In Saint Lazare, Quebec, junior high school art teacher Mario Perron in is under investigation for allegedly selling his students' paintings and drawings online without their permission and pocketing the… Read the rest of the article: Junior high school art teacher secretly sold students' paintings online without their consent
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, Starbucks is offering a new beverage, the Abundant Year Savory Latte. Available at some China locations, the concoction contains espresso, steamed milk, and… Read the rest of the article: Starbucks offers new latte with pork flavoring
Watch as this determined dung beetle steamrolls a large ball of poop right across a gathering of tiny frogs. The dung beetle does not give a (ahem) shit about anything… Read the rest of the article: Inspiring and determined dung beetle steamrolls a huge ball of poop right over a group of frogs (video)
Below is astonishing new video from inside an Amazon van when an Amtrak train smashed into it, slicing the vehicle clean in half. Incredibly, the driver was unscathed. The incident… Read the rest of the article: New video of Amazon van sliced in half by train
Above is a fantastic fossil of a 280 million-year-old reptile with the scientific name Tridentinosaurus antiquus. The oldest fossil reptile ever discovered in the Alps, the beautifully-preserved animals was unearthed… Read the rest of the article: Famed reptile fossil is actually rocks, paint, and random bones
On Sunday, Ashwath Kaushik of Singapore beat Polish chess grandmaster Jacek Stopa, 37, in the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open competition in Switzerland. Kaushik is 8 years old. He's now the youngest… Read the rest of the article: Ashwath Kaushik beat a chess grandmaster. He's only 8 years old.
A horrible odor swept across Cape Town, South Africa yesterday. Suspecting a leak or other failure at local sewage facilities, city official sent in inspectors and called up an environmental… Read the rest of the article: Sewage smell blanketing city was… something else
Driving around San Francisco, you may pass a house with its garage door open and be surprised by a toilet right in the middle of the garage. What gives? One… Read the rest of the article: Why do many San Francisco homes have working toilets in the middle of their garages?
A security guard at Moscow's Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) was so enamored with a particular artwork that he, um, attempted to eat it. The multimedia installation is… Read the rest of the article: Gallery security guard inexplicably tries to eat artwork (video)
It's Presidents' Day in the United States and to celebrate, esteemed vernacular photography collector Robert E. Jackson curated a wonderfully weird selection of snapshots featuring Abraham Lincoln. See more at: "Snapshots of People… Read the rest of the article: Strange snapshots of Abraham Lincoln
Brendan, an employee of Back Channel Brewing Company in Spring Park, Minnesota, was standing in front of a large vat when he was blasted back by beer squirting from the… Read the rest of the article: Brewer blown backwards by beer blast (video)
Tim Hansen was surprised to be issued a $400 citation for using his mobile phone while driving when he was actually just scratching his head. As seen above, Hansen was… Read the rest of the article: AI screw-up results in man being fined $400 for scratching his head
Of all the surprising things that New York City's Municipal Transit Authority employees find left behind on trains, this has to be the most valuable. On a Long Island Rail… Read the rest of the article: Someone left $30,000 cash on a NYC train… and got it back
At Pinconning High School in Michigan, Maranah Alburg was wearing her school-issued varsity cheerleader uniform to class—as she was instructed by her coach to do on game days. But while… Read the rest of the article: High school cheerleader wearing official uniform at school told to "cover up" by staff
A Delta flight on its way from Amsterdam to Detroit turned back after maggots fell onto passengers from the overhead bins. Apparently someone had stowed dead fish wrapped in newspaper… Read the rest of the article: Flight turns back due to maggots raining on passengers' heads from overhead bins
The good people at Weird Universe share these delightful 19th century oil paintings of people with huge tumors. In the 1830s, Dr. Peter Parker (no relation to Spider-Man) commissioned Western-trained… Read the rest of the article: Magnificent 19th century portraits of people with huge tumors
"I'm hit! I'm hit!" Okaloosa County deputy Jesse Hernandez yelled before opening fire on his own patrol car where a suspect was in custody in the back seat. Thing is,… Read the rest of the article: Florida cop confuses acorn falling on his car with a gunshot and starts shooting at nothing
A new study of Tibetan monks reveals that a dedicated practice of meditation changes your poop. According to the new research from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, the… Read the rest of the article: Long-term meditation changes your poop
The owner of a freight company in Xiangyang, Hubei, China was busted for allegedly installing hidden GPS tracking devices on police cars so her truck drivers could avoid them. Apparently… Read the rest of the article: Freight company owner busted for putting GPS trackers on police cars so truck drivers could avoid them
Its not a toadstool but rather a frog mushroom! Citizen scientist Chinmay C. Maliye and Lohit Y.T found a group of Rao's Intermediate Golden-backed Frogs in the foothills of the… Read the rest of the article: Freaky frog has mushroom growing from its side
