Texas authorities say that a man jumped or climbed onto a moving 18-wheeler before starting to dance. It all went wrong when the semi, traveling south on the Eastex Freeway, passed underneath a bridge. The man was knocked off the 18-wheeler according to the Houston Police Department. He landed on the freeway below. First responders …
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Mississippi day is celebrated on November 30th each year, starting with 2017. Here are a bunch of weird laws to celebrate Mississippi day. Illegitimate Children This is one weird law but if you are a parent to an illegitimate child, then you’re good. However, if you’re a parent to two illegitimate children, you could face …
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Have you read Strange and Weird Pennsylvania Laws: Part One? Because this is part two. When it Comes to Fishing In the state of Pennsylvania, it is unlawful for a person to use or possess Goldfish or Koi as bait for fishing. They don’t say whether this applies to all fish but it’s probably best …
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Look, we get it — it sucks when your flight gets canceled. You might have to reschedule everything from hotel bookings to seeing family and friends or even cancel your entire trip. You still shouldn’t steal and crash several cars in a fit of rage, though. But that’s what a Colorado man is accused of …
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Food theft seems to be the big fad for the criminal underworld this year. First, there was the sentencing in the Canadian maple syrup heist, and just last week three Florida men were arrested for stealing millions’ worth of meat. And now, we have another food-related serial thief from Missouri. But this particular criminal has …
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Hiroshi Fujiwara, 81, told police that ‘my dad says he pushed mum into the sea’. Local police is Oiso, Kanagawa prefecture in Japan were told of the incident on Friday, November 4th. Fujiwara said that the incident took place the day before, when he and his 79-year-old, wheelchair-bound wife, Teruko, went to a pier in …
Earlier this year, we brought you the story of the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. That lit a spark of competition — we can’t let those guys up north do all the weird food-related crime, can we? Fortunately (or not) we now have an all-American contender in the same race. Three men from Florida were …
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There’s such a thing as being a sore loser. And there’s this guy. Police officers in Dallas, TX, recently arrested one Cameron Hogg and charged him with murder. Hogg, 31, stands accused of shooting to death another Dallas resident, Asia Womack. And it appears to be all because he lost to Womack in basketball. After …
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Tempers can flare when a person gets served an eviction notice. That’s understandable — after all, someone’s about to get kicked out of their home. It’s still rare to see somebody deploy what amounts to a biological weapon to try and stop the eviction. But that’s what a Massachusetts woman allegedly did against sheriff’s deputies …
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Road rage isn’t healthy, but we’ve all experienced it. Don’t lie — you’ve screamed obscenities at that f***er that just overtook you without using a blinker. Even then, you probably didn’t pull out a gun and start a full-on firefight. But that’s what two Florida men did recently. Because when a Florida man meets a …
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