Airplane Sized Bird Spotted, Clawed Alien Abduction, Woman Has Total Recall

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5. A Taliban commander wanted for organizing attacks on Afghan and US troops was captured after giving himself up—and demanding the $100 reward for his arrest.

4. You may want to check the expiration date the next time you’re out shopping for groceries. One Colorado family failed to do just that and ended up eating cereal from 1997.

3. Marilu Henner had a more unusual claim to fame, one that put her in an elite minority: She’s one of a handful of people confirmed to have “highly superior autobiographical memory,” the unique ability to be able to recall what happened on any day of her life. Henner knows the month, day, and year of every event that happened in her lifetime, from major news events to minor, personal incidents.

2. A man described the aliens he saw as “short” with “claw-like arms.” They allegedly abducted a man and his truck on Interstate 10. The alleged suspects’ vehicle was described as an unidentified spaceship.

1. Two teachers saw a pair of what looked to be giant birds, with bony structures and wingspans stretching 15 to 20 feet. To one teacher, the creature was reminiscent of a pteranodon, an extinct type of flying reptile that lived 160 million years ago.