Weird But True
King of the underworldAlligators in sewer myth is true: Workers find out in jaw-dropping video
The moment was captured in video footage that recalls the big-city myth that inspired the 1980 B-movie “Alligator,” and was further popularized by Drew Barrymore in Steven Spielberg’s 1982 sci-fi classic “E.T.”
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I'm a mom who breastfed my husband — now we want a fourth child so he can do it again
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