It’s a tale older than time. A guy loses someone he loves, keeps searching for them for many years, and just as he’s about to give up, the fates bring him back together with his lost love. A classic feel-good story. Only in this case, the lost love is an ice skate. We couldn’t make …
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People will do strange things for money, fame and recognition, from sticking toothpicks into their beard to piercing coconuts with one finger. Being pummeled in the face by the most wet sponges in one minute is definitely one of the more bizarre world records and until recently it stood at 76. Then along came a …
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If you told someone that a cartoon character wrote you a letter, most people would wonder if you’d hit your head or something. If you then said that you sold the letter for an obscene amount of money, some might start calling the men in white coats. But as it usually goes with these things, …
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It’s usually about as far from a laughing matter as you can get when one country’s troops invade another. But in this case, you can’t help but chuckle. In late May, a military force from Poland occupied a small part of the Czech Republic for around two weeks. Only, it was not a hostile invasion …
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In a surprise twist, a new study has discovered that diligent people with long-term planning ability and high emotional availability were responsible for hoarding toilet paper during the coronavirus epidemic. When the COVID-19 lockdown measures began to kick in last March, practically every store in the US, Europe and in many other places in the …
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Netflix, in their infinite wisdom, is resurrecting Unsolved Mysteries with the producers of Stranger Things at the helm. The original ran for 23 years and over 500 episodes, ending in 2010. Each episode used re-enactments and first-person interviews to tell stories of unsolved crimes, paranormal events, and UFO sightings and encounters. The host, Robert Stack, …
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Is there a monster lurking in Scotland’s famous Loch Ness? New pictures of a strange creature swimming through the Loch’s waters snapped by a British tourist have reignited the debate over whether Nessie might be real. The photos were taken by Southampton resident Steve Challice, who was visiting Urquhart Castle on the shores of Loch …
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Ghost stories are a vital summer tradition; a mainstay of summer camps, sleepovers, and sleeping in a tent in the backyard. The goal is to terrify your companions. A successful ghost story doesn’t just have jump-scares, but it lingers so that your audience will fear the dark for some time between a day and …
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We present an array of tales of wins at the blackjack tables. Some of them are apocryphal. There are no name and no places. The stories have been narrated by blackjack dealers or onlookers. But they are now regarded as blackjack legend and are recounted whenever the topic of crazy wins comes up. Others are …
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Do you love a good success story? There’s no bigger accomplishment than becoming a millionaire in a matter of minutes, and these three players have managed to do just that. But big casino wins occur all the time. We wanted something a bit more bizarre to dive into, so our casino champions happen to be …
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