Did you leave your vials of hamster DNA on a train in Heidelberg, Germany? Last Friday, a bomb squad was called aboard a public train to investigate an abandoned styrofoam… Read the rest of the article: Did you leave your hamster DNA on a train?

Step right up to see Chico, the singing parrot that lives at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in Lincolnshire, England. The 9-year-old, Yellow-crowned Amazon made headlines singing Beyonce's "If I Were… Read the rest of the article: Meet Chico, the parrot that sings Beyonce and Lady Gaga

This robot, named Model-T, is now stocking shelves at a FamilyMart convenience store in Japan. For this trial use, the alien-looking robot is controlled by an operator in a remote… Read the rest of the article: Alien-looking robot to stock convenience store shelves

In every high school there's always one or two guys who look like they're full-grown adults. Maybe they are! Police in Baldwin County, Georgia arrested Abay Holmes, 21, who had… Read the rest of the article: Man, 21, busted for posing as 14-year-old and enrolling in high school

98 Kōshien is a high school baseball videogame released only in Japan for the PlayStation in 1998. One of the features is the ability to customize the pitchers' windups. This… Read the rest of the article: Ridiculous baseball videogame from 1998 results in ridiculous baseball ballet videos made by players

"Boneless chicken wings are just chicken tenders… which are already boneless," explained Lincoln, Nebraska citizen Andrew Christensen at Monday's Lincoln City Council meeting. Here is the entire City Council meeting.

"Guerrilla theatre is a form of intervention where acts of spontaneous, surprise performance in unlikely public spaces rupture the boring-as-shit, day-to-day reality for an unsuspecting audience," writes artist/instigator/author Bill Posters… Read the rest of the article: How to be a guerrilla theatre activist

The Natural History Museum, London, has released a selection of gorgeous "Highly Commended" images from their Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Seen here are some of my favorites. The… Read the rest of the article: Magnificent images from the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

Jez Burrows edited this "supercut of video game characters taking a break from solving crime or shooting people to enjoy a meditative minute of miserable weather." "It's Rain in Games,… Read the rest of the article: Enjoy a relaxing half hour compilation of rain scenes in videogames

On Sunday, an American Airlines pilot reported "a guy in a jetpack" flying beside them above LAX. The sighting was confirmed by another commercial pilot. From the air traffic control… Read the rest of the article: Pilots over LAX report "a guy in a jetpack" flying beside them

Eddy Grant filed a lawsuit against the Trump campaign for using his song "Electric Avenue" (1983) in a "bizarre animated ad posted on Twitter by Trump's campaign on Aug. 12… Read the rest of the article: Eddy Grant sues Trump campaign for copyright infringement over "Electric Avenue"

After Trump's final speech at the Republican National Convention, Leonard Cohen's classic song "Hallelujah" was heard twice, albeit a cover recording by Tori Keller and live opera performance by Christopher… Read the rest of the article: Leonard Cohen's estate not praising RNC's unauthorized use of "Hallelujah"

Earth has changed quite a bit in the past 750 million years or so. Due to plate tectonics—the shifting of the Earth's surface—the location of your city is likely far… Read the rest of the article: Amazing interactive globe shows the very different location of your city 750 million years ago

Japanese firm SkyDrive released a video demonstration of their prototype flying car. It's an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle that operates similarly to an oversized quadcopter drone, although… Read the rest of the article: Watch this demo of a flying car, future almost here

At a kite festival in Taiwan yesterday, a 3-year-old girl was accidentally swooped high into the air caught in a huge kite's tail. She was flying for around 30 seconds… Read the rest of the article: Little girl accidentally soars through the air hanging from a kite (she's fine)

The acoustics at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England's magical megalithic structure, were phenomenal, according to new archaeological research. According to research from the University of Salford's Acoustic Research Centre, the placement of… Read the rest of the article: The amazing acoustics of Stonehenge

Street artist Banksy bought a boat that's currently patrolling the Mediterranean to rescue refugees. Named for French anarchist Louise Michel (1830-1905), the ship's mission is "to uphold maritime law and… Read the rest of the article: Banksy bought a refugee rescue boat and its crew is saving lives

San Antonio, Texas meteorologist Justin Horne was outside covering Hurricane Laura yesterday when a blown transformer nearly bestowed upon him a new career as a supercharged superhero. (KSAT)

According to ISoldMyHouse.com, an online service for people who want to sell their homes without an agent, conducted a survey of 5,000 Americans to gauge their belief in ghosts and… Read the rest of the article: Real estate company offers home exorcism service

On Wednesday, police in Cologne, Germany responded to multiple reports of gunfire at an apartment complex in the city's Ehrenfeld district. Multiple units surrounded two residences and searched the area.… Read the rest of the article: Police respond to gunfire that was actually TV gunfire