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China’s Nanjing Daily reported in May that farmer Li Hongzhong, 42, has eaten a snake nearly every day for the past 20 years and feels miserable on the days he can’t eat one. Not surprisingly, he’s had difficulty meeting prospective marriage partners. Reporters witnessed Li eating a two-foot snake that was twisting violently as he swallowed it.
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In September in Bay Minette, Alabama, Raymond Giadrosich, 39, who was on trial for killing his wife and mother-in-law near the end of a stormy divorce proceeding, was convicted on just one count. Although Giadrosich shot his mother-in-law only ten seconds after he shot his wife, the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity for the first killing but sane and guilty for the second.
