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WIZARD of Oz fans may want to look away as creepy old images show the inside of an Oz theme park – kitted out with terrifying rotting characters and a sickly yellow brick road.Somewhere over in North Carolina, way up high – specifically 5,500ft above the town of Banner Elk – is the Land of Oz resort which was once a grim sight for fans of the iconic film.12The Tin Man has seen better days as he’s now seen covered in rustCredit: The_Wizard_of_Oz_Wiki12The yellow bricks haven’t changed colour too drastically considering being years oldCredit: Alamy12Fans can still visit the site…

WHAT do a tiny spider and a jellyfish with 10-foot-long tentacles have in common? Both produce toxins that could kill within minutes.The poison contained in some animal bites can eat away at your skin, freeze your muscles, or cause your heart to stop beating entirely.4The redback spider is one of the deadliest arachnids in Australia due to the nerve-destroying neurotoxins in its venomCredit: GettyNeurotoxins are among the most widely studied classes of toxins. They eat away at nerve tissue, hindering functions like the ability to think, move, or breathe.These toxins naturally occur in the human body, with the neurotransmitters nitric…

A WOMAN in her twenties was forced to get dentures after all of her teeth rotted away and fell out.Courtney Luna had to fork out a whopping £47,000 on a new smile at just 29 years old.5Luna before her procedures to get denturesCredit: Jam Press Vid5Luna pictured wearing her new denturesCredit: Jam Press5The 29-year-old at the dentist during the long procedure to get her teeth fixedCredit: Jam PressNow the young woman, from Kansas City, Missouri, US, is finally able to smile confidently again.Production worker Luna has suffered with poor teeth as long as she can remember.Her baby teeth all decayed…

JAY Slater’s desperate family are considering again asking British police to help find the teen after Tenerife cops called off the search.The 19-year-old’s loved ones were left “blindsided” when detectives on the island axed the hunt less than two weeks after Jay vanished.9Jay Slater, 19, has been missing for two weeksCredit: MEN Media9Jay’s dad Warren and brother Zak with emergency workersCredit: Doug Seeburg9Jay pictured with mum Debbie and brother ZakCredit: Tim Stewart9Jay, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared on June 17 while on holiday with two friends.While the on the ground search was stopped on Sunday, police on the island have insisted the…

CHINA has created a robot with a bizarre lab-grown human brain.Dubbed an “organoid”- the wacky Frankenstein invention is the latest attempt at creating a hybrid machine that can independently perform a number of useful tasks.4A mock-up of the brain-robot hybrid from ChinaCredit: Tianjin University4The wacky device hopes to be able to help a robot pick up objects and avoid obstaclesCredit: Tianjin UniversityThe device has been built using specialist technology that combines a tissue derived from human stem cells and a neutral interface chip.Once embedded, the chip will power the robot and teach it to grip objects as well as avoiding…

A TODDLER aged three died three months after doctors “missed opportunities” to pick up a rare condition and instead sent her home from A&E.Ryleigh Hillcoat-Bee was admitted to hospital after she became poorly on a family holiday to North Wales.3Doctors discovered that Ryleigh had elevated levels of potassium in her bloodCredit: Just Giving3Staff sent her home with a planned follow-up for six to eight weeks laterCredit: MEN Media3Ryleigh suffered a cardiac arrest and diedCredit: MEN MediaDoctors found that the little girl had levels of potassium in her blood and ‘extraordinarily high’ levels of Creatine Kinase in her blood. The symptoms…

THIS is the shocking moment a passenger was pulled from an overhead locker after turbulence injured 30 and forced emergency landing.The man’s legs could be seen hanging in the cabin as fellow travellers scrambled to pull him to safety after disastrous flight UX045 from Madrid, Spain to Montevideo, Uruguay.4A man’s legs could be see dangling in the cabinCredit: Twiitter4Passengers raced to help pull him down after the aircraft made an emergency landing in BrazilCredit: Twiitter4A toddler was also thrown from his seat and found above suitcases amid the chaosCredit: TwiitterA two-year-old tot was also pulled from suitcases above after being ejected from…

SCAMMERS are finding increasingly convincing ways to get their hands on your money – and falling for their schemes can cost you thousands.Gone are the days of relying on fraudulent emails to trick people into handing over their personal information. Malicious actors can reach you over the phone and trick you into picking up the call through a technique known as phone spoofing.2Scammers will use a fake phone number and caller ID to dupe victims into thinking that they’re speaking to a bank representative or tech support employeeCredit: GettyPhone spoofing occurs when a scammer alters the caller ID information displayed…

WITH the warmer weather comes a plague of health problems, including hay fever, insect bites and skin problems such as rashes.A heat rash causes small, raised spots that feel itchy and prickly, and there may also be some swelling.4Dr Zoe Williams shares advice with a reader who has had bad flatulence for the last few yearsCredit: Olivia WestOther skin problems can be worsened by summer weather too. Rosacea is triggered by the sun, causing red flushing, usually in the face, and sometimes small bumps.Eczema sufferers can experience a worsening of symptoms when sweat irritates the skin. Both conditions may be…

BRITISH combat medic Peter Fouche has been killed on the frontline in Ukraine.The brave volunteer, who has been remembered as a hero after saving countless injured Ukrainians, was killed in action.3Peter Fouche, a British combat medic, has been killed while volunteering in Ukraine3He co-founded the Project Konstantin charity, who announced his death on Sunday3The Project Konstantin charity shared a selection of pictures of Pete in a touching tributeCredit: @CrimeLdnFouche, from Fulham in West London, co-founded the Project Konstantin charity which announced his death on Sunday.They said: “On the shield: Peter “Hasta La Vista” Fouché. It is with the heaviest of…