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How’re you enjoying your coronavirus quarantine? Everything going well? Would you like another layer of quarantine on top of it? No? Well, if you’re currently in a number of states on the US east coast, we have bad news for you. You may already be living under double quarantine and not even know it. Several …
Continue reading “Invasive Bug Species Puts East Coast States Under Double Quarantine”
Come one, come all… back to Blockbuster? Yup, the last ever Blockbuster store is offering a sleepover, and a very nostalgic peek into the past. Airbnb wants to get people into the Blockbuster, and they have it listed as a studio with one bedroom and a half bath. The kicker? For a three one-night stays, …
Continue reading “Blockbuster Airbnb Opens (Shortly) For a Very 90s Experience”
Imagine the scenario – a terrifying wild beast is terrorizing the residents of a city. The authorities are powerless against the rampaging monster, and can only resort to blocking parts of the city from the public. Sounds like a plot to a horror movie, right? For the citizens of Oakland, California, this has unfortunately been …
Continue reading “Violent Turkey That Forced Oakland Park To Close Still Loose After 3 Months”
The speakeasy was an unintended side effect of the US prohibition laws on alcohol, in place between 1920 and 1933. Since then, it has become a cultural icon, and many modern bars and restaurants are modeled after the infamous speakeasy. For those less familiar with American history, the speakeasy is essentially an illegal bar. When …
Continue reading “The New Prohibition: Speakeasy Gyms Emerge In The US”
We all know what water is supposed to look like. It’s usually depicted as blue, but in reality the color varies based on lighting and other factors. The same body of water might look anything from blue to green to pitch black. If there’s a lot of sand and mud, it might be a murky …
Continue reading “Paraguayan Lake Suddenly Turns Bright Purple”
We here at Oddee have covered our fair share of unlikely events. From long-lost sisters reunited by the coronavirus to a farmer returning a skydiver’s severed leg, we’ve pretty much learned to expect the unexpected. Or at least you’d think so, but then something else happens against such mindblowing odds that you can’t help but …
Continue reading “North Carolina Girl’s Message-in-a-Bottle Travels 4,000 Miles To Morocco”
In Germany, one citizen’s sleuthing has helped solve a series of crimes that plagued the country’s capital Berlin. Only in this case, instead of money or jewels, the criminal was stealing shoes and wasn’t even a person. An independent investigation by Christian Meyer, from the Zehlendorf neighborhood in southwestern Berlin, found that a local sly …
Continue reading “Fox Caught Stealing More Than 100 Shoes In Germany”
Politicians come and go, such is the nature of their field. This has been very well exemplified by the current Trump administration, which has seen quite a bit of traffic both in and out of top positions. But it’s not only the US government that has seen turnover recently. British decision-makers have also resigned in …
The guests and riders at Walt Disney World were sunk, well, not exactly. They did start taking on water though and soon got out. Video footage shows those on board evacuated as their seats were flooded with water. Riders stood on a small path alongside the track and watched their empty boat submerge underwater. Guests …
Continue reading “Splash Mountain Ride Sinks Under Water During Ride in Viral Video”
Have you ever wished you could just… Disappear? That you could become somebody else and leave all your worries behind? Sure you have. Everyone has those moments every now and then when the times get tough, but most of us don’t try acting on it. Running from your problems rarely works, after all, and often …
Continue reading “Man’s Attempt To Fake His Death Thwarted By A Typo”