There’s a worldwide stereotype of the obnoxious and entitled American tourist. And while the stereotype isn’t true in nine out of ten cases, some people seem hellbent on making sure it doesn’t go anywhere. Take, for example, a recent case from Italy. A 50-year-old American man smashed two ancient Roman busts in a fit of …
The New York City subway can be a weird place. But even then, you wouldn’t expect a gang of green goblins to attack while riding the trains. But that’s what happened to two teenage girls. A group of women dressed in ridiculous neon green bodysuits attacked and robbed them while riding the subway. The women …
Visiting a deceased wife’s grave is usually a touching thing to do. But, of course, there’s an exception to every rule. A New Jersey man was recently busted for visiting his ex-wife every morning. But instead of pining for a lost lover or bringing flowers, he did pretty much the exact opposite. The guy came …
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When thinking about smuggling, your mind might first jump to drugs, guns, or other such illegal goods. But a huge sector of the smuggling industry focuses on a surprising cargo — animals. Animal smuggling really isn’t that surprising, though. There will always be people who are ready to pay a lot of money for exotic …
True crime has more than enough material to go around. Here are three of the most gruesome mother and child killings. Shannan Watts and Daughters There are a couple of documentaries of sorts about this case right now, as it wasn’t that long ago. It wasn’t only the wife and daughters either, but a baby …
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It’s never nice when somebody leaves garbage all over a public space. But at least in most cases, the trash is just empty drink bottles and cans, food wrappers, takeaway boxes… Stuff that’s fairly easy to clean. But the town of Bolton, Vermont, is struggling with a different kind of waste. Somebody keeps dumping into …
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They’re really trying to make self-driving cars the next big thing in automobiles. And in some ways, the artificial intelligence driving the cars really does act mistakably like a real human being. By which we mean that it seems to try to run away from cops. Police officers in San Francisco recently pulled over a …
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Weird Wisconsin laws including no margarine unless requested and apple pie served with cheese are only a part of the Weird Wisconsin Laws That Will Have You Asking What?: Part One. Click the title to read it, otherwise, here’s part two. Screens This weird Wisconsin law is truly weird. There is a local city code …
Wisconsin is home to a bunch of great Midwest people and a bunch of weird Wisconsin laws you would never expect. Which law do you think are the craziest and most weird? No Margarine in These Public Places There are some exceptions, but overall, there’s to be no margarine in restaurants, schools, hospitals, or prisons. …
You really can buy just about anything on the internet. Weird dog toys, someone’s used underwear, dozens of dismembered parts of human corpses… Wait, what? As it turns out, you can buy human body parts on the web, at least if you know the right people. But your shopping options for corpses have just gotten …
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