When you're a raccoon, eating is always a higher priority than freedom. Dmitry has taught this raccoon that he doesn't need to worry about being trapped in the dumpster.
I remember that day well. I was working my way through college. Because of my age (and that fact that I was a rock fan) I had been pretty oblivious to Elvis' comeback years. People were seriously crying like a family member had died, and I just didn't get it.
Here's a direct link to the Smithsonian article cited in the story. 14 Fun Facts About Hagfish. It begins, "Hagfish are widely considered the most disgusting animals in the ocean, if not on earth."
A lot of readers in Finland and Alaska objected to #6, since they've seen a 2AM sunrise. The train raised all kinds of questions, smoke, no locomotive, one train has a working engines on both ends, and the engineless train doesn't have a track.
After all, I had just seen Star Wars.