In 1985, a 175-pound black bear died of a cocaine overdose. The animal found a stash that was dropped from a drug smuggler's airplane. That story is the inspiration for… Read the rest of the article: Here's the horrifying trailer for Cocaine Bear and the true story that inspired the film
Granger Elementary in West Valley City, Utah was evacuated on Monday after loud noises prompted the school to execute their active shooter protocol. A teacher heard what sounded like gunshots… Read the rest of the article: Elementary school evacuated due to active shooter that turned out to be loud science experiment
Jack in. William Gibson's profoundly-influential 1984 cyberpunk novel Neuromancer is coming to Apple TV+ and Miles Teller (Fantastic Four, Top Gun: Maverick) is apparently the studio's first choice to play… Read the rest of the article: William Gibson's Neuromancer coming to Apple TV+
The great Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac songwriter and keyboardist, died today at age 79. I'm a lifelong fan of Fleetwood Mac's California cocaine trilogy of Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, and Tusk… Read the rest of the article: Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, RIP
The French baguette is now under UNESCO safeguarding as an item of "intangible cultural heritage." The bread is joined by a number of other global foods, traditions, and crafts. From… Read the rest of the article: French baguette, Chinese tea, and Arabic coffee now have UNESCO protection
NASA's Orion spacecraft captured his spectacular selfie from a distance of 268,563 miles from Earth, the farthest a spaceship built for humans has ever gone. The first mission in the Artemis… Read the rest of the article: Spectacular selfie of NASA's Orion spacecraft, the Earth, and the Moon
On Saturday, a woman on a Southwest flight from Houston, Texas to Columbus, Ohio attempted to open an exit door mid-flight. The 34-year-old shoved a flight attendant as she lunged… Read the rest of the article: Woman on plane bit fellow passenger and attempted to open the exit door mid-flight because Jesus told her to
Fifty years ago this week, Atari installed the first Pong machine in a Silicon Valley bar called Andy Capp's. The world was never the same. Back in 1999, I wrote… Read the rest of the article: Pong is now 50 years old. Here's the story of its invention.
Last night, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted yes on a policy approving police use of robots that can use lethal force. The policy was passed 8 to 3.… Read the rest of the article: San Francisco Supervisors vote "yes" on police robots' use of deadly force
A small Buddhist temple in Phetchabun, Thailand is empty after the four monks there, including the abbot, tested positive for methamphetamine. From BBC News: The monks were reportedly removed from… Read the rest of the article: Buddhist temple empty after monks test positive for meth
People die everywhere, all the time. It should be no surprise that cruise ship operators must sometimes deal with deaths at sea. Apparently an average of 200 people die on… Read the rest of the article: Do cruise ships have morgues?
For a decade, Art Bell had the ears and minds of late night AM radio with Coast to Coast, his talk show exploring high weirdness of all kinds—from extraterrestrial conspiracies… Read the rest of the article: What did Coast to Coast AM's Art Bell really believe?
Three migrants from Nigeria stowed away on top of an oil/chemical tanker's rudder for an 11-day voyager from Lagos to the Canary Islands. That's where the Spanish coast guard rescued… Read the rest of the article: Three migrants stowed away on a ship's rudder for 11-day voyage from Nigeria
"Rats are tiny animals and they have no fear of the police," a judge in India's Uttar Pradash state said, referring to multiple cannabis cases where rodents apparently ate the… Read the rest of the article: Rats ate 400+ pounds of cannabis seized as police evidence
As is our tradition, Uncle Bill will now lead us in "A Thanksgiving Prayer" (1986).
When buyers of Simon & Schuster's $600 special autographed edition of Bob Dylan's new book "The Philosophy of Modern Song" received their copies a few days ago, they quickly figured… Read the rest of the article: Turns out Bob Dylan didn't hand-sign the $600 "hand-signed" copies of his new book
Postal clerk Oscar Scott Woody was a passenger of the RMS Titanic when it sunk on April 14, 1912. Woody didn't survive the shipwreck but his pocket watch was found… Read the rest of the article: Titanic passenger's pocket watch sells for $100,000+
Soccer reporter Grant Wahl was stopped and detained while attempting to enter the USA vs. Wales opening match at the World Cup in Qatar. Why? He was wearing a rainbow… Read the rest of the article: Sports reporter detained at World Cup for wearing rainbow t-shirt
A farmer in Ross County, Ohio called police this week after discovering that someone—or some thing—had made a mess of his barn and brutally killed his horse, dragging it into… Read the rest of the article: Sheriff reports "non-human creature" brutally killed farmer's horse
In honor of Thanksgiving, fearless photography collector Robert Jackson shares his bounty of "Farm Noir" photos. See the rest at Flashbak.com.
