Elvis Was Destined to Die young, dna test reveals
Dead Famous DNA gives a new insight into Elvis Presley’s death extracting DNA to analyse his genome — the genetic blueprint of life. DNA from Elvis’ hair suggests he suffered from a genetic heart muscle disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He appeared to suffer symptoms of the condition in his final years, including an irregular heartbeat, fatigue, fainting and high blood pressure. The new findings suggest that regardless of his diet, the iconic singer was always destined to die young.
The results were obtained after buying Elvis’ hair from a friend of his barbers for $2000. Presenter Mark Evans said: “Elvis and his doctor have both been blamed over the years for his premature death. It was thought his overeating or overdosing on drugs had killed him. Whilst those addictions would have helped, this new evidence suggests Elvis may have had a flaw in his DNA and his early death was his genetic destiny.”
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Teacher threatens class with Game of thrones spoilers
Any teacher knows that getting children to behave in class is often a challenge, but one math teacher in Belgium had a unique method for keeping his students in line. The school teacher asked the students who watched Game of Thrones, and a majority raised their hands. When the students continued to misbehave, he wrote the names of the characters who died in the third season on the board, “for those who (had not seen it).” After that, the students were much attentive to their lessons.
“Well, I’ve read all the books,” the teacher told Belgian newspaper Nieuwsblad. “If there is too much noise, I will write the name of the dead on the board. They are enough to fill the whole year, and I can even describe how they die.” (Huffington Post)
BURGER KING BABY REUNITED WITH MOTHER AFTER 27 YEARS
A woman who, as a newborn, was abandoned in the bathroom of a Pennsylvania fast-food restaurant said she has found her birth mother just three weeks after launching a search that garnered worldwide attention, and her mother prepared to look for her.
Katheryn Deprill, 27, who is now known as the Burger King Baby, said she felt “pure joy” when she met her biological mother for the first time at an attorney’s office. And, after she learned the sad details of her conception and abandonment, she said she understood why her mom did what she did.
Deprill began her quest on March 2 by posting on her Facebook page a photo in which she held up a sign that said, “looking for my birth mother. ... She abandoned me in the Burger King bathroom only hours old, Allentown PA. Please help me find her by sharing my post.”
The photo was shared more than 30,000 times by Facebook users around the world, and Deprill’s story landed in numerous media outlets. That caught the attention of the woman who abandoned her, and she came forward to attorney John Waldron, who arranged for them to meet. (AP)
Cocaine-Filled Condoms en route to the vatican
Officers at leipzig airport found 340 grams (12 ounces) of cocaine packed into 14 condoms inside a shipment of cushions coming from South America, the weekly Bild am Sonntag reported citing German customs. It said the package was simply addressed to the Vatican postal office, meaning any of the Catholic mini-state’s 800 residents could have picked it up.
The paper reported that a subsequent sting operation arranged with Vatican police failed to nab the intended recipient. No one claimed the package, indicating that he or she was tipped off about the plan. The drugs would have a street value of several tens of thousands of euros.
A spokesman for the German Finance Ministry, which oversees the customs office, confirmed the report. Prosecutors in leipzig planned to issue a statement Monday providing further details, Martin Chaudhuri told the Associated Press. (Huffington Post)
Kenya’s top judge recommends witch doctors
A frustrated chief justice told Kenyans on Tuesday that even witchdoctors could help them resolve their disputes. Willy Mutunga, a respected lawyer, was appointed in 2011 to reform a judiciary widely seen to be in the pay of the political elite and to cut red tape, at a time when many Kenyans had lost confidence in the courts.
Opening a new court building in Kiambu county near Nairobi, Mutunga said he was concerned that the growing demand for court services was adding to a backlog of thousands of lawsuits. He said people should stop saying “I’ll see you in court”, when they could first seek help from churches, mosques or neighbours. “Even in Kutui, where I come from, I have told people they can go to the witchdoctors to solve issues,” he said. The remarks prompted a flurry of messages to television stations and tweets and even if meant light-heartedly, are likely to raise eyebrows in a conservative and religious nation. (Reuters)