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What do you think should happen when a chaperone on an 8th grade canoeing trip tricks two students into eating moose poop and the principal and teachers don’t do anything about it? According to the New York Daily News, the principal has been removed from his position and the teachers have been punished. In Grand […]

The bath salts media brouhaha seems to have reached a fever pitch, with horror stories of users of synthetic drugs violently tearing into, attacking and eating other living things an ostensible daily occurrence. The bath salts panic really kicked into full swing with the Miami face eating incident, but since then, it seems bath salts […]

A beautiful June wedding turned soggy when the bride and groom got all wet after the dock collapsed, tipping the entire group into a lake. Eric Walber and Maegan McKee thought taking photos of the entire wedding party on a boat dock over Michigan’s Gun Lake sounded like a great idea, until the wood dock […]

Beach goers in New York and New Jersey were shocked to see a plane flying up and down the beaches with a banner hanging from its tail with a Jewish Star of David with a Swastika in the middle and a sentence of symbols that says Swastika=Peace+Love. The organizers of the plane are trying to […]

Ah, remember the halcyon days of fourth grade — riding bikes, chasing down the ice cream man, getting your first tattoo… wait, what? Yes, a ten-year-old kid got a tattoo, and not surprisingly, social services has removed the little boy from his home after the tat and some other unspecified allegations came to their attention. […]

Have you ever gone to a historical preservation village, where everyone takes a picture in the stocks, like they used to use to punish thieves and women who wore ankle-baring garments in olden times? A kind of modern-day stocks inadvertently resulted when a teenage boy tried to swipe a soda from a vending machine, getting […]

New York City is notorious for its no-nonsense police department, and one woman is expressing her frustration with policies after she spent a night in jail over a long-forgotten ticket. 27-year-old Krystle Garcia was ticketed ten years ago, way back when she was a teen driver. Her offense, the one that landed her in central […]

A New Zealand couple has been given a rare gift after a misdiagnosis of terminal cancer, but crushing debt has made the surprise a bittersweet one. The pair, identified in the press only as Frank, 69, and Wilma, 65, planned to fulfill all the plans on Frank’s “bucket list.” After he was diagnosed with the […]

More than half of UK youths have no idea where bacon comes from, a travesty according to many Americans, who are almost obsessed with the meat (see Burger King’s new bacon sundae). The Daily Mail reports that one in ten young adults in Britain think eggs come from wheat or maize, and one in three […]

A man in Cincinnati has been arrested after he was spotted in an alleyway masturbating with a teddy bear. This is not the first time the man, Charles Marshall, has been arrested for inappropriate conduct with a teddy bear and, given his record, probably not the last time. The Huffington Post notes that the 28-year-old […]

The phenomenon of individuals using the 911 service provided to all Americans for inappropriate reasons seems to happen frequently enough to keep us internet news providers covering it a few times each year, but it seems we’ve got to go over this again, America. Okay. Please don’t call 911 if you get fewer McNuggets than […]

Ray Dolin, a man who was hitchhiking across America to gather stories for his book, “The Kindness of America,” was shot earlier this week by a random truck driver while he was standing on the side of the road. Well, that’s the story that Dolin initially told the cops. Turns out that he actually shot […]

Can you imagine the euphoria felt in the town of Bethel, Alaska, when the residents found out that they were getting a Taco Bell? Can you imagine the utter devastation they felt when they found out it was a hoax? The 6,000 person town of Bethel, Alaska, got their fast food hopes up earlier this […]

As if squid for dinner or in Christmas Eve “gravy” wasn’t bad enough (sorry, grandma, but I don’t eat calamari and scungilli), this story will put you off any sort of squid-based cuisine, probably through several lifetimes, if you believe in reincarnation. Think squid is gross and tasted like overcooked rubber bands? Well, it actually […]

How much would you pay for a pizza? What if it came topped with black Alaskan cod and a thermidor of lobster? The Stevenston Pizza Company in British Columbia is offering a $450 pizza, and surprisingly, someone has actually purchased one. According to the Denver News Channel, Vancouver’s C6 pizza comes with black Alaskan cod, […]

Standing up while urinating may soon be illegal for men in Europe. Male representatives on the Sormland County Council and the Left Party are pushing for “sitting only” public restrooms. Exactly how the self-avowed socialist and feminist political party plans on enforcing the allegedly more sanitary restroom habits of males remains to be seen. Supporters […]

It wasn’t flying, but there was definitely an unidentified object on the Capital Beltway in Washington D.C. last night. The internet was abuzz with rumors about a UFO being transported on a flatbed truck through the city last night. Did a UFO crash? Was this a secret government operation? Did the military forget to bring […]

A New Jersey man frustrated with squirrels sneaking into his home through a hole he continually patched shot the squirrels with a BB gun and hung them on his fence. The six squirrels presumably hanging on the wooden fence as a warning to other furry creatures to stay away landed Richard Baird in hot water […]

Giant tortoises Bibi, female, and Poldi, male, have been living in captivity together in an Austrian zoo for over a century now, but after all of that time it looks like the tortoises have finally had enough of each other–and they’re getting a divorce. A report from the Austrian Times from last week says that […]

A pair of lungs that were found on a sidewalk in South Los Angeles have been identified as being from an animal, rather than a human being. A female citizen called police on Sunday at around 8.30pm to report the organs, which she had spotted lying on the ground on the 13100 block of Avalon […]

Authorities in Georgia are still on the hunt for a thief that made off with nearly 400,000 toothpicks from a manufacturer in Athens. According to Athens-Clarke County police, the mystery bandit stole six cases of toothpicks worth approximately $3,000 from Armond’s Manufacturing Company Inc. about two weeks ago, and an additional seven cases last weekend. […]

Zombies have been a whispered about topic in recent weeks after a few bizarre and horrifying high-profile incidents hit the news involving cannibalism and attacks attributed to the newish drug known as bath salts. (The CDC even addressed the issue of zombies in a statement.) While everyone (for the most part) doesn’t really believe in […]

Occasionally, we come across stories where a child or baby believed to be dead is found by a parent to be barely clinging to life, is revived, and everything turns out better than expected- such as the case earlier this year where a mom insistent on viewing her baby’s body in a morgue discovered the […]

A patient Yorkie puppy’s resolve paid off after a harrowing two days (which is like weeks for a little baby dog) when he was mistakenly left behind by his owner at a Missouri rest stop. The patient Yorkie puppy’s name was Rambo (awwww!) and owner Michael Siau is a truck driver. Siau and his Yorkie […]

Happy National Chocolate Ice Cream Day everybody! Because you obviously need an excuse to eat the stuff. Yes, on June 7 the world celebrates what only fools and scoundrels would deny is the finest flavor of ice cream. So to pad out this article celebrate that fact, here are a few scoops of obscure ice […]

A wild black bear has attacked a man in a hot tub at a ski resort in western Canada. The 55-year-old holidaymaker was left with lacerations to the back of the head after the beast had swiped out with its paw. He was taken to the local Whistler Health Care Center for treatment. Police rapidly […]

A Massachusetts man has a harrowing tale of sunscreen gone wrong worthy of its own Fox “When Thing Attacks” show, after he caught fire shortly following his application of the normally protective substance. Brett Sigworth has to be some kind of Klutz Olympics gold medalist for managing to burst into flames in such a seemingly […]

A boozy grandma forced back a flight to New Zealand on Saturday after she cussed at passengers and crew members, and even punched a man in a seat by her. The Daily Telegraph reports that Frances Lillian Macaskill, 58, was heavily intozicated when she boarded a plane for Qantos that left Melbourne Airport on Saturday […]

An out-of-service 727 passenger jet is rapidly becoming the dream home of plane enthusiast Bruce Campbell. Campbell invited a CNN camera crew into his novel home, which is tucked away in the woods of Oregon. He describes the grounded 727-200 aircraft as a ‘bird that’s meant to fly.’ While still a work-in-progress, Campbell says the […]

Okay, if you hadn’t felt the last few days were just like the beginning of a zombie apocalypse movie, then perhaps the CDC coming out and saying everybody stay calm, there is no zombie apocalypse will perk your ears up. Seriously, is there anything that says “we have zombies” more than the CDC denying we […]

Donald Duck meant to scream congratulations in a recent comic. Instead, he yelled “Holocaust.” The misprint was quickly caught by publishers Egmont Ehapa and the magazine was recalled. The publishers blacked the word out by hand and said that a corrected edition of the Donald Duck comic will come out later this week. According to […]

What a difference a decade makes, indeed, as is evidenced by the dismay expressed by viewers of the viral video of a little boy cheerfully singing a song dubbed “Ain’t No Homos Gonna Make It To Heaven.” Much like the children holding “God Hates Fags” signs at Westboro Baptist Church rallies, there’s something especially stomach-churningly […]

A zombie apocalypse is almost permanently on the lips and keyboards of web users worldwide, and for some reason the trope of impending armageddon is one that remains firmly entrenched in our collective psyche. Zombie apocalypse is just one doomsday scenario of many that we consider (nuclear accident, plague and pestilence, or the election of […]

Need a cool drink to cool off this summer? Why not grab an ice cold Salty Watermelon Pepsi? Kotaku reports that Pepsi has made it a bit of a tradition in Japan to release a new flavor during the Summer. The company has already released cucumber, azuka bean, strawberry milk, green shiso, and yogurt flavored […]

A little high school in Juab County, Utah has this year’s smallest graduating class, with just two students set to be honored. While many high schools will see hundreds of teenagers graduate this summer, the tiny West Desert High School in Partoun, one of many small towns in the west desert near the Nevada state […]

A woman who grew impatient with waiting for Mr. Right has found a solution: she’s married herself. 36-year-old single mother Nadine Schweigert stood in front of 40 family members and friends as she took part in a ‘commitment ceremony,’ swapping rings with her ‘inner groom.’ Schweigert, from Fargo, North Dakota, even read vows at the […]

A Massachusetts woman has found a bike she originally lost 42 years ago, when she was just 11 years old. Lisa Brown probably wasn’t expecting to see her beloved pink banana seat bike again, after she fell from a rickety bridge over a muddy stream in Wellfleet, Massachusetts in 1970. Speaking to the Cape Cod […]

In what sort of world does someone sue a spa for six figures for not providing a complimentary breakfast? A world in which one pays $5,000 a year for a membership to said spa, one would suppose. Lawyer Richard Katz shelled out the big bucks for access to the Financial District’s Setai Wall Street Club […]

The internet loves cats. Maru is a cat. The internet loves Maru. It’s simple science. But there are plenty of things to love about Maru other than the fact that he’s a cat. Maru also loves boxes. The cat became an internet sensation after a few Youtube videos appeared on-line showing the Japanese cat stuffing […]

A flight out of JFK Airport was delayed for more than four hours after a monkey escaped from its cage in the cargo area. The Air China Flight, which was on its way to Beijing, was scheduled to leave the terminal at 4:50 yesterday evening. But passengers had to wait as port authority officials worked […]

A woman in Israel adopted one too many cats. The Times of Israel is reporting that a man filed for divorce at the Rabbinical Court in Beersheba because his wife adopted 550 cats. The man claims that he was not able to sleep because the bed was constantly covered in cats. He also claims that […]

A pair of Queen Elizabeth II’s old, used panties have sold on eBay for a trifling $18k. The undies were placed on the auction site by the estate of the late “Baron” Joseph de Bicske Dobronyi, who said he had discovered the royal undergarments after they were left on a private plane the Queen used […]

A Tennessee McDonald’s was vandalized by two men after police say the pair received an inaccurate order and returned to the restaurant. While you may feel a measure of rage after saying “no onions” or “no ketchup” at every portion of your dinner recitation (can I please have a number two, no onions- yes, two […]

If you look up Volkswagen’s Head Quarters in Sodertalje, Sweden, on Google Maps you’ll probably see a brand new Fiat 500 parked outside. Fiat noticed that one of Google’s Street View cars was driving around filming in the area so the company decided to get some free advertising at their competitors expense. According to CNet, […]

A man who fathered 30- yes that’s thirty- children by the age of 33 feels that the child support he pays is too much of a burden and has implored the state of Tennessee to reduce his obligation. Desmond Hatchett is incredibly difficult to feel sorry for in this scenario, being as he has 11 […]

A pair of exotic melons have sold for $12,500 in an auction in Hokkaido, Japan. The box set of Yubari melons, like those pictured above, attracted a winning bid of one million yen – though that’s actually less than half of the all-time record – in 2008, a pair of Yubari melons sold for 2.5 […]

A woman who walked naked into two New York stores and asked for the time has been charged by police with public lewdness, the Times Union newspaper reports. The woman, who has been identified by Saratoga County District Attorney James Murphy III as Barbara Lafleur, of Saratoga Springs, calmly walked in each store and was […]

A deep-fried cockroach has allegedly been found stuck to a McDonalds hash brown. Reddit user LinkBoyJT posted an image on Wednesday that might make you think twice about ordering hash browns with your pink slime next time you grace McDonalds. After ordering the hash brown and eating most of it, LinkBoyJT, who was decidedly not […]

A supposedly haunted L.A. hospital could be set for a conversion into senior citizen apartments. The LA Times reports that the 107-year-old Linda Vista Community Hospital, which closed in 1991, is the subject of a proposed $40 million conversion. The hospital has been used in numerous Hollywood productions (it’s appeared in the David Fincher-directed Se7en, […]

There are times when being from Long Island makes you want to claim to actually be from Jersey out of embarrassment, and Little League stalker mom Janet Chiauzzi is a perfect example of one of those times. Long Islanders can be very loosely stereotyped as brash, demanding, brusque, rude, entitled and bossy. As a person […]