and have discovered the grave of 16th century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. The Polish astronomer, who died in 1543 challenged the ancient belief the sun revolved around the earth, was buried at the Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Frombork, 180-miles north of Warsaw.
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November 3, 2005
A man filing a lawsuit against a Louisville, Colorado Home Depot claims the retailer failed to aid him after being glued to a toilet seat. Bob Dougherty, 57, says he became stuck to the toilet seat last year after somebody smeared glue on it.
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November 3, 2005
The massive security force deployed by Argentina to stand watch during a presidential summit this week was ambushed Wednesday, by a surprise attack of food poisoning. According to police commissioner, Daniel Rodriguez, at least 70 federal police officers in charge of guarding the beach resort hotel were overcome with bouts of diarrhea and vomiting after dining on bad lasagna at a nearby hotel late Tuesday.
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October 26, 2005
A man who missed twice while aiming to shoot a friend's cow only to accidentally shoot a passer-by in the leg is fined for what an Australian court called a freak accident. Rudolf Stadler, 61, agreed in April last year to shoot the meddling cow which belonged to a friend who owns a hobby farm at Caboolture in tropical Queensland state.
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