Oddities, Weird stuff, Strange things of our world.
Five-year-old Jackson Riley was suspended from Great Valley Academy public charter school in Modesto, California for making what school administrators say are “terrorist threats.” His parents, however, say he was only “pretend playing” and want the disciplinary action struck from his permanent record. A School With Zero Tolerance For Pretend Play? At school last week, Jackson …
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Vernon Barrett Jr. won’t be winning any father of the year awards—what he has done, instead, is ensure his 6-year-old daughter will need years of therapy to quell her coulrophobia. The Youngstown, Ohio man tried to discipline the little girl by chasing her around in a clown mask. She ran screaming into a stranger’s apartment, …
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Never underestimate the power of the elderly. In La Puente, California, an 83-year-old grandfather found himself in the middle of a police standoff after the agitated suspect jumped from home to home and landed on his roof. He was on top of homes in the 14000 block of Beckner Street for hours, refusing commands from …
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A female jogger, dubbed “the Mad Pooper,” has been defecating in front of Colorado Springs homes and businesses for weeks. One Colorado Springs Home Appears To Be A Target Resident and victim Cathy Budde said the unidentified woman has been relieving herself in front of her home and her kids have even seen the runner …
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Several thousand euros were found shredded in Swiss toilets, and no one knows why. The bathrooms at a branch of the UBS bank in Geneva and three nearby restaurants were stuffed with several €500 bills that had been cut up and flushed. A Swiss newspaper first reported the mystery money, and authorities have confirmed the …
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All right, who did it? Who was the celebrity culprit? Was it Nicole Kidman? One of the kids from Stranger Things? Oprah? Was Stephen Colbert having the jitters right before the show? No one knows, and no one, at the time of this writing anyway, is telling—Hollywood is full of secrets after all—but somebody …
Have you ever felt sad for a sausage? Probably not, but we’re willing to bet this one will tug at your heartstrings—that is, if it doesn’t gross you out first. Recently, a breakfast sausage mascot belonging to the U.S.-based restaurant chain Denny’s has gone viral on Twitter as social media pundits liken him to a …
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In possibly deadly irony, a scout for the Netflix series Narcos has been murdered while searching for locations for the fourth season of the acclaimed drama series about drug cartel violence in Central and Latin America. Carlos Muñoz Portal, 37, was killed in a remote area near San Bartolo Actopan in the state of Mexico …
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Janis Wilson, a 61-year-old grandmother of five, woke to the sights and sounds of more than 40 cows wreaking havoc on her street in Bollington, Cheshire. She was enjoying a cup of tea on a quiet Sunday morning when she heard a lot of “mooing” coming from her front yard. She looked out to see …
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Footage of what looks like a UFO flying over Bracknell in Berkshire surfaced on the Internet in late August 2017. Resident Bob Wise recorded the strange object, which he says was flashing its lights at around noon, on a hot, sunny day. The sighting prompted Bob to pull out his camera and record the unusual …
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