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Successful 5-story free fall for daredevil cat escaping fire
A cat jumped for its life from the 5th floor of this burning apartment building in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood Thursday afternoon. Watch the bouncing-on-grass cat,…
Mammals Can Breathe Through Their Intestines, Unsettling Experiment Finds
When pressed for oxygen, some fish and sea cucumbers will use their lower intestines to get a little extra out of their environment. Now, a…
It’s Raining Oil in St. Croix for the Second Time This Year
A refinery on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands has shut down temporarily after oil rained down on surrounding residents’ homes…
Lobster rescued from Virginia Red Lobster
Employees at a Red Lobster in Manasses, VA recognized the unique coloring on a certain crustacean delivered to their restaurant and made the decision to…
Watch: Truck nearly tips over as it confidently crosses a bridge
Nothing is getting in the way of this semi truck. Not even the dang stone wall that borders a narrow bend over a bridge. The…
Chinese man crosses Taiwan Strait in rubber dinghy
In search of “freedom and democracy”, a Chinese man (currently referred to only by his surname, Zhou) crossed the highly-militarized Taiwan Strait in a small rubber…
Do you live in a UFO hotspot? Check out this UFO sightings map
The UFO Sightings Map lists over 80,000 records of UFO sightings in the United States from 1910–2014. Historic UFO sightings are marked in yellow on…
Creepy McDonald’s SEGA Genesis game Easter Egg found after 30 years
Nearly three decades ago, a game called McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure was released for the SEGA Genesis console — and as with many video games…
US beekeepers sue over imports of Asian fake honey
Commercial beekeepers in the US say counterfeit honey from Asia is forcing down prices and pushing them to financial collapse Imports of cheap, fake honey…
Strange white orbs wash up on Argentina beach
On the lovely beach of Mar del Plata in Argentina, 250 miles south of Buenos Aires, thousands of white translucent orbs started to appear all…
Italian island “hermit” has been booted off after 30 years of living there alone
More than 30 years ago, Mauro Morandi was attempting to sail from Italy to Polynesia when he ended up on Budelli, a small private island…
Bag full of diamond rings worth $100,000 found on New York train
The railroad conductor who made the discovery received a commendation from Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng after helping return the lost rings. Source:…
Climate Change Has Knocked Earth Off Its Axis
Of all the things attributable to climate change, the rotational poles moving differently is definitely one of the weirder ones. But a new study shows…
A Chatbot Is Mysteriously Sending Droves of People to Listen to Grimes and Stevie Wonder
When did we find ourselves on a musical hamster wheel? Slowly, over years, with every daily Spotify playlist, my ever-shortening menu of pellets features five…
Teacher fired after getting drunk and taking teens to strip club
An information technology teacher at a fancy private school in Northumbria, England, was fired after getting drunk and taking students to a strip club. The…
First monkey-human hybrid embryos sparking controversy among scientists
Scientists recently reported a major milestone in the creation of human-animal hybrids. Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and colleagues, seen above, injected…
Giant Amphibious Centipede Discovered Attacking Prawns in Japan
Creepy, crawly, newly discovered. The latest critter to emerge from the Japanese archipelago is an 8-inch-long, 1-inch-wide centipede, the first to be identified in Japan in…
Women banned from Dollar General after trying to use $1m bank note to pay for stuff
Two women in Tennessee were reported to police after one offered a fake $1 million bill to pay for items at the Dollar General in…
Watch: man rescues wife from bobcat attack
The security footage video starts with a scene from a feel-good movie. As a man sets some takeaway food on the hood of his SUV…
Police disarm “UFO detector” in New Jersey State Park
New Jersey State Park Police were alerted to a UFO detector installed in the woods and dispatched a detective unit and bomb-sniffing dog to the…
California man sues after father dies during taco eating contest
A California man has filed a lawsuit against the organizers of a minor league baseball game after his father choked to death during a taco eating contest…
Koch-backed group joins marijuana push after Zoom with Snoop Dogg
What do you get when weed-loving rapper Snoop Dogg, right-wing billionaire Charles Koch and criminal justice reform advocate Weldon Angelos walk into a Zoom room?…
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