9-Month-Old Witnesses Two Perfect Games This Season

Baseball fans all over the league would love Bode Dockal to come to their favorite team’s next game. He’s fairly new to the sport, having been to only two major league games, but the 9-month old might be baseball’s luckiest charm.

The only two games he’s ever been to were both perfect — he was in attendance at Philip Humber’s perfect game at Safeco Park on April 21. His next game was Felix Hernandez’s perfecto last week.

There have only been 23 perfect games in the nearly one and a half centuries of baseball history, and while there have been three this year, it’s still one of the rarest feats in baseball.

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2,600 Year Old Pickled Brain Found

A human skull dated to about 2,684 years ago with an “exceptionally preserved” human brain still inside of it was recently discovered in a waterlogged U.K. pit, according to a new Journal of Archaeological Sciencestudy.

The brain is the oldest known intact human brain from Europe and Asia, according to the authors, who also believe it’s one of the best-preserved ancient brains in the world.

“The early Iron Age skull belonged to a man, probably in his thirties,” lead author Sonia O’Connor told Discovery News. “Cause of death is rarely possible to determine in archaeological remains, but in this case, damage to the neck vertebrae is consistent with a hanging.”

Laser imaging, chemical analysis and other examinations revealed that the brain naturally preserved over the millennia. The scientists found no evidence for bacterial or fungal activity, and described the tissue as being “odorless…with a resilient, tofu-like texture.”

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University of Colorado to segregate dorms for students with concealed carry permits

The University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are amending their student housing contracts, segregating students who possess a valid concealed-weapons carry permit.

The university said Thursday that both campuses will establish a residential area for students over the age of 21 with permits. In all other dormitories, guns will be banned, the new policy states.

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