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An impatient driver in Miami Beach cut in line at a gas station and crashed into a pump causing an inferno, destroying her Jeep and the gas pump. Thankfully, there were no reported injuries, reports CBSMiami:

Apparently, when she sped up, she lost control and slammed into the gas pump which caused a huge explosion and fire.

… (Surveillance) video shows the gold-colored Jeep SUV swerving in front of the Hummer and slamming into the gas pump as it burst into flames.

Then two women can be seen running out of the SUV as other vehicles in the gas station also back away from the flames.

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Some scuba divers are lucky after their encounter with a pod of tiger sharks, in fact one of them comes ever so close to losing a foot in an exploration in apparently the Bahamas, according to GrindTV.com.

These divers attracted these sharks with a box of chum. They asked for it:

Pay attention to the 40-second mark of the accompanying video, which shows the shark swimming between the diver’s legs and attempting to bite his lower leg. Had the shark actually taken a bite, the consequences would have been disastrous.

The uploader did not specify a location and could not be reached for verification, but the Bahamas are famous for dive trips that entail swimming without protection as large sharks circle a sunken box full of chum.

Some operators contend that these types of expeditions, though controversial, help dispel perceptions that sharks are savage killers. But critics counter that operators who allow divers to swim freely with baited top-level predators — tiger sharks can measure to about 15 feet and weigh nearly 1,500 pounds — are irresponsible.

At the Shark Diver blog, they make it very clear how they feel about this:

Yes that is a Tiger on predation, and yes those divers do not have a clue, and yes that was as close as it looked. We have said this before, and we’ll say it again for the operators in the Bahamas who are media deaf:

“Someone is going to get killed, again, unless you twits come up with a better site plan, better shark protocol, and better shark management.”

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In an effort to raise awareness about rape, a British government ad campaign simply asks viewers, “if you could see yourself, would you see rape?”

The controversial new ad campaign is designed to change the way teens view rape, The Huffington Post reports.

The public service announcement uses shock value to convey the fact that rape doesn’t always take the form of a violent attack from a hooded criminal — it can happen within committed relationships.

The perception-altering ad is aimed at teens who might never associate rape with themselves or their group of friends. The 60-second video depicts a nice-looking teenage boy watching himself from behind a glass wall as things are getting heated with his girlfriend. Initially they’re kissing and nothing seems to be wrong, but he becomes forceful and the girl resists his advances — at this point, the boy begins screaming at himself to stop and pounding on the glass.