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A deep-sea anglerfish was recently caught on camera in a rare moment, delighting social media users while scaring others.
Condrik Tenerife, a Spanish conservation organization, and marine photographer David Jara Borguña, shared footage of the unusual fish in a Feb. 5 Instagram post. The post described the prehistoric sea creature as “a legendary fish that few people have had the privilege of observing alive.”
“Apparently, the existing records to date correspond to larvae, dead adult specimens, or recordings made with submarines,” the post, which was translated from Spanish, read.
Video shows the remarkable and menacing-looking fish swimming out of its deep-sea depths in light-filled water, allowing it to be stunningly observed outside its pitch-black habitat.
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“It is a true predator of the depths, inhabiting the seabed between [600 and 6,000 feet] deep, and uses its dorsal appendage filled w..

Whether you prefer a window seat, an aisle seat or getting stuck in the middle on your next flight, access to the restroom usually isn’t a common concern.
A Reddit user recently posted about how taking a bathroom break became an issue, writing, “Okay so what’s the protocol when you need to get up and you’re in this seat?”
The post was subsequent to an apparent incident with an aisle seatmate with a potty response.
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The traveler chronicled the dilemma and shared how they needed to exit the row in order to take a mid-flight bathroom break.
“During the flight, I needed to get up for the restroom. I asked the man beside me if I could get out and he went to move,” the Reddit user wrote.
The middle-seat passenger was ready to stand without a fuss, the user said.
But to the window-seat traveler’s surprise, the aisle-seat passenger didn’t stand up and presented a surprising alternative.
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As the Trump administration transitioned back into the White House, public tours were put on a pause.
Now, The Office of First Lady Melania Trump has announced the tours will resume, starting on Tuesday, Feb. 25, as the first lady and President Donald Trump have returned to the White House.
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“The President and I are excited to reopen the White House to those interested in the extraordinary story of this iconic and beautiful landmark,” said Melania Trump in a press release.
“There is much to learn about the American Presidency, the First Families who have lived here, and our Nation’s rich history from a firsthand experience at the White House,” she also said.
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“This opportunity is unique among nations around the globe — a tradition we are honored to continue for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who come each year,” the first lady als..

United Airlines has brought back a fan-favorite snack, tempting flyers who have a sweet tooth.
Stroopwafels, a Dutch treat, is now available on select flights.
A United spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the snack is “part of the airline’s complimentary Economy food and beverage service on flights over 300 miles.”
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It is unclear as to why the airline stopped offering the round waffle cookie.
Posted last year in the “r/unitedairlines” Reddit forum, one flyer asked, “Where did the stroopwafel go???”
The user wrote, “Subject says it all. The first few months of the year, stroopwafel. The last few flights I’ve been on, some weird chocolate quinoa thing. What gives?”
“Demand their return,” commented one user at the time.
“I’m going to get a case and pass them out on my next flight,” another user wrote.
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“Those stroopwafels are gross,..

An airline passenger was apparently willing to pay the price in order to secure their desired seat.
A Reddit user, who said they were flying Delta, wrote in a post that a seatmate offered to pay them $100 to move from the aisle seat to the window seat.
While boarding the plane from Boston to Atlanta, the passenger headed toward their seat on the flight but first ran into the seatmate.
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“As I approached my seat an elderly lady was having a hard time getting her bag in the overhead so I offered to help. She ended up being in 1D and I was 1C,” the passenger wrote on the sub-Reddit thread “r/delta.”
“She immediately said she’d pay me $100 to swap seats because she feels claustrophobic in the window seats in this particular seat configuration. Even though I prefer an aisle I told her that I’d gladly switch for free as long as she wouldn’t complain about letting me out if need be.”
The passenger i..

As tourists continue to flock to Venice, Italy, officials are doubling its “access fee” in an attempt to continue curbing overtourism for day-trippers.
Venice introduced a pilot program in 2024 to charge day-trippers a $5.17 (5 euros) entry fee that authorities hope will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days, Fox News Digital reported.
Simone Venturini, the city’s tourism councilor, recently spoke at the BIT tourism fair in Milan, sharing the program was successful, online news platform Metro reported.
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“The aim remains the same: create a new system to manage tourist flow and disincentivize day tripper tourism in several periods, in line with the delicate and unique nature of the city, to guarantee the respect that it merits,” said Venturini.
Starting April 18, visitors will officially pay the access fee of $5.17 if booked four days ahead, while arrivals booked last minute, within thre..

Archaeologists in Sicily, Italy, have discovered a mask mold believed to depict Medusa.
The mask mold was found at Valley of the Temples Archaeological Park (VTAP), the park announced.
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER CENTURIES-OLD TOILETS, ARTIFACTS BENEATH FUTURE HIGHWAY
“The discovery occurred in the excavation of house 18, a building from the late Republican age which, in its last phase of use, around the beginning of the 1st century BC,” said VTAP’s press release.
Archaeologists believe the house was “probably transformed into an artisan workshop dedicated to the production of masks.”
The mold shows a stern-faced female with tresses of curly hair.
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Greek myth Medusa has a “fierce and grotesque or feminine and composed” face with “hair made of snakes,” according to The Met’s website.
“The most common interpretation of Medusa suggests she is an apotropaic symbol used to protect from and ward off the negative, much like the modern ..

The lost works of an ancient Greek mathematician, Apollonius, have been discovered by scientists.
Apollonius of Perga was known as “The Great Geometer,” according to a Liberty University publication.
“When Apollonius introduced conic sections, he demonstrated that it was not necessary for the plane intersecting the cone to be perpendicular to it. He went further to show that it could be an oblique or scalene cone,” said the publication.
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH 2,000-YEAR-OLD MASK MOLD BELIEVED TO DEPICT MEDUSA
Apollonius penned eight books in the “The Conics” series, with two books including an 11th-century Arabic manuscript, Turkish online news outlet Türkiye Today reported.
The books were written around 200 BC, according to Phys.org, a site that reports science, technology and medical news.
The books were acquired by Jacob Golius, who was a Dutch mathematician, during his travels to the Middle East in the 17th century, according to Turkiye Today.
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An air traveler said they landed in an uncomfortable position aboard a flight after being “bullied” by other passengers due to a seat squatter situation.
A Reddit user created a thread on the forum r/unitedairlines detailing an apparent encounter with a seat squatter who attracted the attention of fellow passengers, but it was very clear whose side they were on.
“I walked over to my window seat to see a woman in my seat. I calmly explain she’s in my seat and she seems annoyed,” the Reddit user wrote.
FLIGHT PASSENGER ‘FRAMED’ AS A SEAT SQUATTER, TRIGGERING REACTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
“The other passengers around her suggest I sit in her seat and I say ‘no I want my seat.'”
The user said other passengers in the aisle are became “agitated,” so the user moved into another row to allow the other passengers to board and find their seats.
The woman who was “squatting” tried calling her daughter since she was the one who booked the seat, the user added.
“The two people in her row loudly ask why..

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