Maintaining a car in excellent running condition can be costly. Of course, aside from spending money to fill up the gas tank, we’d have to change oil and check the brakes regularly. It’s also natural for tire treads to wear and become shallower over time, so we need to replace the tires when necessary.

Tire treads enable a vehicle to get a good grip on the road. They cut through precipitation and allow the tire to maintain contact with the surface; hence, it is unsafe to drive cars with worn out treads, particularly on snow-packed or wet roads.

Brand new tires can be quite pricey, but still, as tempting as it is to settle for things with low quality to save money, always bear in mind that we must never compromise our safety. ...

Is this the new modus operandi of kidnappers? A young woman wearing a stolen nurse uniform recently attempted to kidnap a baby from a hospital’s maternity ward. Fortunately, the grandmother was able to thwart the attack.

The incident took place at a hospital in Suining City in Sichuan Province, China.

The kidnapper, who several news sources have called “Su,” managed to get the baby from the maternity ward and wheeled him in his bassinet. She was already headed for the exit but she came across the baby’s grandmother who got a bit suspicious about the “nurse.” ...

Appealing to people's sense of adventure and willingness to look utterly bamboozled, Jelly Belly has come out with its Bean Boozled line. Inside a box of Jelly Belly Bean Boozled, there are several pairs of jelly beans that look alike. However they taste completely different — one tastes great and one tastes terrible.

For instance, two black jelly beans could could come in licorice and skunk spray flavors. It's up to you if you want to take a chance and bite into the jelly beans to see which is which.

Here are both the great and truly awful flavors you're bound to taste.

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