On Thanksgiving evening in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, police embarked on an unusual highway pursuit. They were chasing a man driving a truck that was towing a 70-foot-long manufactured house. (Insert… Read the rest of the article: Wild dashcam video of police chasing man towing a house
One marine researcher in Texas has a growing collection of "witch bottles" that have washed up on South Texas beaches over the last few years. The bottles are closed and… Read the rest of the article: Mysterious "witch bottles" washing up on South Texas beaches
A 12-year-old boy spotted a huge construction forklift outside his Ann Arbor elementary school and, like a gift from heaven, the key was in the cab. He took the 35,000-pound… Read the rest of the article: Child steals huge construction forklift and leads police on an hourlong chase (video)
California passed a law last month requiring the teaching of cursive or "joined italics" handwriting in grades one through six, emphasizing its value in reading historical documents, improving writing speed.… Read the rest of the article: Cursive handwriting coming back to schools by law
The US Customs and Border Patrol intercepted more than 2,500 syringes of vaginal tightening gel that arrived at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport from a Hong Kong. The injections were on their way… Read the rest of the article: Syringes filled with vaginal tightening gel intercepted by US border patrol
Linda Salzman Sagan who co-created two iconic messages to extraterrestrials—the Voyager Golden Record and the Pioneer Plaque—has died. She was 83-years-old. The Pioneer Plaque was a collaboration between Linda, her… Read the rest of the article: Linda Salzman Sagan, co-creator of the Voyager Golden Record and Pioneer Plaque, RIP
Science fiction-style beam weapons that can destroy targets with directed lasers or microwaves are the near-term future of advanced weaponry. According to the US Office of Naval Research, the beam… Read the rest of the article: Pentagon pouring $1 billion/year into science fiction-style beam weapons mounted on military vehicles
Is it illegal to get your dog high on weed? "Animal poison control hotlines have been reporting exponential increases in the number of calls about pets exposed to marijuana as… Read the rest of the article: Is it illegal to get your dog high?
To bring a bit of cartoon creepiness to your Monday, please enjoy this Shrek test footage below produced five years before the 2001 release of the first film in the… Read the rest of the article: This early test footage of Shrek is deeply creepy and amazing (video)
In 1995, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and The Monkees pitched Pizza Hut pizza in a TV commercial, seen below. (Well, 3/4 of The Monkees anyway—unsurprisingly, the great Michael Nesmith didn't… Read the rest of the article: When Ringo Starr and The Monkees pitched pizza together (video)
Yesterday at Disneyland, a man on the "It's A Small World" ride felt compelled to strip down to his underwear, climb out of the boat, and get up close and… Read the rest of the article: Disneyland visitor stripped naked on "It's A Small World" but other riders weren't entertained (video)
Uncle Bill, lead us in the closing prayer. "Thanks for the American dreamTo vulgarize and to falsify until the bare lies shine through" —William S. Burroughs, Thanksgiving Day, November 28,… Read the rest of the article: William S. Burroughs on the American Dream (video)
At Saturday's Trump rally in Ford Dodge, Iowa, Republican State Representative Mike Sexton impressed the impressionable crowd with his absolutely idiotic—and badly done—Yoda impression. "Mmm the dark side is very… Read the rest of the article: Republican state senator does deeply cringey Yoda impression on stage at Trump rally (video)
This otherworldly humanoid was spotted on a Google Street View image from Buff, Utah. Could it be an interdimensional figure seeking farming tips? An extraterrestrial frolicking in the fields? Mr.… Read the rest of the article: Bizarre otherworldly humanoid with elongated arms spotted on Google Street View
The great PJ Harvey took over NPR's Tiny Desk to perform tracks from her latest album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, release in July. Following four of those new… Read the rest of the article: PJ Harvey plays a beautiful Tiny Desk Concert of her newest songs plus one "oldie" (video)
"Looking for an easy going FEMALE to share the master bedroom and the ONE QUEEN SIZE BED… I have been previously sharing the bedroom which ONLY HAS ONE QUEEN SIZE… Read the rest of the article: Share a queen bed for rent in Toronto for $950
For more than a decade, Swedish maker Simone Giertz has inspired us with her "shitty" robots, DIY Tesla pickup truck, mantis shrimp costume, and other curious and "useless" inventions. For… Read the rest of the article: Master maker Simone Giertz spent three years designing a better coat hanger
Is your life humdrum? Short on drama? Lacking intrigue? "Suspense Accents" can help. Just click on any of the soundboard buttons to add tension to your boring day-to-day. For even… Read the rest of the article: Click here to make your life more suspenseful
Seen below is photographer Ian Servin's wild image of the sky above the San Francisco Bay Area during this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APAC) summit. World leaders descended on the… Read the rest of the article: Freaky photo of San Francisco Bay Area sky showing the aircraft surveillance during APEC
A couple in Hollywood, Florida were excited to play with their jet ski last month but it didn't quite go as planned. According to reports, the woman backed Tesla down… Read the rest of the article: Watch a Tesla burn as it sinks into the ocean (video)
