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In a viral TikTok video, a mom shared a public service announcement about the potential danger of seeing a water bottle behind the back tire of a car. In the clip, Bri (@real_mom_life_with_bri) is filming from inside her car after noticing a startling trend.(snip) The TikToker explains that she saw upright water bottles strategically placed behind the back wheel of at least six cars, (snip) “That just seems too much of a coincidence to me,” Bri says. (snip) According to one of Jerry’s licensed insurance agents, this is a scheme done by carjackers. The idea is that oftentimes people will...

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PEORIA — Peoria road rage now boasts a new threat: Vehicle-to-vehicle missiles. Granted, it's happened just once. And the attack didn't involve any military-grade ordnance. It was just a water bottle. Yet, that's a scary prospect, if The Mad Bottle Bomber still lurks out there. A hard-throwing motorist thunked it off another driver's head, leaving him dazed and car nearly out of control - on Interstate 74, no less. That could've made for a nasty wreck. "It all happened so fast," the 30-year-old victim says, his voice still what-the-heck-happened wondrous. "It was just shocking." For Peoria, yes. For elsewhere, no....

Scientists at Frankfurt University have shown that mineral water in plastic bottles is contaminated with chemicals which act like female hormones in the body. A research project in conjunction with the German Environment Ministry showed that some were as contaminated as water from sewage works for the oestrogen-like substances. Martin Wagner, who worked on the study, said in a statement, “When we started the work we did not expect to find such a massive oestrogen contamination in a foodstuff which is so strictly controlled.” The scientists examined 20 different brands of mineral waters, 12 of which displayed heightened hormone content.