Well, it wasn't in the sewers but maybe that's where it had been living. A four-foot-long alligator was rescued from Brooklyn, New York's Prospect Park Lake over the weekend. Unfortunately,… Read the rest of the article: Alligator found in Brooklyn, New York
In Rawlins, Wyoming on Tuesday, an icy interstate sent this semi-truck out of control into the median. Fortunately, this state trooper was fast on his feet: (KBZK) front page thumbnail… Read the rest of the article: Watch this state trooper barely… just barely… miss being run over by a semi truck (video)
George Rebeles was thrift shopping in Ferris, Texas when he thought he had scored a CD copy of Bachman Turner Overdrive's The Anthology. When he opened the case much later,… Read the rest of the article: Thrift store shopper scored unpublished photo of JFK's motorcade just before the assassination
This bizarre mermaid-monkey mummy resides in the Enju-in Temple in Asakuchi City, Japan. A handwritten note inside the creature's box explains that it was caught in Japanese waters in 1740.… Read the rest of the article: This freaky mermaid-monkey residing in a Japanese temple may not be what it seems, scientists report
Since this ancient object was first discovered thirty years ago, archaeologists have thought it to be a darning tool to sew up holes in fabric. Now though, archaeologists suspect that… Read the rest of the article: This is likely a 2,000-year-old Roman dildo, say archaeologists
During a particularly windy day in Lancashire, England, a pilot of a four-person prop plane requested that a flying instructor join him in the air just be on the safe… Read the rest of the article: Pilot thought instructor was "pretending to nap" in flight but he wasn't pretending, nor was he napping
Spain's transportation department and the private state rail operator, Renfe, announced a fat $275 million contract that started three years ago to modernize the country's commuter railway in Asturias and… Read the rest of the article: Spanish transport secretary resigns after $275 million in new trains are too big for the tunnels
David Jagolinzer was playing blackjack at the Wynn Las Vegas casino when he went into cardiac arrest and his collapsed onto the table. What did the dealer do? Apparently, the… Read the rest of the article: Man collapsed from heart attack at Vegas blackjack table yet dealer continued the game
In Düsseldorf, Germany, a 53-year-old man with HIV and cancer received a bone marrow transplant several years ago from a donor whose cells have a natural mutation that makes them… Read the rest of the article: Another HIV patient has been cured
In 1961, the good people of the small town of Capitola, California were terrorized by seemingly-insane seabirds. Eight people reported injuries and countless others ran in fear. Inspired by this… Read the rest of the article: That time when ferocious flocks of seabirds attacked people, inspiring Hitchcock's The Birds
In the 1980s, a junior high student named Cameron Moss had spotted a flier that a teenaged Kurt Cobain hung in an Aberdeen, Washington music store advertising his art services.… Read the rest of the article: Kurt Cobain painted this guy's skateboard in junior high and now Tony Hawk has reproduced it for charity (video)
Firearm fanatic and onetime gunsmith Louis Minardi of Odessa, Florida loves guns so much that when it came time to build a new backyard pool, any suggestion of a rectangle… Read the rest of the article: Florida man built a backyard swimming pool shaped like a handgun. As one does.
Today is President's Day in the US, so let's celebrate by remembering the moment in 1988 when Nancy and Ronald Reagan revealed their passion for drugs and alcohol. Film director… Read the rest of the article: Ronald and Nancy Reagan share their enthusiasm for drugs and alcohol (video)
Pennsylvania couple Tony and Frances Toto are celebrating 57 years of marriage. What a beautiful thing, especially as Frances attempted to have Tony killed—five times—after he cheated on her. You… Read the rest of the article: Couple celebrates 57 years of marriage decades after wife attempted to kill husband multiple times
Cat Music Videos is a ridiculous and cute Instagram account featuring DIY music videos for pop songs with cats as the stars. And yes, as Matt from Web Curios points… Read the rest of the article: Cute and ridiculous DIY music videos with cats as the stars
"Instead of using artificial materials for building drones, we can use the dead birds and re-engineer them as a drone," New Mexico Tech mechanical engineer Mostafa Hassanalian told New Scientist.… Read the rest of the article: Dead birds transformed into flying drones for spying
Japan's Hitachi City Kamine Zoo and local emergency officials conducted an escaped animal drill last weekend. The whole thing was made so much more real by employing a worker wearing… Read the rest of the article: Japan zoo employs person in silly black bear costume for escaped animal emergency drill (video)
Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade, a group of adults and kids with a passion for amateur radio and high-altitude DIY projects, say that one of their balloons has been "missing… Read the rest of the article: That UFO shot down over Alaska likely belonged to a group of amateur radio balloon hobbyists
On Saturday, police Telford, England arrested Joby Pool, 32, who was driving a stolen semi truck filled with 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs. He allegedly had cut through a gate at… Read the rest of the article: Man arrested for stealing 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs
On Tuesday, a group of fashionably-dressed goats, fashionably-dressed people, people dressed as goats, and a crowd of delighted (or confused, or both) onlookers descended on San Francisco's Union Square for… Read the rest of the article: Weirdo goat fashion show wows and confuses crowd in San Francisco
