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Nature can be a cruel place. There’s only so much food, territory, and other resources to go around, so animals often fight tooth and nail for them. But what if a natural disaster cut the availability of resources even further? You’d probably expect the animals to get even more aggressive in their fight for survival. …
Continue reading “Destructive Hurricane Teaches Macaques of Monkey Island to Get Along”
Finding a four-leaf clover is a rare occurrence. As such, it’s no wonder that the mutant plant is traditionally considered to bring good luck to its discoverer. But if a mere four-leaf clover brings you good luck, then Yoshiharu Watanabe is about to become the most fortunate man in the world. Watanabe recently broke the …
Continue reading “Japanese Man Grows Record-Breaking 63-Leaf Clover in His Garden”
The pandemic was a weird time period. People went nuts for toilet paper, held their weddings on Animal Crossing, and alien monoliths popped up around the world. Yeah, remember that last one? In late 2020, bizarre monoliths made out of polished metal suddenly appeared in places as far apart as Utah and Romania in Europe. …
Continue reading “The Monolith’s Back: Gleaming Alien Artifact Appears in Nevada Desert”
Some types of vehicle damage are easier to explain to the insurance company. Somebody backed into your car in the parking lot and owned up to it? Easy. A bear broke into your car and ate the seats? Yeah, good luck with that. That’s what Canadian Kayla Seward had to try and explain to the …
Continue reading “Bear Breaks into a Canadian Woman’s Car, Eats the Upholstery”
Not every fisherman is after a catch that swims and breathes through gills. Others chase a much colder and harder haul. They are magnet fishing enthusiast. With strong magnets attached to long lines, they pull up forgotten metal from waterways. Most of the time, their hauls end up being trash, like old shopping carts, twisted …
Continue reading “Safes and Skulls: Magnet Fishers Haul Up Strange and Creepy Finds”
Limburg an der Lahn is a picturesque city in the state of Hesse in western Germany. But Limburg has a problem. A problem in the shape of a pigeon. Well, hundreds of pigeons, to be accurate. The birds have become such a nuisance that the locals are reaching the end of their rope. The pigeons …
Continue reading “German City Votes to Kill Every Single Pigeon in Bizarre Bird-Whacking Scheme”
We like to think of wolves as these majestic apex predators that rule the natural world. Yet, the cold hard fact is that the life of a wolf is a hard one. Most wolf pups perish before reaching adulthood. Even when a wolf gets to grow up, it’ll be incredibly lucky if it sees its …
Continue reading “Yellowstone’s Ancient One-Eyed Wolf Gives Birth to Her 10th Litter”
Imagine an Amazon package containing a seemingly random item showing up at your door. How nice — someone must’ve bought you a present! But then you check your Amazon account and credit card statement to find that you bought the item. Only, you have zero memory of doing so. What happened? Did you buy the …
Continue reading “British Woman Racks Up Nearly $4K in Credit Card Debt — By Shopping in Her Sleep”
Goats are notoriously stubborn animals. They’ll (at least try) to eat almost anything, occasionally overrun Italian islands, and they climb. Boy, do they climb. In case you didn’t know, goats are basically a bunch of Spider-Men. Some mountain goats can scale nearly perfectly vertical cliffs with ease. Yet, even your regular domestic goats can be …
Continue reading “Reckless Goat Expected to Recover After Getting Trapped on Top of Medieval Tower”
When you have a dream, you will do whatever it takes to pursue it. Even if that means quitting your established career. That’s what George Frandsen did. The Arizona man resigned from his successful job at a major healthcare company to open his own museum. At the Poozeum, located in Williams, Arizona, you can see …
Continue reading “Poozeum: Arizona Man Quits His Job to Open a Museum of Fossilized Crap”