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  • newWinning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball lottery sold in Florida
    (Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a record Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history.
    - 6 hours ago, 19 May 13, 5:06pm -
  • newGermans blame euro zone crisis for Eurovision debacle
    BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting.
    - 8 hours ago, 19 May 13, 2:57pm -
  • Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million
    AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Powerball jackpot Saturday night could exceed the $600 million figure being advertised, possibly rivaling the largest lottery payoff in U.S. history, a Texas Lottery official said on Saturday.
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 10:37pm -
  • EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil
    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil.
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 3:20pm -
  • Canadian astronaut wrestles with gravity after spaceflight
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Back on Earth, Canadian astronaut and cyberspace tweeter Chris Hadfield is getting a rough re-introduction to gravity after a five-month stint aboard the International Space Station, the former commander told repor…
    - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 6:33pm -

Newslite.tv

  • Sloth drops from tree … into speed boat (VIDEO)
     Sloths are meant to like life in the slow lane, but it appears that this little guy didn't get the memo. After falling from a tree he ended up in a speed boat, and appeared to enjoy the ride.
    - 92 days ago, 16 Feb 13, 10:42pm -
  • BBC weather forecast interrupted by mouse in studio
    BBC weather forecaster Kate Kinsella halted a live broadcast on Three Counties radio … after spotting a mouse in the studio.
    - 2 Jan 13, 7:49pm -
  • Stephen Hawking stars in new Go Compare advert
    What else do theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and Louie Spence have in common?  
    - 2 Jan 13, 7:37pm -
  • Meet the 7ft long edible gummy snake!
    Forget those little gummy worms you used to get in a pick-and-mix. This is the gummy python, a seven foot long 36,000 calorie monster which is more sweet than you would ever want to eat.The candy snake is surprisingly detailed and includes intricate…
    - 12 Nov 12, 8:43pm -
  • iPad bought at petrol station was actually a mirror
    When a man pulled up at a petrol station in Texas and offered Jalonta Freeman a new $800 iPad for just $200, she should have know it was too good to be true.Instead she thought it was too good to pass up and handed over the cash … it was only later…
    - 12 Nov 12, 8:42pm -

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Xenophilius

  • newLearn the Periodic Table of Elements song
    Whether you need to brush up on your chemistry, or just love it when someone sets the Periodic Table to music, AsapSCIENCE’s The NEW Periodic Table Song is for you. This rundown of the elements in numerical order is set to Jacques Offenbach’s Inf…
    - 18 hours ago, 19 May 13, 4:16am -
  • Mafia boss Peppe Pesce gives himself up
    This week the boss of one of southern Italy’s most powerful mafia dynasties sensationally handed himself in to police after three years on the run – and now faces 16 years in jail. The BBC was inside the police station when it happened. At 4:15pm…
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 8:14pm -
  • Russia reveals Moscow CIA station chief’s identity
    This handout photo from the Russian FSB shows a man named as Ryan Fogle, arrested on suspicion of spying Russia has named the alleged US intelligence chief in Moscow – a move seen as breaching diplomatic protocol. It follows Moscow’s decision to…
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 8:06pm -
  • Doctor perform lifesaving surgery on Roona
    Well-wishers around the world contribute towards £34,000 cost of life-saving surgery to save hydrocephalic baby’s life. A toddler whose head swelled up to three times its normal size has undergone surgery which could save her life. Roona Begum cau…
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 7:51pm -
  • Colombia: Would-be robber struck by bus
    A would-be robber had a lucky escape after he was struck by a bus, moments after he snatched a woman’s mobile phone. The incident happened in the Colombian city of Bogota, and was captured on CCTV. The man escaped with only minor injuries, while hi…
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 7:41pm -
  • School experiment discovers garden cress won’t germinate near a router
    Garden cress is a fast growing and edible herb that will sprout in just a small amount of slightly alkaline water. But there is one exception to that rule, and is has scientists scratching their heads. A group of 5 girls have carried out a science ex…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 13, 7:06am -
  • Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on the moon
    An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday. The explosion on March 17 was the biggest seen since NASA be…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 13, 6:59am -
  • Stacking 2-D materials produces surprising results
    Graphene has dazzled scientists, ever since its discovery more than a decade ago, with its unequalled electronic properties, its strength and its light weight. But one long-sought goal has proved elusive: how to engineer into graphene a property call…
    - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 7:46pm -

Listverse

  • new10 Lesser-Known Dragon Slayings From Legend
    This list contains ten lesser-known tales of dragon-slaying from around the world. A great number of these took place in Europe—most likely because dragons there have long been considered a force of evil, whereas in the East they are often seen as…
    - 15 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:04am -
  • new10 Greatest Impostors Of The 20th Century
    For some reason, the world is enthralled with the idea of the impostor. They’re sneaky, deceitful, and devoid of morals—but dang it, they do it with style. For example, one of the most famous impostors in recent history is Frank Abagnale, inspira…
    - 15 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:02am -
  • new8 Reasons The IQ Is Meaningless
    The average person has an intelligence quotient of 100. An unsourced claim gives O. J. Simpson’s IQ as 89. Marilyn vos Savant has been cited in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest measured IQ of 228, a number that can be sourced back…
    - 15 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:00am -
  • 10 Greatest Alternative Pyramids From Around The World
    We’ve all heard of the Pyramids of Giza—thousands of years old, and just about the most famous buildings of all time. But ancient Egypt doesn’t have a monopoly on pyramid construction; mankind ever since has been pretty keen on the idea, coming…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 13, 8:05am -
  • 8 Worst Journeys Ever Undertaken
    We’ve all had “that” journey: the one which saw us miss our flight, get snowed in somewhere in Delaware, and which ended up with us being forced to spend the night warming ourselves with a cigarette lighter. But no matter how awful our worst jo…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 13, 8:03am -
  • 10 Animals With Terrifying Teeth

    - 2 days ago, 18 May 13, 8:03am -
  • 10 Fascinating Animals You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
    Turns out the world isn’t all about lions, giraffes, dogs, and cats. Our planet contains many animals that are just now being discovered by scientists. Not only at the bottom of the ocean, either; a six-foot-long tree lizard and a new kind of Afric…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 8:30am -
  • 10 Interesting Facts About Temperature
    Temperature is one of the fundamental measurements in physics, and it’s absolutely crucial to all kinds of life. But at ultra-high and ultra-low temperatures, things can get very weird—as you’ll see. Here’s a list of ten interesting facts abo…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 8:25am -
  • 10 Amazing Flying Cars That Really Existed
    Very few science fiction stories would be complete without the staples of the genre—laser rifles, robots, and above all, flying cars. Intrinsically distinct from aircraft, flying cars are defined by their ability to perform equally well on the grou…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 8:25am -
  • 10 Fascinating Facts About Sesame Street
    Premiering in 1969, Sesame Street has been one of the cornerstones of childhood for over forty years. Utilizing the Muppets of Jim Henson, songs, animation, and above all a deep empathy for children, the show has become a cultural phenomenon around t…
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 13, 8:03am -

Oddity Central

  • The Chillout Ice Cafe Is Literally a Very Cool Place to Hang Out
    In the desert city of Dubai, summer temperatures average at about 40 degrees Celsius, so the last thing you’d expect to be able to do in this place is chill out in a sub-zero climate. But this is the UAE, where almost everything is possible, if you…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 9:50am -
  • The Meticulously Woven Mugshots of Joanne Arnett
    American artist Joanne Arnett combines photography and embroidery into an amazing new art form. Using thread and steel wire, she is able to reproduce people’s mugshots in photo-like quality. We’ve featured some impressive embroidered artworks on…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 8:50am -
  • The Huli Warriors of Papua New Guinea and Their Elaborate Wigs
    The Huli Wigmen are a tribe that inhabit several villages in Papua New Guinea. They are known both as some of the most fierce warriors in the region and as masterful “hairstylists”who craft flamboyant wigs out of their own hair. Not much is known…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 7:48am -
  • Panamanian Mr. T Is a Coconut Peeling Machine
    I pity the fool who would dare try to compete with 64-year-old Andres Gardin in a coconut peeling contest. The Mr T. lookalike has been using his strong teeth to peel off the fruit’s hardened shell for over 50 years, but he is till waiting for Guin…
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 13, 9:42am -
  • Sharkskin Designer Gloves Are a Real Pain to Take Off
    If you’re looking for a pair of comfortable designer gloves, stay away from Sruli Recht’s pain-inducing mitts. The Australian designer used an inner lining made of basking shark skin, which features thousands of hook-like scales. From the out…
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 13, 8:12am -

Strange Inventions

  • Revolver camera that shot bullets and photos simultaneously
    Used in New York back in 1938, this revolver camera was a Colt 38 with a tiny camera that would capture a photograph whenever the trigger was pulled. At the left: six pictures taken by the camera. - via Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands
    - 14 days ago, 5 May 13, 3:44pm -
  • A watermelon stroller fridge
    Who wants to carry around a whole watermelon? They’re the size of a small toddler. Hence, the Tama-chan: a stroller/fridge for your watermelon. Tama-chan even has heating capabilities if need be, for like, orb-shaped chicken and stuff. This strange…
    - 21 days ago, 28 Apr 13, 1:30pm -
  • Device to suck electricity from power lines, other people
    The student at Bremen’s University of the Arts says he’s built a kind of electronic leech that charges a battery from the ambient power of other electronics. He calls it the “Electromagnetic Harvester,” and you can see all kinds of practical…
    - 27 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 3:28pm -
  • Security Officer Jay – CD deterrent
    Crime is high now, and you have to do everything in your power not to be a potential victim to theft, burglary or even rape. Atlanta man invented the perfect crime deterrent – CD with the sounds recorded that are so real that it might even take you…
    - 33 days ago, 16 Apr 13, 7:42pm -
  • Bacon condoms
    It appears that, the bacon trend hasn’t gone far enough yet. Now you can do the dirty with these Bacon Condoms. J&D, the guys who brought you bacon shaving cream, have released bacon condoms. Straight from J&D’s press release: Bacon Condoms Make…
    - 50 days ago, 30 Mar 13, 4:43pm -

CrazyFacts.org

  • newIf you bought $350 million worth of Powerball…
    If you bought $350 million worth of Powerball tickets (at $2 a ticket), it’s theoretically possible to guarantee winning as there are approximately ‘only’ 175 million possible number combinations.
    - 15 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:03am -
  • newThe folklore of the indigenous people of Flores…
    The folklore of the indigenous people of Flores, Indonesia tells of short, hairy humanoids who spoke their own language. In 2003, archaeologists found fossils of dwarf humanoids on Flores — which were 13,000 years old.
    - 15 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:02am -
  • newSome Catholics urged Pope Clement VII to ban…
    Some Catholics urged Pope Clement VII to ban coffee, calling it “devil’s beverage”. After tasting the beverage, the Pope is said to have remarked that the drink was “… so delicious that it would be a sin to let only misbelievers drink it”…
    - 15 hours ago, 19 May 13, 7:58am -
  • The vikings used a stone to be able…
    The vikings used a stone to be able to tell what direction the sun was in, even when the sun wasn’t visible, and we may have found one.
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 3:57pm -
  • Frank Zappa was approached by a crazed fan…
    Frank Zappa was approached by a crazed fan with a gun. Zappa persuaded him into walking with him, and numerous others. to a nearby lake. He then persuaded everyone present to start throwing things into the water, including the attacker, who threw in…
    - 2 days ago, 18 May 13, 10:08am -

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RIAN Strange but True

  • Bailiffs Seize Tsar Bust From Bankrupt Vodka Boss
    Bailiffs in a village in Siberia have seized a 500 kg bronze bust of Emperor Nicholas II put up by a bankrupt local vodka producer, the Federal Bailiff Service said on Monday.    
    - 20 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 10:17am -
  • Washed in Space: Astronaut’s Washcloth Video Goes Viral
    When a group of high school students asked an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) what happens when a wet washcloth is wrung out in space, the Canadian commander put their question to the test - and shot a video of what turned out to b…
    - 25 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 6:28pm -
  • Washed in Space: Astronaut’s Washcloth Video Goes Viral
    When a group of high school students asked an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) what happens when a wet washcloth is wrung out in space, the Canadian commander put their question to the test - and shot a video of what turned out to b…
    - 25 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 6:28pm -
  • A Small Wedding With Fries — US Couple Hitched in Vegas Diner
    In the US gambling and entertainment mecca of Las Vegas, couples can get married at a drive-through, at an Elvis Presley-themed chapel and on an ersatz tropical island.    
    - 44 days ago, 5 Apr 13, 4:24pm -
  • Ex-Bank of Moscow Chief Gets Asylum in Britain
    Self-exiled former Bank of Moscow chief executive Andrei Borodin has been granted political asylum in Britain, his lawyer said on Friday.
    - 80 days ago, 1 Mar 13, 7:34am -

AP Strange News

  • newDenmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
    MALMO, Sweden (AP) -- Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and U…
    - 21 hours ago, 19 May 13, 1:46am -
  • Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride
    EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle....
    - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 3:59pm -
  • Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled
    GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) -- An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived....
    - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:47pm -
  • Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant....
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 5:26am -
  • Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic
    SYDNEY (AP) -- An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself....
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 4:44am -

Telegraph.co.uk

Ananova Quirky News

Unusual Deaths

  • A pioneer in sleep research died due to his having fallen asleep at the wheel
    Eugene Aserinsky, a pioneer in sleep research, who discovered REM sleep, died when his car hit a tree north of San Diego due to his having fallen asleep at the wheel.
    - 9 days ago, 11 May 13, 8:34am -
  • Filmmaker froze to death while making a documentary on homelessness
    Lee Halpin, a 26-year-old film-maker from Heaton, Uk, froze to death as he made a documentary about sleeping rough on the streets. Speaking on a YouTube video, he said the project was part of an application for an investigative journalism course and…
    - 44 days ago, 5 Apr 13, 7:15pm -
  • University student beheaded in go-cart crash
    Tuğba Erdoğan, a 24 year old Turkish university student was killed when her scarf got caught in the shaft of a go-kart. After losing control of the kart and hitting the safety barrier, her head was completely severed from her body by the scarf caug…
    - 54 days ago, 26 Mar 13, 2:03pm -
  • Re-creation of woman’s death proves too real
    Yooket Paen, 57, of Angthong, Thailand accidentally slipped on “farmyard mud,” grabbed a naked live wire and got electrocuted to death. After the funeral, her sister, Yooket Pan, 52, was showing her neighbors how the accident happened when she he…
    - 54 days ago, 26 Mar 13, 1:57pm -
  • A little boy drowned in a toilet bowl
    Mendi Altman, a 14-month-old toddler drowned to death in a toilet while visiting family in Brooklyn. Submission by Rik van Doorne.
    - 70 days ago, 10 Mar 13, 1:51pm -

The Body Odd

  • Gymnophobics are real-life 'never-nudes'
    Of the many wonderfully nonsensical things the TV show “Arrested Development” has introduced us to – the mayonegg, hot ham water, each family member’s interpretation of the chicken dance – one of the most notable is the "never-nude".On th…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 8:58am -
  • Swiss woman's esophagus twisted itself into a corkscrew
    By Lauren Cahoon Roberts, MyHealthNewsDaily   An 87-year-old Swiss woman who suffered painful spasms in her chest turned out to have an esophagus that twisted itself into a corkscrew shape whenever she swallowed, according to a report of her cas…
    - 11 days ago, 8 May 13, 10:31pm -
  • Gray hair cure? Scientists find root cause of discoloration
    By Marc Lallanilla, LiveScienceGray hair — one of the classic signs of aging that can lead to a midlife crisis — may some day be a thing of the past, much to the chagrin of hair-dye manufacturers and Corvette salesmen.A team of European researc…
    - 13 days ago, 6 May 13, 9:16pm -
  • Your skin microbes prove you're a 'dog person'
    By Meghan Holohan, NBC News contributorIf you’re a dog person, you may have more in common with your fellow dog owners than you even realize. New research shows that two strangers who both own dogs are more likely to share similar skin bacteria…
    - 14 days ago, 5 May 13, 4:37pm -
  • Lack of sleep may harm men's sperm
    By Karen Rowan, MyHealthNewsDaily Not getting enough sleep may harm men’s sperm, a new study from Denmark says. Men who slept poorly had lower sperm counts and fewer sperm that had formed correctly, compared with men who slept better. "Given t…
    - 18 days ago, 1 May 13, 4:50pm -

I Wish I Didn't Know

About.com Weird News

  • Attention Abductees: Your Story Wanted in Washington
    OK, UFO believers - it's time to head towards Washingto D.C. for the closest thing the movement has ever had to a Million Abductee March: Congressional-style hearings on the existence ...Read Full Post
    - 20 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 7:10am -
  • Iceland Is Looking for a New Name
    Ever want to name a country? Now you can... sort of.Iceland is in the market for a new name, and after accepting submissions from across the Internet (never a good idea), it's deciding between two options: "Let's Get Lost Land" and "Isle of Awe Land…
    - 20 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 7:09am -
  • Attention, Jack Sparrow: Pirate Ship for Sale
    You really can find just about anything on Craigslist.This two-bedroom pirate ship is available to any wannabe buccaneers in the St. Louis area, and you don't even need a chest o' gold.Just $79,000 will do, according to the item's listing page.The li…
    - 20 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 7:09am -
  • The Big Penis Theme Song
    Jonah Falcon is already "big" in one sense: He's got the world's biggest penis. Now, he's looking to make it big somewhere else - and it's not in his pants.Jonah's got a new song out, "Too Damn Big," and it's all about the 13.5 inch part of his body…
    - 20 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 7:04am -
  • Naked Crime Roundup: Be Proud of What You Got
    Feeling lucky?If you are, then maybe you too can get a glimpse of Handsome Gene Anderson in the buff.Police say they got complaints that the 53-year-old was exposing himself at an extended-stay motel in Cartersville, Georgia. When they turned up, 53…
    - 22 days ago, 27 Apr 13, 2:19pm -

USCatholic.org - Odd News

  • If the pope were stranded on an island... Top 10 pop albums

    - 23 Feb 10, 7:11pm -
  • Bring the bacon to church
    Image: I love brunch. It has to be the best meal ever, but it is decidedly not a religious experience.For some young adults, this Chicago Tribune article posits, brunch fills up more than their stomachs. "The meal is part sustenance, part social…
    - 14 Dec 09, 4:42pm -
  • Odd News round-up
    For your reading pleasure, a series of odd news links from this summer: In Turkey, a new reality TV show this fall will pit religious leaders against each other in an effort to convert 10 atheists, CNN reports. Offensive? Entertaining? Probably nei…
    - 11 Aug 09, 10:24pm -
  • St. Jude, patron of swine flu?
    Image: Saint Jude, the patron saint of lost causes, is taking on the cause of swine flu, it seems. See this picture from Mexico of a St. Jude statue with its mouth covered with a surgical mask. Mexicans wanted to pray to St. Jude for protection,…
    - 30 Apr 09, 3:30pm -
  • Don't go to church...
    Image: If you're sick. I've been wondering if swine flu worries were going to affect church in some way, and it seems it has. Across the country bishops are warning that if you're sick, you shouldn't go to Mass, and you definitely shouldn't receiv…
    - 30 Apr 09, 2:41pm -

BBC News - Also in the News

Weird Florida on Huffington Post

  • newVOTE: Bikini Teacher Vs. Homer Simpson Root: The Weird News Top 10
    It seems that the world of Weird News is filled with bikinis, weenies and roots that look like Homer Simpson.Teacher Olivia Sprauer may have been ... Read more: Victoria James, Bad Parenting, Wakeboarding Westies, Anatomical Wonders, A…
    - 14 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:42am -
  • Stalker Asked Victim's Probation Officer To Fix Him Up: Cops
    It's a typical story: Boy meets girl in jail; girl in jail has no interest; boy gets arrested for stalking girl in jail.In the movies, the male le... Read more: Stalking, Carmine Michael Bravo Arrested, Video, Dumb Crime, Stalker, Carm…
    - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 3:20pm -
  • CASHED OUT: Trail Of Coins Leads To Robbery Scene
    A man accused of robbing his neighbor might have gotten away with stealing firearms, a computer, a sword, drafting equipment and a large quantity of l... Read more: Video, Dumb Crime, Michael Sherman, Mug Shots, Michael Sherman Trail of…
    - 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 5:40pm -
  • LOOK: Victims Beat Up Robbery Suspect
    A 19-year-old man in Palm Bay, Fla., allegedly had his robbery attempt interrupted when the house's residents beat, kicked, and stun-gunned him.Mi... Read more: Michael Maxwell Palm Bay, Video, Michael Maxwell Robbery, Michael Maxwell…
    - 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:52pm -
  • Man Says He Fled Crash Due To 'Bad' Chinese Food, Need To Poop: Cops
    Hey, he had a case of the runs. One man from Port St. Lucie, Fla., told officers he fled the scene of a small car accident on Monday because he at... Read more: Carlos Baca Florida, Carlos Baca Poop in Pants, Video, Carlos Baca Arreste…
    - 4 days ago, 16 May 13, 10:24am -

LiveScience

WTF: Weird True Freaky

  • Paid to sniff an armpit? You bet
    EATING dog food, sniffing armpits, watching paint dry ... are these the wackiest jobs ever? Meet the people who get paid to do them.    
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 2:00pm -
  • Fetch! No! ... Wait! Run away! Run away!
    THIS one's a real cracker: A puppy - in a case of life imitating the Henry Lawson story The Loaded Dog - brought home what appeared to be a 20cm stick of dynamite. Oops.    
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 2:00pm -
  • Fetch! No! ... Wait! Run away! Run away!
    THIS one's a real cracker: A puppy - in a case of life imitating the Henry Lawson story The Loaded Dog - brought home what appeared to be a 20cm stick of dynamite. Oops.    
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 2:00pm -
  • Sheep stampede injures woman
    NEW Zealand's sheep are the butt of jokes in Australia and beyond, but a Kiwi woman has found they can also be dangerous.    
    - 5 days ago, 15 May 13, 5:07am -
  • It's puppy v baby in cute wars
    IS THERE a secret war of cuteness being waged between your baby and your puppy? A team of researchers thinks so.    
    - 6 days ago, 13 May 13, 9:14pm -

Nutty News

  • newSinger Alexis Normand butchers US national anthem at Memorial Cup in Canada
    Canada – Jazz singer Alexis Normand garnered a penalty before a Saturday hockey game in Canada after slashing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” SI.com reports. Normand delivered an unforgettable version of America’s national anthem during a Memoria…
    - 6 hours ago, 19 May 13, 4:44pm -
  • newDriver plowed into dozens of people marching in a parade
    DAMASCUS, Virginia – Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday. Officia…
    - 7 hours ago, 19 May 13, 3:55pm -
  • newFirst Lady Expands Anti-Obesity Campaign to Zoos
    Washington DC – First Lady Michelle Obama has expanded her anti-obesity campaign to museums, enlisting them to offer “healthy food options,” and change their menus. Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative is now calling for museums, zoos,…
    - 9 hours ago, 19 May 13, 1:57pm -
  • newTaxes on some wealthy top 100 percent of income
    France – More than 8,000 French households’ tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data. The newspaper said that the exceptionally high level of taxat…
    - 9 hours ago, 19 May 13, 1:41pm -
  • newHouse fires draw repair offers, even before smoke clears
    Florida – Maria Elena Palacio was worrying her trapped pit bull wouldn’t make it out alive from the blaze. This was when the businessmen began approaching her with sales pitches. “It got really crazy. The firefighters had to tell them to leave…
    - 9 hours ago, 19 May 13, 1:29pm -

It's Truly! Random!

  • Entertaining Video Featuring Luxury Exotic Cars
    Short entertaining video titled “Exotic Car Rentals” features a variety of luxury vehicles and automobile manufactures. [Source]
    - 30 Jan 13, 6:19am -
  • Strange but true scenes from CES 2013 Consumer Electronics Show
    The 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show recently wrapped up in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show drew in excess of 150,000 attendees from every corner of the globe.  The show never fails to provide both inventions and displays which prove the unl…
    - 30 Jan 13, 6:08am -
  • NO! The Squirrel Does Not Want To Rent A Storage Unit
    My take on a YouTube Video Titled: “Crazy Squirrel trying to get some nuts…or a storage unit Part 1″ This squirrel does not want a nut and is not looking for a self storage unit…he/she’s freaking cold and wants to come inside. Edit: After f…
    - 23 Jan 13, 9:49am -
  • Ever Heard of Self Storage Hockey?
    Self storage hockey? Really? NO…however local family owned San Jose, CA self storage company, Casa De Mini, made a commercial out of the concept. Which I guess is better than watching some boring commercial video set to elevator music with a generi…
    - 23 Jan 13, 9:31am -
  • Watch Years of Construction in Two minutes: One World Trade Center
    Killer time lapse construction video showing the One World Trade Center being built from 2004 through 2012. Video is from The Official EarthCam Channel. World Trade Center Commemorative Time-Lapse…
    - 23 Jan 13, 9:18am -

Amusing Planet

  • newFire Rainbows: A Rare Cloud Phenomenon
    “Fire Rainbows” are neither fire, nor rainbows, but are so called because of their brilliant pastel colors and flame like appearance. Technically they are known as circumhorizontal arc - an ice halo formed by hexagonal, plate-shaped ice crystals…
    - 7 hours ago, 19 May 13, 3:39pm -
  • newDietmar Eckell’s Photos of Plane Wrecks With “Happy Ends”
    Airplane wrecks usually denote tragedies, but photographer Dietmar Eckell aims to highlight the rare miracles from the history of aviation where everyone survived. "'Happy End' is a photo-project about miracles in aviation history - 15 airplanes th…
    - 16 hours ago, 19 May 13, 7:10am -
  • newPhotographer Tracks Down Abandoned Sets From Star Wars in Tunisia
    New York-based Italian photographer Rä di Martino first discovered the ruins of the sets of Star Wars and The English Patient near Chott el Djerid in Tunisi on Google Maps. Determined to get a first person view of the location, the visual artist and…
    - 17 hours ago, 19 May 13, 6:07am -
  • Art and Decor of Moscow Metro Stations
    The Metro began operating in Moscow in 1935 with a single 11 km line connecting just thirteen stations, but it has since grown into the world’s fourth busiest transit system, spanning more than 300 kilometers and offering 188 stops along the way.…
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 3:50pm -
  • Waitomo Glowworm Caves, New Zealand
    The Waitomo Glowworm Caves, located just outside the main Waitomo township on the North Island of New Zealand, is a famous attraction because of a sizeable population of glowworms that live in the caves. Glowworms or Arachnocampa luminosa are tiny, b…
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 5:38pm -

Odd Stuff Magazine

  • 7 Lessons We All Can Learn From a Dog…
    According to this series of illustrations by artist Patrick Moberg, life would be much easier if we all took a few quick notes from the behavior of a dog. The artist says, "My family never had a dog when I was younger, so I don't know a whole lot abo…
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:42pm -
  • Creative Suitcase Stickers That Make Heads Turn…
    Website Cheeky.com is selling a bunch of cheeky stickers that you can stick on your suitcases. The options include packages of cocaine, stacks of cash, a pile of sex toys, and a kidnapped woman, sells at 15 dollars a piece. The designers explain, “…
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:35pm -
  • Check Out The Famous Friendship Quotes…
    Here you can check out Very cool compilation of quotes on friendship. I hope you have listen So many beautiful popular  words about friendship . It is always interesting to know, what was the importance of friendship for such people like Muhammad Al…
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:04pm -
  • Beware! Do’s And Don’ts on First Date
    WTF Man” is the word you are going to utter after seeing these images. I am sure nobody would ever face these situations while being on a date. However, yes they are funny and a thing to laugh at. Some images can be called weird, but over all they…
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 2:57pm -
  • 30 Best Pictures of Machine this Week – May 08th to May 14th, 2013
    Check out the amazing machine pictures of this week........1. Krupp's Bagger 288 doing what is does best, removing overburden to enable mining operation [2126 x 1444] 2.   One of the two 20-cylinder MTU Series 8000 propulsion engines of t…
    - 5 days ago, 14 May 13, 11:26am -

Neatorama

  • newChinese Government Commands Chinese Tourists To Be Polite
    The Chinese have now surpassed Americans and Germans as the world's top international spenders and are becoming one of the most significant global tourism markets. As the throngs of Chinese tourists venture out into the big wide world, the Chinese go…
    - 44 mins ago, 19 May 13, 10:00pm -
  • newWords that the Internet Gave Us
    The Interweb isn't all lolcats and fail memes, in fact it has given us a few new and very interesting words. Tom Chatfield wrote about them in his new book Netymology:2. HashtagsIn 1920s America, the # sign served as a shorthan…
    - 3 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:00pm -
  • newThe Best of <i>Trek</i> on The Joy of Tech
    To celebrate the premier of Star Trek Into Darkness, the artists behind The Joy of Tech assembled their best Star Trek cartoons. At the link, you can find their slideshow hosted by a reasonable facsimile of J.J. Abrams.Link
    - 4 hours ago, 19 May 13, 7:00pm -
  • newCardboard Box Assembler
    So this is what living in M.C. Escher's Relativity feels like! Play the Cardboard Box Assembler flash game by Fernando Ramallo and Miguel Ángel Perez Martínez: Link [Flash game] - via Look At This
    - 5 hours ago, 19 May 13, 6:00pm -
  • newBearded Dragon Ballet
    (YouTube link)Is it ballet or morning calisthenics? This juvenile bearded dragon is said to be "waving," which some say is a dragon sign of deference to a superior, but I think this critter's style puts him into the category of "performer." -via Tas…
    - 6 hours ago, 19 May 13, 5:00pm -

Weird Asia News

  • Stolen Newborn Sold on Facebook
    Newborn children are often considered treasures that we should take care of. However, for whatever reasons, some think of them as possible sources of income and choose instead to sell these gifts in order to earn money. A man in India sold his grandc…
    - 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 2:00pm -
  • Teacher Fired for Student Abuse and Masturbation
    You’ve probably heard of students getting beaten by their teachers, and for a number of different reasons. However, some stories are different in that the people responsible take their actions way too far. Mr. A is a good example of such behavior.…
    - 6 days ago, 13 May 13, 2:00pm -
  • Dragon Bridge in Vietnam Breathes Real Fire and Water
    Being a place for cultural and economic activity, Vietnam’s city of Da Nang has recently unveiled a structure for both tourists and locals alike to marvel on. An 1,864-foot-long dragon bridge was built and modeled after bridges from the Ly Dynasty.…
    - 7 days ago, 12 May 13, 2:00pm -
  • Chinese Man Uses Tap Water to Protest Being Evicted
    A man in Jilin City, in northwestern China, was pressured to sell his apartment and decided that he wasn’t going to move. Being offered a very small amount of money to move out, resident Wen Hsu decided to protest against the cold-hearted property…
    - 8 days ago, 11 May 13, 2:00pm -
  • Japanese Thief Picks Pockets with Chopsticks
    I didn’t know that chopsticks had uses apart from cooking and eating. A talented thief has been using a unique method of stealing from people on the streets of Japan. In the pictures below, you can see that he uses a pair of chopsticks to aid his…
    - 9 days ago, 10 May 13, 2:00pm -

Odd News - UPI.com

  • newSurvey: Couples' plans to watch shows together fail due to impatience
    LOS GATOS, Calif., May 19 (UPI) -- More than half of those in U.S. couples say they stream a TV show they agreed to watch with a partner before their mate had a chance to see it, a survey found.
    - 60 mins ago, 19 May 13, 9:44pm -
  • newFather, son graduate college together
    ATLANTA, May 19 (UPI) -- A man and his son graduated together from Morehouse College in Georgia Sunday, with the son saying he is "proud of [his dad] as a man" for going back to school.
    - 2 hours ago, 19 May 13, 9:00pm -
  • new911 'butt dial' call leads to Fresno car burglars
    FRESNO, Calif., May 19 (UPI) -- Police said they listened to two California men plan and carry out a car burglary when one of the men accidentally dialed 911 on his cellphone.
    - 5 hours ago, 19 May 13, 6:09pm -
  • newPolice called to Starbucks over diaper-changing flap
    DENVER, May 19 (UPI) -- Police said they responded to a Denver Starbucks after an altercation between an employee and customers who changed their son's diaper at their table.
    - 6 hours ago, 19 May 13, 4:44pm -
  • newPony adopts orphaned lamb in Wales
    BLACK MOUNTAINS, Wales, May 19 (UPI) -- A Shetland pony in Wales adopted an orphaned lamb and allowed the animal to feed from it despite having a young foal of its own, a veterinarian said.
    - 7 hours ago, 19 May 13, 3:45pm -

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Damn Interesting

  • The Mole Rat Prophecies
    The naked mole rat, Heterocephalus glaber, is fleshy, furless, buck-toothed and brazenly ugly. Yet what these small East African rodents lack in terms of good looks, they make up with an impressive array of biological quirks. These misnamed mammals a…
    - 29 days ago, 21 Apr 13, 7:36am -
  • The Spy Who Loved Nothing
    The meeting had not gone well, the man gloomily reflected as he was driven out of East Berlin. His head was still heavy after a few too many snifters of cognac. The American's ambitious scheme to build a life and career in Moscow had sputtered to an…
    - 90 days ago, 19 Feb 13, 3:29am -
  • The Isle of Doctor Seaborg
    It was the summer of 1936 when Ernest Lawrence, the inventor of the atom-smashing cyclotron, received a visit from Emilio Segrè, a scientific colleague from Italy. Segrè explained that he had come all the way to America to ask a very small favor: H…
    - 29 Jan 13, 1:56am -
  • The Arizona Dragonslayer
    A simple telegram plunged America into the Great War. The Zimmermann telegram, intercepted by American intelligence in April 1917, revealed Germany’s efforts to encourage Mexico to invade the United States. For a towheaded kid from Arizona named…
    - 7 Dec 12, 1:36am -
  • The Science of Mental Fitness
    It’s a testament to the strength and versatility of the human brain that anyone with at least half of one tends to assume that their senses give them direct access to objective reality. The truth is less straightforward and much more likely to indu…
    - 13 Nov 12, 1:00pm -
  • Nineteen Seventy Three
    On 12 November 1971, in the presidential palace in the Republic of Chile, President Salvador Allende and a British theorist named Stafford Beer engaged in a highly improbable conversation. Beer was a world-renowned cybernetician and Allende was the n…
    - 19 Oct 12, 7:34am -
  • Pushed to the Limit
    On the morning of 15 September 1952, Captain James Robinson Risner sat in the cockpit of an F-86A Sabre and scrutinized the clear azure skies. He was leader of a flight of four Sabres tasked to escort F-84 Thunderjets to bomb the kimchi out of a Nort…
    - 11 Sep 12, 2:57pm -
  • A Subtler and Perhaps More Palatable Portrayal of Our Previous Parody Portrait

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  • Carl Sagan's Cosmo
    "The Cosmo is full beyond measure of elegant truths, of exquisite interrelationships, of the awesome machinery of nature." (Click for larger version)
    - 4 Sep 12, 5:18pm -
  • Night Takes Rook
    Engineers need to have faith in their designs, but not many would necessarily be confident enough to put their lives at risk just to prove it. It takes a great deal of faith to design a lighthouse for the most dangerous reef in the English Channel, e…
    - 4 Sep 12, 9:51am -

List of Weird

  • Moved
    I’m sorry to say, that due to the shortage of time, this website will be moving to CrazyFacts.com
    - 27 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 9:59pm -
  • 10 Scientific Facts About Lists
    People like lists of things. They’re everywhere on the Internet. You name any subject matter you can think of, odds are there’s a list about it. Well, here are 10 interesting scientific facts about lists that may explain the fascination. … Cont…
    - 80 days ago, 28 Feb 13, 1:59pm -
  • 10 Weird Facts About Australia
    10 unusual facts about Australia, that I’ve stumbled upon. Hopefully some of the other Australian readers will be able to contribute additional facts. 10. Spiders in Australia actually took over a town. In March 2012 harmless to humans spiders spin…
    - 6 May 12, 12:44pm -
  • 10 Weird Movie Titles
    This is the short list of weird movie titles. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964) Horror | Music | Musical Jerry falls in love with a stripper he meets at a carnival. Little does … Continue read…
    - 14 Jan 12, 11:43am -
  • Personal Names
    This list of weird songs moved to http://crazyfacts.com/list-of-crazy-personal-names
    - 13 Jan 12, 1:56pm -

Pravda.ru

We Interrupt

  • Flying Car Accident Under Investigation In Canada
    Flying cars might be a thing of the future, or a thing of today if you have an I-TEC Maverick LSA Flying Car. Using a parachute to keep the car in the air, the company’s [...]
    - 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 1:46pm -
  • Businessman Stores Body Parts In Warehouse, Dogs Help Him Get Caught
    Shortcuts in business don’t always work. And for one businessman in Poland, it could cost him 12 years in jail. According to Polish television, the unnamed businessman worked for or owned a company who’s job [...]
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 9:38pm -
  • Man Runs From Cops, Gets Attacked By Alligator
    A Florida man is learning the hard way karma could be a real thing… and yes, it can be a bitch. Bryan Zuniga, 20, was pulled over by the cops for a simple traffic violation [...]
    - 6 days ago, 13 May 13, 2:43pm -
  • Jedi knights drop over 50% in last Canadian census
    Started as a joke in 2001 by a bunch of college students in British Columbia, the phenomenon took some importance when in the 2001 Canadian census over 20,000 people stated Jedi as their official religion. [...]
    - 7 days ago, 13 May 13, 10:36am -
  • Teacher Asked To Resign Thanks To Sexy Bikini Photos
    Being hot for teacher is understandable when you’ve got one like 26-year old Olivia Spraurer. The Florida woman is a high school English teacher by day and a sexy bikini model at night – or [...]
    - 7 days ago, 13 May 13, 8:33am -

The Unusual Times

  • A Warning to Our Intrepid Explorers!
    As we watch our adventurers head off for the jungles of Venezuela in search of rare and exotic botanicals, we learn of this final alarming tidbit of advice, which was shared with them just days before their departure by our most seasoned explorer, th…
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:05pm -
  • The Unusual Times Meets Paranormal Investigator Barri Ghai
    Who do you call if you are plagued by inexplicable phenomena in your home or workplace? Many have turned to Barri Ghai and his elite Ghostfinder Paranormal Society (GPS.) Since the GPS formed in 2007, they have investigated dozens of reported hauntin…
    - 12 days ago, 7 May 13, 2:59pm -
  • A Toast to One of Our Imagined Heroines, Vixie Carrera (1890-1960)
    Known for her rather indefinable parties and achievements undersea. Ms. Carrera’s monthly dinner salons assembled politicians, scientists, psychics, inventors and primates. She was also the leading diver of her day, having recovered gold and jew…
    - 23 days ago, 26 Apr 13, 2:05pm -
  • Unusual Investigation: Troll’s Butter? Solving the Centuries-Old Mystery of Astral Jelly
    PART I“Seek a fallen star,” said the hermit, “and thou shalt only light on some foul jelly, which, in shooting through the horizon, has assumed for a moment an appearance of splendour.” -Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman (1825) For centurie…
    - 25 days ago, 24 Apr 13, 12:08pm -
  • Hendrick’s Investigates One of Britain’s Most Alarming Myths: Spring-heeled Jack
    One of Britain’s most alarming myths, a mysterious jumping ‘man’ who emerged from the shadows of night to terrify passers-by, may still be alive today according to the latest witnesses. From 1837 until 1904, sightings of a figure christened ‘…
    - 30 days ago, 19 Apr 13, 12:45pm -

Atlas Obscura

  • Jayne Mansfield Grave in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
    Jayne Mansfield was an American actress in film, theater, and television, a nightclub entertainer, a singer, and one of the early Playboy Playmates. She was a major Hollywood sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s.On June 29, 1967 around 2am in Sl…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 2:53am -
  • Crypt of Santa Maria de la Victoria in Malaga, Spain
    Just outside the historic district of Malaga, the Basilica of Santa Maria de la Victoria houses an extraordinary little crypt, decorated top to bottom with playfully macabre figures of skeletons and cherubs.Built on the site where King Ferdinand re…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 2:31am -
  • P. Stradins Museum for History of Medicine in Riga, Latvia
    Soviet Scientist Vladimir Demikhov surgically attached the front half of one dog onto the neck of another dog by combining their two circulatory systems. Yep, that happened. A pioneer in organ transplant surgery, Demikhov's experiments may seem a…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 2:30am -
  • Super-Kamiokande in Hida, Japan
    Neutrinos are some of the most abundant yet mysterious particles in our universe.Every second 50 trillion of them fly through our bodies without so much as a trace. Their neutral electric charge and miniscule mass allow neutrinos to pass through or…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 2:30am -
  • Denbigh Castle Ruins in Denbigh, Wales
    Built in the late 1200s during the castle building craze that followed the conquest of Wales by Edward I, the ruins of Denbigh Castle perch in a hilltop overlooking the Vale of Clwyd.The imposing structure may never have actually been finished, as…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 2:09am -

Mental Floss Blog

  • new5 Animal Couples Who Got Married
    Getting hitched isn't just for people. Here are a few animals that took the leap into holy matrimony.    
    - 7 hours ago, 19 May 13, 4:00pm -
  • newWeekend Links: Finger-Painting, All Grown Up
    Iris Scott’s oil paintings elevate the childhood practice of using fingers instead of brushes to a higher form of art. Her grown-up finger-painting technique results in vibrant, uniquely textured works that would do her inner child proud. * Thank g…
    - 9 hours ago, 19 May 13, 2:00pm -
  • newLast Week's Most Popular Stories
    In case you weren't obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all week, here's what you missed... 1. 10 Hotel Secrets From Behind the Front Desk, by Jacob Tomsky * 2. 10 Facial Reconstructions of Famous Historical Figures, by Joy Lanzendorfer  * 3. 11…
    - 9 hours ago, 19 May 13, 1:27pm -
  • new10 Things You Might Not Know About the Indy 500
    1. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway spans 253 acres and includes a golf course. The track publicity department points out that Churchill Downs, Yankee Stadium, the Rose Bowl, the Roman Colosseum and Vatican City can all fit inside. It's a good thing t…
    - 10 hours ago, 19 May 13, 12:36pm -
  • The Post-SNL Careers of 5 Castmembers
    Here’s a look at some SNL ex-pats whose found new life both on the screen and off.    
    - 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 6:00pm -

Now I know

  • Now I Know RSS
    Try http://nowiknow.com/feed/
    - 3 May 12, 1:03am -
  • Learn Something New Every Day
    If that’s what you’re looking for, you probably want to go to my daily email newsletter, not this tumbleweed-infested left-for-dead blog. Thanks, and hope to see you there!
    - 4 Jun 11, 5:23pm -
  • Hi, New RSS Readers!
    My RSS feed numbers jumped over the last couple of days. But I don’t really have an active blog. What gives? Oh, maybe you’re looking for my “Now I Know” newsletter… awesome! Except that there’s really no RSS feed for it. It’s an email,…
    - 15 Oct 10, 9:09pm -
  • Unintentional Humor, Facebook Recommendations Style
    Go to your Facebook News Feed and you may see, in the upper right, Facebook suggests some brand Pages for you to follow.  Typically, Facebook shows two in tandem — and sometimes, the results are… well, see for yourself: Facebook Games: Better th…
    - 29 Jun 10, 3:13am -
  • Ten Awesome Video Renditions of the Super Mario Brothers Theme Song
    I found the first video tonight and watched it, kids in tow.  They loved it as much as I did, and we spent the better part of an hour watching the others found below.  Enjoy! Violin, synced to game Beatboxing Flute A capella A ruler Two Tesla Coils…
    - 21 Jun 10, 8:42pm -
  • On Michael Jackson’s Innocence
    Last week, I shared ten things I learned at Internet Week NYC 2010, one of which was that Michael Jackson was probably innocent. The speech was by Anil Dash, and is now available on YouTube. You can watch it below.
    - 21 Jun 10, 2:50pm -

Historic Mysteries

  • The L-8 Blimp Mystery
    Not a trace of Cody or Adams was ever found. The L-8 blimp mystery remained a secret to the end.The post The L-8 Blimp Mystery appeared first on Historic Mysteries.Related Articles:Nevada Triangle Steve Fossett MysteryWhere did Columbus land?…
    - 5 days ago, 15 May 13, 6:21am -
  • The Possession of Maria Talarico
    When Peppe Veraldi's body was found under a bridge, the police assumed it was suicide. But his spiritual control of Maria Talarico turned it into murder! The post The Possession of Maria Talarico appeared first on Historic Mysteries.Related Article…
    - 9 days ago, 11 May 13, 7:09am -
  • Parking Lot Archaeology
    Parking Lot Archaeology: Recent and significant archaeological finds have taken place in the unusual location of the ground beneath British parking lots.The post Parking Lot Archaeology appeared first on Historic Mysteries.Related Articles:Grave…
    - 10 days ago, 9 May 13, 3:41pm -
  • The SS Baychimo
    In 2006, 75 years after the ship was abandoned, the state of Alaska began an effort to find the mysterious SS Baychimo, the Arctic’s elusive wandering ship.The post The SS Baychimo appeared first on Historic Mysteries.Related Articles:The Doome…
    - 17 days ago, 2 May 13, 6:39pm -
  • Mysterious structure found at bottom of ancient lake
    A mysterious, circular structure, with a diameter greater than the length of a Boeing 747 jet, has been discovered submerged about 30 feet (9 meters) underneath the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Scientists first made the discovery by accident in 2003 usi…
    - 27 days ago, 23 Apr 13, 7:19am -

The Human Marvels

  • GRACE GILBERT – The Bearded Lady
    The Human Marvels - Freaks, Human Oddities and Marvels - Some call them freaks, human oddities and monters but I call them human marvels.Grace Hester Gilbert was born on February 2nd in 1876 on a small farm near Nettle Lake, Ohio. She was the younges…
    - 2 Aug 12, 3:30pm -
  • Sword Swallowing – A Most Dangerous Stunt
    The Human Marvels - Freaks, Human Oddities and Marvels - Some call them freaks, human oddities and monters but I call them human marvels.Sword swallowing is arguably the most dangerous and misunderstood of all sideshow stunts. It is dangerous due to…
    - 3 May 12, 3:30pm -
  • ZAZEL – The Human Cannonball
    The Human Marvels - Freaks, Human Oddities and Marvels - Some call them freaks, human oddities and monters but I call them human marvels.On April 2nd, 1877 English-born Rosa Richter debuted a spectacular finale to her aerial act at the newly construc…
    - 19 Apr 12, 3:04pm -
  • General Tom Thumb – The Most Famous Midget
    The Human Marvels - Freaks, Human Oddities and Marvels - Some call them freaks, human oddities and monters but I call them human marvels.Born to a hardhearted carpenter in Bridgeport, Connecticut on January 4, 1838, little Charles Sherwood Stratton w…
    - 4 Apr 12, 2:23am -
  • Five Freak Show Freaks Who Should be Famous
    The Human Marvels - Freaks, Human Oddities and Marvels - Some call them freaks, human oddities and monters but I call them human marvels.There are a handful of freaks and human oddities who captured the imaginations of all who bore witness to their v…
    - 28 Mar 12, 6:31pm -
  • The Origins of the Freak Show – Part One
    The Human Marvels - Freaks, Human Oddities and Marvels - Some call them freaks, human oddities and monters but I call them human marvels.People who are visually different have always been subject to attention. In different eras these individuals were…
    - 14 Mar 12, 2:42am -

Weird Pictures

The Danish equivalent of the Navy SealsThe Danish equivalent of the Navy Seals
The Danish equivalent of the Navy Seals
The Danish equivalent of the Navy Seals
- 5 days ago, 14 May 13, 2:25pm -
Incredible moment lightning strikes the Grand CanyonIncredible moment lightning strikes the Grand Canyon
Incredible moment lightning strikes the Grand Canyon
Incredible moment lightning strikes the Grand Canyon
- 6 days ago, 13 May 13, 4:18pm -
Inside the Paris apartment untouched for 70 yearsInside the Paris apartment untouched for 70 years
Inside the Paris apartment untouched for 70 years
Inside the Paris apartment untouched for 70 years
- 6 days ago, 13 May 13, 12:33pm -
WHY google, WHY!?WHY google, WHY!?
WHY google, WHY!?
WHY google, WHY!?
- 11 days ago, 8 May 13, 7:52pm -
New Cat Species: Found on Google Street View?New Cat Species: Found on Google Street View?
New Cat Species: Found on Google Street View?
New Cat Species: Found on Google Street View?
- 12 days ago, 7 May 13, 7:40pm -
Drone camera sits stuck in the arm of the Lady Justice statue...Drone camera sits stuck in the arm of the Lady Justice statue...
Drone camera sits stuck in the arm of the Lady Justice statue...
Drone camera sits stuck in the arm of the Lady Justice statue...
- 14 days ago, 5 May 13, 9:02pm -

WTF News

  • Man, 24, drops dead in the office from overworking
    A 24-YEAR-OLD employee in Beijing has died after working a month of overtime for an international advertising firm. Li Yuan, a staffer in the Beijing office of international advertising, marketing and public relations agency, Ogilvy & Mathe…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 3:23am -
  • New pants hide 'unsightly cracks'
    Polycell has designed special underpants for men and women - to stop 'unsightly cracks' from showing.The aptly named PolyPants have a higher, more secure waistband to protect the wearer's modesty.It comes as the company, which manufactures Polyf…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 3:20am -
  • Pilot locked out of cockpit after loo break
    An Air India flight was forced to land after the pilot was locked out of the cockpit during a toilet break.He was unable to gain access to the cockpit because of a jammed door, reports the BBC.The flight, which was travelling from Delhi to Banga…
    - 3 days ago, 17 May 13, 3:17am -
  • Pre-med student tricks girlfriend to take abortion pill
    According to the federal indictment, 28-year-old Welden forged the signature of his physician father, Dr. Stephen Welden, an OB/GYN, for a prescription pill that can terminate pregnancy. He then allegedly switched the label to make it look like a bo…
    - 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 3:20pm -
  • 78,000 apply to leave Earth forever to live on Mars
    Huge numbers of people on Earth are keen to leave the planet forever and seek a new life homesteading on Mars.About 78,000 people have applied to become Red Planet colonists with the nonprofit organization Mars One since its application process op…
    - 6 days ago, 14 May 13, 9:56am -
  • Russian billionaire reveals real-life 'avatar' plan - to live forever from 2045
    A Russian billionaire has revealed controversial plans to upload his own brain and become immortal by 2045.32 year-old Dmitry Itskov believes technology will allow him to live forever in a hologram body.His '2045 initiative' is described as the…
    - 6 days ago, 14 May 13, 9:35am -
  • Four-year-old boy is town's new mayor
    A US town has elected a four-year-old boy called Bobbie as its new mayor.Every year, Dorset, Minnesota, picks a name out of a hat, and that person becomes the mayor for a year.And this year it was four-year-old Bobbie Tufts who will now ba calli…
    - 6 days ago, 14 May 13, 9:24am -
  • Astronaut covers 'Space Oddity' in space
    How do you improve one of the greatest songs of all time? You shoot it in space of course.Commander Chris Hadfield has been strutting his stuff on board the International Space Station in what has to be one of the best YouTube videos we've seen in…
    - 6 days ago, 13 May 13, 2:48pm -

io9: Holy Crap Wtf

  • UFO sightings in Canada rose alarmingly in 2012
    Have aliens finally discovered the joys of poutine and the Arrogant Worms? UFO sightings in Canada doubled in 2012, which raises troubling questions about whether the U.S. is falling behind as a favored destination for extraterrestrials.According to…
    - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 10:32pm -
  • Lifting weights with Wax Wolverine is a totally normal thing to do
    Every once in a while a gem of a photo crosses our paths. This time, it's a photo of a collection of personal trainers pounding the gym with a questionably sweaty, wax figure of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. What do you think they're saying here?Photo…
    - 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 2:30pm -
  • Idiot Construction Crew Demolishes 2,300-year-old Maya Pyramid
    An investigation is now underway after one of the largest Maya pyramids in Belize was bulldozed to extract materials for a road project. Stuff like this drives me batty: The Ministry of Tourism and Culture in Belize is freaking out after the the Noh…
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 5:40pm -
  • Beautiful Portraits of "Monstrosities" from the 18th Century
    The illustrations from this 18th century text are both beautiful and intensely disturbing. They come from a time when science was separating superstition from medical practice with the development of teratology, the study of deformities — but retai…
    - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 2:00pm -
  • Attention idiots with too much money: "sex cereal" is now a thing
    Looking to spend a wad of cash on some pseudoscientific sex-food? TODAY IS YOUR LUCKY DAY. Via Discovery News:Billing itself as “the world’s first all-natural, GMO-free, gender-based breakfast cereal,” Sexcereal comes in two packages: “The…
    - 5 days ago, 14 May 13, 10:40pm -
  • Physics Technician Busted For Preparing Cocaine In University Lab
    Hmm, this plot sounds somewhat familiar: A physics technician from the University of Bristol has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after using equipment in the university's lab to prepare more than $15,000 worth of cocaine for sale on the city's st…
    - 5 days ago, 14 May 13, 1:20pm -
  • Freak Ice Tsunami Crunches Homes In Canada
    The whole thing only took 15 minutes, but by the time it stopped over two-dozen homes and cottages were either seriously damaged or completely destroyed. An arctic wind blowing across Duphin Lake near Winnipeg, Manitoba, created this bizarre phenomen…
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  • David Bowie's new video is the least subtle comment on religion ever
    There's a ton of amazing talent in David Bowie's music video for "The Next Day": Bowie, for one, but also Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard, reunited after The Dark Knight Rises. But the video itself is a dismally on-the-nose, been-there-done-that cr…
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Unusual Places

  • newSetenil de las Bodegas
    Welcome to the town of Setenil de las Bodegas in Spain, where around 3,000 inhabitants are living quite literally, under a rock. Believe it or not, people chose to settle here for practical reasons. The natural caves of Setenil turned … Continue re…
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  • Crooked Forest
    In a tiny corner of western Poland a forest of about 400 pine trees grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks – all bent northward. Surrounded by a larger forest of straight growing pine trees … Continue reading →
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  • Bohemian Paradise
    Bohemian Paradise (Czech: Český ráj) is a Protected Area. It was declared in 1955 as the first nature reserve in the Czech Republic. At first it was 95 square kilometres in area; today it is almost 182. This area is … Continue reading →
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  • The village of Monsanto
    Monsanto is a beautiful village built in the Portuguese countryside. Featuring narrow streets carved from rock and granite houses squeezed between giant boulders, it looks like a real life Bedrock. At the top of the 400 feet high hill stands … Cont…
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  • Kummakivi
    There are certain natural occurrences in the world that leave us all scratching our heads. One such natural wonder is Kummakivi, a geological formation found in the dense forests of Finland. The mystifying sight is that of a giant rock … Continue r…
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Mostly Odd

  • Ivy Mike: How the H-bomb Vaporised an Island
    5km across, the fireball erupted from the island of Elugelab and engulfed the sky. The shock wave vaporised everything within 5km, and scraped the neighbouring islands clean, no buildings or plants remained. 2 hours later some helicopters flew over w…
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  • Drapetomania – Freedom the Sickness
    In 1851 the prominent American physician Samuel Adolphus Cartwright observed black slaves that fled captivity, and saw an illness. “Drapetomania, or the disease causing Negroes to flee” was the title to his paper explaining that black slaves didn…
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  • Line to Nowhere: The Life and Death of a Mojave Phone Booth
    Two dusty tracks cross in the sun-blasted Mojave Desert; there, perched on the edge of nowhere are concrete blocks where a famous phone booth used to stand. It was there for miners in the 1960s with its hand-cranked convenience, in the 1970s it was u…
    - 30 Oct 12, 7:02am -
  • Voskhod 2: The Cursed Peak of Soviet Space
    Voskhod 2 was a deadly mission. It was the final space race victory for Soviet Russia before NASA finally claimed its lead and ultimately won with the lunar endgame of 1969. This peak of the Soviet Federal Space Program nearly killed its two cosmonau…
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  • How You Are A Hive Mind
    You make decisions. How good you are at doing so is irrelevant, what matters is that you make them. Now, you are smarter than a bee, at least you should be, yet bees make complex decisions in exactly the same way as you do, they use each other to for…
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Weird Universe

  • newTrevor Winkfield
    I rather like the weird paintings of Trevor Winkfield. Do you?
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  • newWhat’s in the pool?
    CDC researchers recently published a study of contaminants found in public pools (in the metro-Atlanta area). It's worth reading if you plan to take a dip in a public pool this summer. Here are the highlights:During the 2012 summer swimming season,…
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  • newNews of the Weird (May 19, 2013)
    News of the WeirdWeirdnuz.M319, May 19, 2013Copyright 2013 by Chuck ShepherdLead Story* The beauty pageant each April at the Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, Tex., requires traditional skills like interview poise, evening-gown fashion, and…
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  • Does Satan Exist?
    Some media gimmicks never go out of style. But you'd think we could have reached a conclusion during the past sixty years, since the article appeared in 1948.
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  • Tin Miners Don’t Get Pimples!
    Source: The Calgary Herald - Apr 2, 1956Sure, they had to work in hot, stifling conditions. They frequently suffered from bronchitis, silicosis, TB and rheumatism. Rock falls, flooding, and arsenic poisoning were constant dangers. (Arsenic being a…
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Fact Day

  • How to eat an apple
    An apple is one of the most fundamental fruits throughout history. Apparently, we’ve been eating them wrong. The average person discards roughly 30% of each apple. Eat apple from bottom to up (or vice versa). - via foodbeast.com
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  • The first English colonists in Jamestown turned to cannibalism during the starving time
    Jamestown was founded in 1607 by English colonists. The starving time was a period two years later in which 80% of the colonists died. Besieged by Powhatan Indians in their wooden fort, the settlers had been joined by new colonists … Continue readi…
    - 18 days ago, 1 May 13, 7:57pm -
  • The sleepwalking woman who had sex with strangers
    Over several months an Australian woman had sex with strangers while sleepwalking. On one occasion, her partner awoke to find her missing, went searching for her and found her engaged in the sex act. In 2004, sleep medicine experts have … Continue…
    - 18 days ago, 1 May 13, 1:42pm -
  • Poor parenting — including overprotection — increases bullying risk
    Children who are exposed to negative parenting – including abuse, neglect but also overprotection – are more likely to experience childhood bullying by their peers, according to a meta-analysis of 70 studies of more than 200,000 children. The res…
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  • Gardening is good for your health
    Here are just a few of the ways gardening can benefit your physical and mental health. A study in the Netherlands suggests that gardening can fight stress even better than other relaxing leisure activities. After completing a stressful task, two ……
    - 28 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 8:35am -
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