Farts are inherently funny. No matter how highbrow you are, you have to admit — at one point or another, you’ve giggled because somebody let one rip. But not every toot is a laughing matter. In several cases, passing gas has resulted in more or less serious consequences. It has caused public condemnation, gotten somebody …
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Dozens Arrested in Bizarre ‘Genital Theft’ Incidents in Tanzania
Getting something stolen from you is always bad. At the mildest, you lose something worth money; at worst, something completely irreplaceable might be taken from you. Something like your penis, perhaps. Tanzania is experiencing a mind-boggling epidemic of genital theft. The issue has become so serious that dozens of people have been arrested. However, those …
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VW Beetle Was Suspended from a Canadian Cliff in an Odd College Prank
There’s nothing wrong with pulling a little prank. But it’s just good form to clean up after the joke to show you’re not actually doing anything malicious. Nobody apparently told that to the Canadian college students who left a Volkswagen Beetle hanging upside down from a cliff face. In late March, a bright red Beetle …
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TikTok Psychic Sentenced to Pay $10M to Innocent Woman She Claimed Was a Murderer
Accusing someone of any crime is no laughing matter. But if you claim a person is a murderer, you’d better have some strong, hard facts to back it up. As it turns out, tarot cards aren’t sufficient proof in a murder case. In 2022, four University of Idaho students were killed in what has become …
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Everest Guides Poisoned Thousands of Climbers in Enormous Insurance Scam
Climbing Mount Everest is one of the most daunting challenges in the world. Without a careful and lengthy preparation process, your expedition will surely fail. But it sure makes the whole ordeal a lot more difficult if your guide has decided to poison you before you even start climbing. Authorities in Nepal have uncovered a …
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Las Vegas Newspaper Stops Publishing Its Rival in Weird Contract Row
For more than 75 years, the newspapers Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Sun have been rivals. They’ve been on opposite ends of the political spectrum, and their staffs don’t get along. But, in a strange quirk, the Review-Journal has printed and distributed the Sun — despite them being enemies. The two newspapers have been …
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Stolen German Sports Trophy Discovered in Champion Team’s Basement
It’s always sad when a champion loses their trophy. In Germany, however, such an incident took place outside the court. The championship trophy was stolen. Fuechse Berlin, a handball team from Germany’s capital, is currently the sport’s reigning champion in the country. Late last year, however, the handball league trophy — a large all-silver plate …
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Googly Eyes Can Protect Your Beach Snack from Seagulls
Ah, it’s a perfect day at the beach! Feeling a little peckish, you wander to the food truck and buy yourself your favorite snack. But just before you manage to take the first bite, a seagull swoops down and steals your treat. Day ruined. Thieving seagulls plague beachgoers around the world, but now we may …
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Florida Woman Arrested for Damaging Airbnb Filming Watersports Porn
The rules of staying over at someone else’s place are pretty simple. You don’t disturb the neighbors, and you treat the place with greater care than your own home. And you certainly don’t pee over everything to shoot niche kink videos. That’s what Nicolette Keough is alleged to have done at two Airbnbs. The 31-year-old …
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Somebody Stole More Than 400,000 KitKat Chocolate Bars in Europe
I’m a big KitKat fan. You give me a chance for a free chocolate-coated wafer bar, and I’m very likely to take it. Yet, as much as I like KitKats, this guy sure has me beat. Somebody, who’s quite possibly the world’s biggest KitKat enthusiast, has pulled off a heist worthy of a Hollywood movie. …
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