Focused on odd news and bizarre occurrences around the world, these daily articles explore everything from science and technology to lore and pop culture.
With over 3 million readers each month, Oddee impacts people from around the world in the most unexpected ways.
The stereotypical cocaine user is a jittery, overenergized mess that just wants to go, go, go. As it turns out, that’s a very accurate description of the drug’s effects. At least if the one taking it is a salmon. Biologists are concerned about the effects of various drugs on wildlife. It sounds crazy, but medicine …
When you hear of somebody stealing toys, you might be tempted to think the culprit is a mischievous child. Increasingly, however, the toy thieves are grown adults looking to cater to shady collectors. In the most recent case, we have a man who stole lots and lots of Lego. California resident Jarrelle Augustine stands accused …
Continue reading “Man Steals $34K Worth of Lego by Replacing Box Contents with Dry Pasta”
The bear is in the details. If it wrecks cars like a bear, walks like a bear, and talks like a bear, is it a bear? Most likely not, because bears don’t talk. Insurance scammers, however, do. Three Southern California residents have been found guilty of an outlandish (but admittedly creative) insurance fraud scheme. They …
Continue reading “Three Californians Sentenced to Jail in Bizarre Bear Suit Insurance Scam”
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 …
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 …
Continue reading “Dozens Arrested in Bizarre ‘Genital Theft’ Incidents in Tanzania”
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 …
Continue reading “VW Beetle Was Suspended from a Canadian Cliff in an Odd College Prank”
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 …
Continue reading “TikTok Psychic Sentenced to Pay $10M to Innocent Woman She Claimed Was a Murderer”
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 …
Continue reading “Everest Guides Poisoned Thousands of Climbers in Enormous Insurance Scam”
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 …
Continue reading “Las Vegas Newspaper Stops Publishing Its Rival in Weird Contract Row”
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 …
Continue reading “Stolen German Sports Trophy Discovered in Champion Team’s Basement”