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Thousands upon thousands of giant cockroaches skitter around a house. They’re breeding out of control, their numbers increasing day by day. This isn’t some nightmarish pest infestation scenario, though. It was one dubious character’s illegal moneymaking scheme. Australian police recently pulled the biggest exotic insect seizure in the country’s history. They confiscated an absolutely mindblowing …
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It’s over for Loony Toon. He has received a lengthy prison sentence for leading police officers on a car chase during which he fired on them. Nothing in the previous paragraphs is a joke. Sometimes reality just aligns perfectly to make it for us at Oddee to do our jobs. A man called Loony Toon …
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In the dead of night, they rise from the dank sewers underneath the city. Nobody knows who they are, what they want, or where they go after emerging from the underground. That’s what’s going on in New York City, anyway. Passersby and security cameras have recently caught strange groups of men climbing out from the …
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When you get a new car, you can be forgiven for driving perhaps with a little more abandon than usual. After all, you should still exercise healthy caution not to put yourself and others in danger. And you definitely should maintain some common sense, unlike this Texas man. Jimmy McDaniel was recently arrested for reckless …
Continue reading “Man Drives Cybertruck into a Lake to Test Its ‘Wade Mode’”
If your house catches fire, it’s game over. Even if it doesn’t burn to the ground, all the water the firefighters will spray on it will surely cause massive damage to the structures and your belongings. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to extinguish a fire without water? Soon, there might be. …
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A lot of things happened in 2007. Apple changed the tech landscape with the first iPhone, Netflix started streaming movies, the Harry Potter book series wrapped up… And Neville Greene received a traffic ticket for running a red light. But the Canadian man didn’t feel he deserved to be fined. He appealed the ticket and …
Continue reading “Canadian Man Wins Nearly Two-Decade Battle Against a Traffic Fine”
The streetlights turn red, bathing the dark street in an eerie crimson glow. From the blackness of the night, bats soon begin to dart back and forth between the shadows. You might think Dracula himself is about to appear and sink his teeth into your neck. But don’t worry, there are no vampires around. You’re …
Continue reading “Denmark Installs Creepy Red Streetlights to Help Bats Thrive”
A smashed car lies smoking in the ditch, possibly dozens of lives have been endangered, and the cops are swarming all over the place. In this kind of situation, de-escalating might be a good idea. But that’s not the Florida man way. Yair Rivera, a certified Florida man, recently gave the Sunshine State’s police officers …
Continue reading “Florida Man Asks Cops If He Should Get a Faster Car After 130-MPH Chase”
It’s always good to hear of a young person finding their calling in life. This Norwegian youth, however, might want to keep exploring his options. Repeatedly stealing buses is not a promising career prospect, after all. A 14-year-old boy in Norway is suspected of a highly unusual crime. He reportedly stole a public bus and …
Continue reading “14-year-old Goes on a Joyride in a Stolen Bus for the Third Time in Six Months”
Punta Marina is something you might consider a beach paradise. The Italian seaside town has it all: miles of sand for sunbathing, warm and shallow waters for swimming, and comfy resorts for sleeping. It’s also home to colorful peacocks. Hordes upon hordes of peacocks. What began as one person’s exotic pets has become a townwide …
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