In Woodbury, Connecticut, police arrested Herbert Irving Miller, 63, pastor of United Methodist Church, for allegedly dealing meth. Makes sense. According to police, he had made the unorthodox decision to… Read the rest of the article: Methodist pastor busted for dealing meth

As a series of wildfires devastate Chile, viewers of fire footage from the city of Valparaíso spotted something strange. A massive shadowy figure appears to emerge from the flames! Video… Read the rest of the article: Mysterious massive figure emerges from forest fire (video)

For around US$1 million, you can purchase a three bedroom, two bath home in Bangkok, Thailand that includes a "black hole" in the bedroom, future-telling features, and other "strange energy."… Read the rest of the article: Home with freaky black hole in the bedroom and other "strange energy" up for sale

In the UK, Leicestershire Police responded to reports from a hotel of a man wielding a large knife. Apparently the man was spotted loitering around the elevators. When the police… Read the rest of the article: Police respond to man wielding large knife but… it wasn't that

Craig Stuart, 46, managed to board a New York City-bound flight from London's Heathrow Airport without a ticket or a passport on Christmas Day. He reported "tailgated" passenger ahead of… Read the rest of the article: Man who vanished after flying from London to NYC without ticket or passport has been re-arrested

In 1944, the US Office of Strategic Services—now the CIA—published the "Simple Sabotage Field Manual," a top secret guide teaching the average citizen-saboteur how to fuck shit up without specialized… Read the rest of the article: This is the CIA's official guide to sabotaging business meetings

In-N-Out's secret menu are the not-so-secret items that you can order if you know the code names. Of course, there's "Animal Style," "Protein Style," "4×4," etc. But there's more. So… Read the rest of the article: In-N-Out historian shows off lesser-known secret menu items like the Flying Dutchman (video)

Story Aviles recorded this catchy tune about wanting to be a cryptozoologist. The lyrics are absolutely wonderful! "The world's already full of monsters so let's find more." I hope Loren… Read the rest of the article: Listen to this delightful ditty about being a cryptozoologist

Jennifer Beals has got nothing on Heather Parisi, a dancing and singing star of Italian television from the 1970s through the 1990s. A former performer with the San Francisco Ballet… Read the rest of the article: This maniacal performance of "Maniac"(Flashdance) is a must-see

John Harvey Kellogg, cereal pioneer, filed the first patent for peanut butter in 1895. As Smithsonian explained here, "Kellogg's 'food compound' involved boiling nuts and grinding them into an easily… Read the rest of the article: How to make an old timey peanut butter sandwich from 1900 involving vinegar and dry mustard (video)

The New York Department of Motor Vehicle blocked requests for more than 3,000 vanity license plates in 2023. WGRZ asked for and received the list of them all. There are… Read the rest of the article: DEZNUUTZ, 2HI, VENMO, and 3,000 other vanity license plates rejected by New York's DMV

On Tuesday, Sara and Fabian Lima of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania found a strange metal object that apparently fell from the sky onto their roof. The rectangular artifact is approximately 8 feet… Read the rest of the article: Door from UFO crashed on roof of Philadelphia home (video)

And I thought turning old vinyl records into bowls was crafty! The artisans at record pressing plant Gold Rush turn the scraps from the vinyl manufacturing process into technicolor bouquets… Read the rest of the article: Faux flower bouquets crafted from vinyl record scraps

Seyyed Amir Razavi, 30, came up with a unique method for marketing his services as either (both?) a cocaine dealer or a chauffeur in Calgary, Canada. He reportedly posted up… Read the rest of the article: Gentleman busted for handing out free cocaine samples that included his business card

Students at Hong Kong's Diocesan Boys' School have built the world's smallest humanoid robot. At 5.5" tall, it's shorter than a ballpoint pen. Of course, even among roboticists, what makes… Read the rest of the article: High school students create world's smallest humanoid robot

As Boing Boing pal Syd Garon said when he shared this video, "Usually, I'm like 'oh yeah, another two-headed animal, whatever, cool." This one though, this one is.. memorable. It's… Read the rest of the article: Nightmarishly incredible video of adult cow with two faces

A Waymo self-driving car hit a bicyclist in San Francisco yesterday. No word on whether the cyclist hit the car back. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the bicyclist's… Read the rest of the article: Waymo self-driving car hit bicyclist

For several years, Tampa Bay, Florida residents have been annoyed by a low-frequency thumping noise at night. "We literally questioned if it was aliens," said Emelle Lee who heard the… Read the rest of the article: Tampa residents awoken by the bumping sounds of underwater sex

At last month's 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, Yang Jingru and Li Jinzi took home the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the 1,500-meter short-track race. They… Read the rest of the article: Teenage Chinese skaters ingeniously tricked competition to win gold and silver medals (video)

According to Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung, a company was knocked offline by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack unleashed by a botnet of three million smart toothbrushes. As William… Read the rest of the article: Millions of smart toothbrushes used in botnet attack on company