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British Spy Agency Tried to Stop a Massive Harry Potter Leak

"We don't comment on our defense against the dark arts," an agency spokesperson said.

World's Wild Tiger Count Rises For First Time in Over a Century

Wildlife groups counted 3,890 of the big cats across the planet.

Shipwrecked Mariners Saved On Deserted Island After Writing 'Help' on Beach

A short trip turned into a three-day calamity.

Watch This Video of a Dog Flying a Plane

It actually, finally happened.

Australian Uses Phone to Download Nearly a Terabyte of Free Data in One Day

Including 24 seasons of the Simpsons, 14 seasons of Mythbusters, and the entire Wikipedia database.

You Can Call This Number If You Want to Talk to a Random Swede

Ask them anything.

Every Friday in Venezuela is Now a Non-Working Holiday

For the next two months the nation will be conserving energy with three-day weekends.

The Incredible, Rapid Rise of Iceland's Pirate Party

The party can thank the Panama Papers leak for recent triumphs.

Tigers Have Gone Extinct in Cambodia

The country is working on a plan to reintroduce them.

Worldwide Fake Food Crackdown Seizes Monkey Meat, Locusts, Painted Olives

There were also Kalashnikovs, chicken intestines, and sardines.

French Farmers Hijack Trucks, Dump Out Spanish Wine in Angry Protest

Many gallons of red wine were set free.

You Can Buy an Entire Village in England for $28 Million

West Heslerton in the county of Yorkshire is on the market.

Did Hackers Just Leak a Complete Database of Turkey's Citizens?

The 6.6 gigabyte file is said to contain nearly 50 million names and identifying numbers.

The World's Largest Gorillas Are Being Massacred Because of War

Up to 93 percent of Grauer's gorillas have disappeared in two decades.

Where the Missing Millions Went After Britain's Biggest Gold Heist

Newly leaked documents reveal a complex money-laundering scheme.

Palau Could Run Out of Water by the End of the Month

El Niño is partly to blame.

Controversial China-Backed Nicaraguan Canal Project May be Doomed

It would have been the largest amount of earth moved in human history.

Poland To Take Down 500 Soviet-Era Monuments

The country has steadily been eliminating remnants of its Cold War past.

Japan Activates Massive Ice Wall to Halt Radioactive Leaks

It's been over five years since the Fukushima meltdown.

29-Year-Old American Becomes Japan's First Paid Foreign Full-Time Ninja

Meet Chris O'Neill. He has skills.

Did a Self-Identified Spy Hunter Leak an NSA Secret on LinkedIn?

The American government built underwater drones in the 1990s to tap into fiber-optics cables, he claims.

2,500-Year-Old Rock Could Be Key To Understanding Ancient Religious Cult

Not much is known about the Etruscan civilization or its unique language.

Did Egypt Really Discover Hidden Chambers In King Tut's Tomb?

Experts are doubting the country's claim.

Brothers Arrested in Attempted Smuggling of 61 Monkeys From Tanzania

One of them owned an "exotic park."