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News of the Weird—August 19, 2026.
Toxic Teammate
Toxic Teammate A teenager in Maumelle, Arkansas, played with a rather toxic teammate during a recent high school football practice. According to an Aug. 12 report from WBAL-TV 11, after playing for about an hour, the student brought his helmet to his coach, explaining that it felt “unusual.”
Upon examination, a venomous cottonmouth snake was found hiding behind the padding. They called animal control, who had to submerge the helmet in water to get the snake out. “I’ve removed a snake out of a car vent, in the engine, purses, backpacks—in a helmet?
Never,” said Chris Davis, director of Maumelle…
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