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Taco Bell customer suffers heart attack in drive-thru, saved by firefighters, restaurant staff

One man picked the right time to hit up the drive-thru.

A Taco Bell customer in Arizona reportedly suffered a heart attack while placing his order at the drive-thru. Luckily, the restaurant happens to be located across the street from the local fire department and help was on the scene almost immediately.

Michael Harris suffered a heart attack at a Taco Bell in Phoenix, 12 News reports. According to his wife, she knew something wasn’t right when he stopped responding to the restaurant worker taking his order. Two of the fast-food joint’s workers reportedly called for help immediately.

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Fortunately, Captain Frank Keller and firefighter Eric Gonzales were across the street when the call went out. The two men reportedly ran across the street and performed CPR until more help could arrive.

The United Phoenix Firefighters posted a statement about the incident on Facebook, writing, “Captain Keller heard the dispatch for a cardiac arrest and immediately ran across the street to render aid. He and Eric performed CPR on Mike for several minutes until the next closest engine company arrived.”

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The post explains that while the firefighters were able to “get pulses back on Mike,” the victim went into cardiac arrest three more times. Fortunately, he was taken to a nearby hospital where he was stabilized.

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The post continues, “We are elated to report that Mike made a full recovery. He was released from the hospital yesterday and was kind enough to stop by the fire station to pay Captain Keller a visit.”

Over 10,000 gallons of red wine floods winery after tank breaks, social media reacts: ‘Holy God, what a waste’

Red wine does not pair well with dirt and grass.

A video of a damaged tank spewing red wine onto the ground at a Spanish winery recently went viral on Twitter. According to reports, enough wine was spilled to spread to a nearby field.

The incident occurred at the Bodegas Vitivinos winery in Vallamalea in Central Spain, News.com.au reports. One of the winery’s tanks was reportedly damaged, causing more than 13,000 gallons of red wine to flood the area.

In the footage, a huge flood of red liquid can be seen spewing from one of the tanks, spreading out and covering a massive area on the ground underneath. Enough wine was spilled to reportedly flow out around nearby vehicles and into a nearby field.

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Local news outlets reported that the spill was caused by a break in the tank.

On Twitter, video of the spill went viral and has been viewed over 9 million times. Several commenters compared the footage to a scene in “The Shining” where a character has a vision of an elevator full of blood opening up in front of them.

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One user wrote, “A minute of silence for so many days and nights of happiness that will not be possible.” Several users also replied with gifs of famous actors and actresses crying.

Another user added, “Holy God, what a waste.”

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Others seemed to think that the incident was a good metaphor what this year has felt like for many people, with one user writing, “Unfortunate, what more surprises will 2020 have for us?”

Boredom prompts half of Americans to start holiday shopping early, study claims

It’s always such a relief to have Christmas shopping done before Halloween.

The holidays can be a stressful time of year, thanks in part to all the hectic holiday shopping. After all, it’s not uncommon for people to dread dealing with the crowds at stores or malls, as everyone tries to find the perfect gift before it sells out.

This year, however, might be a different story.

Out of 2,000 Americans surveyed, 47% responded that they were using (or planned to use) the extra downtime that the coronavirus pandemic had forced upon them to get a head start on holiday shopping.
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According to a new study, nearly half of Americans have already begun shopping online for the holidays, Southwest News Service (SWNS) reports. And the reason is simple: People are bored. With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting daily life, limiting travel and forcing folks to work from home, a significant chunk of the population is planning on being more productive as we head into the holiday season.

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The survey was conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Affirm. Out of 2,000 Americans surveyed, 47% responded that they were using (or planned to use) the extra downtime that the coronavirus pandemic has afforded by getting a head start on shopping.

While some people said they were waiting until October to begin, about 15% admitted they started Christmas shopping in August.

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Due heightened awareness about avoiding crowds and crowded areas, about half of the poll’s respondents said they plan on doing their holiday shopping entirely online this year.

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The study also revealed other ways that the pandemic had impacted the upcoming holiday season. According to the survey, 41% of respondents had previously planned on traveling over the holidays but had either canceled their plans or decided not to make them. On the other hand, a small percentage stated that not only did they plan on traveling this year, they planned on spending more on travel than they normally would.

Woman’s epic reaction to ‘spooky’ ghostlike figure in TikTok video goes viral: ‘What was that?’

This woman’s “fight-or-flight” response didn’t take long to kick in.

A TikTok user who goes by the name Anna Banana posted a video earlier this week that appeared to show someone — or something — moving a curtain in front of an open sliding glass door behind her.

The video begins with the woman sitting in front of the camera, holding up a lime-flavored White Claw.

She starts to say: “So for today’s drink,” but before she finishes her thought, she sees the curtain moving behind her.

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Her face immediately becomes serious and she can be seen putting the can of White Claw down as she turns to face the open door.

Without hesitating, the woman runs toward the door and jumps through the curtain with a punch, landing outside the door. She can be seen looking around before she steps back inside and locks the door.

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Since it was posted on Monday, the video — which was captioned “Ummmmm ok… #spooky but what was that ?” — has gone viral.

It has been viewed more than 7.1 million times and has more than 991,600 likes and 21,900 comments.

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Many commenters praised the woman’s fast reaction to “fight off” the “ghost.”

“If you ever see her in the forest fighting a grizzly bear… help the bear,” one person wrote.

Another said: “Did she just try to beat up a ghost??? Can we be friends???”

“OK, but can you be my body guard because your FIGHT OR FLIGHT IS ON POINT,” someone else wrote. “SHE AIN’T SCARED OF NO GHOST.”

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However, other commenters noted that they actually saw a person move out of the way before she came through the door. “There’s no ghost,” someone commented. “You can see a shadow of a person crawling away before she jumps kicks [sic].”

Another person said: “I saw the person crawl out of sight to the right and then she looks down at then [sic] before closing the door.”

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In fact, Anna Banana posted a follow up video two days later showing “the POV of the ghosty.”

The video is filmed from outside, looking into the room where Anna was originally sitting down.

The second video has been viewed more than 1.3 million times since it was posted.

“I’m so glad I saw this,” one person commented on the second video.

Someone else wrote: “Haha I love the perspective change.”

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Once-abandoned cat with different colored eyes, extra toes becomes Instagram famous

This cat may not be actual royalty, but she is an Internet star.

Sansa the Polydactyl Cat — named after the Game of Thrones character Sansa Stark — was adopted by her current owner in 2016 after being abandoned by her previous owner.

Since then, the stunning white kitty with one blue eye and one green eye, based in New York City, has become an Instagram sensation with more than 23,500 followers.

Aside from having different colored eyes — a condition called heterochromia — Sansa was also born with a seizure disorder called feline hyperesthesia and a congenital physical anomaly called polydactyl that makes her have more toes on her paws.

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When her current owners found her in a New York City Petco, Sansa was “dealing with anxiety and heartbreak” from being abandoned, according to the cat’s first Instagram post.

Sansa’s owner, Karen, said it took Sansa a few months to adjust to her new home, but she eventually came around.

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“She was extremely fearful and timid at the start—whenever one of us opened the front door, she would bolt and flee into the closet or behind the TV console,” Karen recently told Bored Panda. “She started to trust us after a few months and slowly started chilling closer and closer to us.”

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In a 2017 interview, Karen said Sansa has become the “most loving cat” she’s ever met.

“She has really come out of her shell and become an extremely loving and social cat,” Karen told blogger Gwen Cooper. “She sits on our lap on the couch every day and sleeps on the bed with us every night. She seems to know whenever Jack or I aren’t feeling well and will stay right by our sides.”

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Sansa still has some anxiety, Karen told Bored Panda, but she’s gotten much better since they adopted her.

“She is still jumpy and gets scared by thunderstorms, unexpected loud sounds, dogs barking outside, etc,” Karen said. “She will creep away and hide in a dark corner.”

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“Whenever we need to take her to the vet, she completely shuts down in her carrier and we can feel her body shivering,” Karen added. “She has come so far though!”

According to the website, Sansa is turning about 6 this December. Karen said Dec. 1 is the cat’s guesstimated birthday since they don’t have her records.

A white cat with extra toes and different colored eyes (not pictured) has become an Instagram star. (iStock)

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Cheesecake Factory shares Lemon-Ricotta Pancake recipe for National Pancake Day

The Cheesecake Factory, a restaurant chain that specializes in cheesecake, serves 37 different types of cheesecake, and proudly advertises “cheesecake” right in its name, is for some reason super stoked about National Pancake Day on Sept. 26.

That being said, pancakes are still included within Cheesecake Factory’s million-page menu booklet, right alongside other brunch favorites such as waffles and Monte Cristo sandwiches. And because Cheesecake Factory is so proud of these pancakes, which, again, are not cheesecakes, the restaurant has decided to share the recipe for its Lemon-Ricotta Pancakes in honor of National Pancake Day.

“These pancakes are the perfect dish to make at home to celebrate — and they’re so delicious that any day you whip them up will feel like a holiday,” said a spokesperson for the chain.

The intention, however, is to whip up these pancakes on National Pancake Day, which is celebrated on Sept. 26 when it’s not already being celebrated in early March, which is when IHOP recognizes National Pancake Day.

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Honestly, this whole thing is a confusing mess. But you know what? Who cares. Let’s not ruin what should be an otherwise delicious (maybe) National Pancake Day!

Cheesecake Factory wants you to eat pancakes on National Pancake Day, whether you buy them from the restaurant or not.
(Cheesecake Factory)

Cheesecake Factory’s Lemon-Ricotta Pancakes

Servings: 8 Pancakes

Ingredients:

1¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1½ cups buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cups fresh ricotta cheese
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons lemon zest (minced)
2½ teaspoons vegetable oil

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Directions:

Place the flour, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl. Stir all of the ingredients together until evenly combined. Set aside.
Pour the buttermilk into another mixing bowl. Add the eggs, vanilla and oil into the bowl.
Add the ricotta cheese, sugar and lemon zest into the bowl with the buttermilk. Using a wire whisk, gently stir the ingredients together until evenly combined.
Add the flour mix into the bowl with the buttermilk and ricotta cheese. Continue to fold the ingredients together until evenly combined with a few small lumps remaining in the batter. Do not over-mix the batter.
Heat 1/4 teaspoon of vegetable oil on a griddle or in a large non-stick pan. Using a 4-ounce ladle, pour the batter onto the griddle or into the non-stick pan, forming one pancake that is 6 inches in diameter.
Cook the pancakes for approximately 2½ minutes or until the edges begin to dry and puff up with little air bubbles will start appearing over the top surface of the pancakes.
Flip each pancake over and continue to cook for another 1½ minutes or until done.

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This recipe was reprinted with permission from Cheesecake Factory.

Kitten resembling Baby Yoda rescued from California wildfires

This kitty has quite the doppelganger.

A small kitten that was rescued from the California wildfires over the weekend has been dubbed “Baby Yoda” for her resemblance to the character on the Disney+ show, “The Mandalorian.”

On Wednesday, the North Valley Animal Disaster Group posted a picture of the kitten right after she had been washed, showing her ears sticking out to the sides — just like “The Child,” otherwise known as Baby Yoda.

The kitten is believed to be between 2 and 3 weeks old, and was found by firefighters in the middle of the road, “covered in smoke and ash,” according to the Facebook post.

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The firefighters then rushed the kitten to the Cal Oak Animal Shelter in Murrieta, California.

The kitten was examined by the vet and bathed before she fell asleep, according to the North Valley Animal Disaster Group. She is now being fostered and getting the help she needs.

A kitten that looked like baby Yoda after its bath was rescued from the California wildfires over the weekend. (Disney+)

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“Over this past weekend, Firefighters [sic] rushed this tiny 2 or 3 week old kitten to the Cal Oak Animal Shelter,” the Facebook post said. “They found her in the middle of the road on their route, thank goodness!

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Walgreens cashier pays for customer’s items with her last $20

A little bit of kindness can go a long way.

Rita Burns, a 58-year-old Walgreens cashier in Houston, Texas, helped one of her customers pay for some light bulbs using the last $20 she had in her bank account. Now that customer is paying it back.

Earlier this month, real estate agent Rina Liou was about to show a house in Houston when she realized that some of the light bulbs had gone out.

She ran to Walgreens to pick up a few replacements before anyone arrived at the house, but when she got to the checkout line, she realized she didn’t have her wallet with her — and though Walgreens accepts Apple Pay, she realized that she had her husband’s phone, not her own.

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“I could just feel the minutes ticking by as I embarrassingly stood at the cash register trying to operate Apple Pay for the first time,” Liou wrote in a Facebook post on Sept. 7. “For the life of me, I could not figure it out!”

Her cashier, Burns, said she wanted to help, but wasn’t sure if she could, because she only had $20 left in her bank account after having recently paid her bills.

However, she soon realized the items were half off, which meant she could cover the cost of the $12.41 light bulbs.

“She really needed it so I just looked up at God and said, I guess I’m going to do it,” Burns told local television station KHOU 11.

Liou “thanked her profusely” and promised to return with money to pay her back, she wrote on Facebook.

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“She saved me,” Liou told KHOU 11. “I couldn’t believe that a stranger would do that for another stranger. Like, she didn’t know me. I didn’t have to come back.”

But she did come back.

In fact, she paid her the cost of the light bulbs back “with an additional token of appreciation,” Liou wrote on Facebook.

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She shared the story on a neighborhood social networking service called Nextdoor and other stories of Burns’s kindness poured in, according to KHOU 11.

Within a few days, all the comments inspired someone to start a GoFundMe for Burns called “Gratitude for Ms. Rita.”

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“Let’s step up to make sure Ms. Rita has more than $20 in her account,” the GoFundMe says in the description. “She has given us so much kindness, and we would love to show her how much she means to us.”

Rita Burns, a Walgreens cashier, helped a customer by using her last $20 to cover the customer’s items. (iStock)

As of Friday evening, the page had received $14,425 out of the $15,000 goal.

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“I was so touched by her actions,” Liou wrote in her original Facebook post. “She had no way of even knowing how important $11 worth of light bulbs were to me, but she did not hesitate to help me.”

“I feel so happy to know that despite the pandemic, political tensions, and everything else we are going through, that humanity can still shine through,” she added.

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Trainer gets cat to mimic human movements in what researchers are calling a first

Your coy cat may be paying closer attention than it lets on.

A new study published in the journal Animal Cognition found that a cat was able to copy a human’s actions after being trained to do so. While other researchers have studied the ability of animals like dogs, orangutans and rats to mimic human behavior, the authors of the paper claimed this was the first time someone has observed the ability in cats.

Most of the existing data on cats’ social learning skills focuses on food, according to the paper. But cats are one of the few species with lots of potential for social learning from humans since they’re kept as pets.

Fumi Higaki works with her cat, Ebisu. (Animal Cognition)

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Claudia Fugazza, the lead author and a professor at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, found a dog trainer in Japan, Fumi Higaki, who had used the “do I as do” method with dogs.

Under that method, the trainer tells an animal, “Do as I do,” then demonstrates an action and says, “Do it.”

Higaki was able to train her 11-year-old cat, Ebisu, to cop actions like spinning, standing on hind legs and opening a small drawer.

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With the researchers recording, Higaki also got the cat to lay her face on a box, or touch an object with the paw on the same side as the hand Higaki used, meaning the cat could “map” the woman’s body parts to her own.

The findings reportedly suggest that animals may have evolved such behaviors earlier than had been known, according to the paper.

Kristyn Vitale, a cat cognition researcher and animal behaviorist at Unity College, told Science magazine that the study boosts the idea that cats are “watching us and learning from us.”

“It’s really exciting,” Vitale told the magazine.

Ginger cat sitting on floor in living room and looking at camera after cleaning itself. Funny pet pose

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Not everyone was as impressed. Claudio Tennie, an ethologist at the University of Tubingen, told Science that it’s impossible to know whether cats can innately imitate humans or whether the training for this cat gave it the skill.

“We can train bears to ride motorcycles. That doesn’t mean bears ride motorcycles,” Tennie told the magazine.

The researchers are planning more studies on cats’ cognition.

Colorado police stop 10 speeding Porsche drivers

Colorado State Police pulled over 10 motorists — all driving Porsches — who were each allegedly doing at least 40 miles per hour over the speed limit.

“Pro tip — if you and your 9 buddies get caught at 80+ in a 40 zone, all of you get tickets,” wrote Colorado State Patrol Troop 1E on Twitter. “And because it takes a LONG time to write 10 tickets, your dinner plans get messed up. Better, we think, than injuring or killing someone because of your selfish behavior. Please slow down.”

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Included with the Twitter post was a photo of the 10 Porsches, all parked along the side a road in Gilpin County, in front of a state police cruiser.

In response to one Twitter user who claimed the photo was “staged,” police shared a photo of the 10 tickets on Twitter.

“Proof’s in the pudding,” reads the caption. “Note the numbering [of the tickets] in the upper left corner. No staging here!”

Colorado State Police’s Public Information Department did not comment on the specific citations, but a spokesperson confirmed that anyone clocked going 40 miles over the speed limit would be issued a mandatory summons into court. The total fines, at that point, would be set by a judge.

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Motorists who significantly exceed the speed limit may also be charged with reckless driving “if warranted,” the trooper added.

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