Odd

It was raining money on a New Jersey highway, and traffic came to a halt as drivers scrambled to pick up the cash. A Brink’s armored truck carrying stacks of cash was involved in an accident on Route 3 just outside Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford on Thursday, with another car rear ending the […]

Everyone who’s ever seen a comedian perform has heard “take my wife, please!” jokes, and even more frontiers in how comics joke about their wives, husbands, and other significant others. A recent lawsuit in England raised the question of whether comedians who make such jokes could be facing legal liability, although the suit has now […]

In a scene right out of the Billy Bob Thornton movie Bad Santa, a man dressed as Santa Claus reacted to a fire alarm by screaming “get the f**k out” at the assembled children. According to CNN, the incident took place at St. Ives, Cambridgeshire in England, at a holiday event called the St. Ives […]

Alameda County Sheriffs were forced to respond to a rather scary call on Wednesday morning. A man was trapped inside a closed restaurant’s duct system for two terrifying days before rescuers were ultimately able to free him, as reported by Mercury News. The man was not immediately identified by authorities, but they did release that […]

Everyone knows that a marriage takes a lot of effort. Both sides need to be willing to give and take. Both parties need to be able to compromise to make things work. When half of a marriage has been dead for over 300 years, it becomes even more difficult. Amanda Teague, a 45-year-old former Jack […]

When people envision cuddly kangaroos, they think about soft fur and cozy pouches for the joeys. But one particular kangaroo who hailed from Australia stunned people around the world with his physique. Per CNN, the kangaroo in question was “ripped.” Roger the kangaroo was rescued as a little joey when his mom was tragically killed […]

A fisherman in the Marshall Islands hauled in a very unexpected catch — 48 kilos of cocaine, worth about $4 million. As the Japan Times reported, the angler was about 307 miles from the Marshall Islands capital of Majuro when he found the cocaine in professionally wrapped plastic bags, which authorities believed had broken free […]

A Nebraska principal has come under fire for trying to police the way that Christmas spirit was expressed at the elementary school she managed. The New York Post reports that Jennifer Sinclair, the principal at Manchester Elementary School, has been put on leave because of the strict guidelines she gave to teachers for decorating classrooms. […]

Just in time for the holiday season, Nabisco released a unique invention based on the brand’s popular Oreo cookie — a miniature Oreo cookie record player. Instead of an average record player, though, this one plays music by actually spinning cookies. It doesn’t quite sound like a device that would really work, but Oreo fans […]

In an instance of Christmas decorations gone wrong, a “man” hanging off a roof in Austin, Texas, prompted a panicked 911 call from a concerned passerby. According to a USA Today report, the Heerlein family in Austin wanted to win their neighborhood lights contest so they decorated with a memorable and infamous scene straight out […]

A New Mexico man found himself in the awkward position of having to prove to a marriage-license clerk that New Mexico is truly one of the 50 U.S. states and not, as the clerk apparently believed, a foreign country, USA Today is reporting. New Mexico has been a state for well over a century now […]

In a bizarre incident, a teenage girl lost consciousness at Tokyo Disney Resort, Japan, after receiving an awkwardly long kiss from Mickey Mouse. As reported by the Daily Mail, a spectator filmed the incident where the girl — identified only as Arisu — is featured being kissed by a Disney worker dressed in a Mickey […]

The mother of a 5-year-old Texas child whose first name is Abcde – pronounced “Ab-city”- is speaking out after she says the child was mocked by a Southwest Airlines employee who they say posted the daughter’s boarding pass to social media while making fun of her name. According to KABC in Los Angeles, when the […]

The creepy skeleton of a mysterious sea creature has turned up on a beach in New Zealand, reports RT. The unnerving discovery was made over the weekend by Christchurch resident Hanna Mary, who stumbled upon the dried-up skeleton near the Rakaia Huts in Canterbury while cleaning up the beach of debris after a big storm. […]

It may feel like Donald Trump has been president forever, but his days are numbered according to someone claiming to be a time traveler from the year 2030. The time lord who goes by the name of Noah claims he traveled from a not-too-distant future where time travel is accessible to many. The Express reports […]

If an ATM shows up in the middle of the woods and no one is around to see it, does it actually exist? The answer is yes, because that’s exactly what happened in the woods of Maine recently. According to a report from Bangor Daily News, a Maine resident discovered the ATM on her property […]

A farmer was killed when his Jack Russell terrier accidentally put a forklift into drive and crushed the man, an in-depth medical examination has found. British farmer Derek Mead was killed last year in the accident near his home in Hewish, and a medical examiner just completed an inquest into his seemingly strange death. As […]

As many of us sit down and have some turkey and dressing this Thanksgiving, probably not a whole lot of thought is given to the bird that almost became the national bird – other than their meat is really juicy when it’s slathered with gravy, that is. However, the tasty birds with the iconic plumage […]

Eating swans are not really the thing in this day and age, and in Britain, it is even illegal to chow down on the big white bird. However, in the case of Queen Elizabeth II, the authorities make a notable exception. Her majesty has a royal prerogative to feast on swans to her heart’s content, […]

Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers’ oversized, monstrous, googly-eyed, orange mascot, debuted back in October to mixed reactions. But soon, starting with Gritty’s first appearance at a preseason game, the mascot’s legend has only grown, to realms far beyond hockey. The mascot has challenged the Pittsburgh Penguins to a fight. John Oliver has devoted multiple segments to […]

A young woman in Russia felt adventurous and took a running jump into a frozen lake, but instead of experiencing an adrenaline rush because of the cold water, she broke her ankle. In a recent footage that went viral across the Internet, the unidentified woman is featured stripping to a bra and a g-string and […]

It looks like the “Florida Man” trend, typified by the strange behavior of residents in The Sunshine State extends to species other than humans. Newsweek reports that there’s a species of Floridian ants that uses the skulls of other ants to decorate their nests. The ants are called Formica Archboldi and scientists have been studying […]

When Bob Long left to go deer hunting in Ballard County in Northern Kentucky, it’s a pretty sure bet that he had no idea he was going to bag a headline-making oddity. He did, though, and the double-headed buck the hunter killed will no doubt provide quite a conversation piece for folks back home. Long […]

Indonesian teenagers are getting more bang for their buck by using sanitary towels and tampons to get high. According to the New York Post, the innovative youngsters have discovered a way to get buzzed. An added bonus to their new drug of choice is that feminine hygiene products are readily available and accessible to them. […]

Some people love bacon so much that they can’t stop eating the salty cured meat — even while at work. Now, one bacon aficionado’s love for the food has gotten her in trouble with the law. On Friday, November 9, around 1:30 p.m., a manager at a McDonald’s in Bluffton, South Carolina, repeatedly told one […]

In an age of cutting edge technology which can deliver streaming video from anywhere in the world to a smartphone at your fingertips, it may seem a little strange to consider that some people — thousands in fact — still watch television in black and white. According to Sky News, however, that is the reality […]

If you’ve ever wanted to find out more about the Internet Research Agency (IRA) from the Russian trolls themselves, it looks like you missed your chance. The Daily Beast reports that the online troll farm indicted by Robert Mueller held an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit late last year, except no one showed […]

A foul smell coming from a Sriwijaya Air airline cabin delayed an Indonesian flight after several passengers complained this past Monday, reports USA Today. These passengers were smelling the durian fruit, which, as many who have tried the fruit know, is quite pungent. Complaining passengers stated the smell hit them immediately once they boarded the […]

Being attacked by a jealous spouse or love rival is a terrible thing but just imagine being beaten up by your girlfriend’s demonic toy doll. That’s exactly what happened to one unlucky Peruvian man. At least, according to the poor soul’s girlfriend. The Mirror reports that the woman, identified only by her first name Berliz, […]

A Florida man was arrested on Tuesday, November 6, after visiting the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park after hours the previous night. He caused thousands of dollars in damages and was attacked by a crocodile. The St. Augustine Police Department explained on Facebook that they received a call from a resident on Holly Lane […]

It seems that being a good boy goes a long way, and will get you off the hook even when you accidentally get into trouble. This was recently the case for Charlie, a 120-pound Rottweiler-mix that ended up inadvertently injuring his owner — and quite severely, at that — during a hunting trip in the […]

Oops! That’s what happened when military Humvee, weighing probably three tons, fell from the sky Wednesday afternoon after it was accidentally dropped from a C-17 Globemaster into a wooded area of a neighborhood in Cameron, North Carolina, WCSC-TV reported. Marvin Krause, a Joint Base Charleston spokesman, told the television station that the incident happened about […]

A Michigan man serving life in prison for murdering his wife agreed to show authorities where he buried her body in exchange for an Xbox for his housing unit. According to Time, the 29-year-old inmate took authorities to a forest in Kalamazoo County where he buried the body of Venus Stewart, his estranged wife. In […]

Dharampal Singh was attacked on Thursday by a group of vicious monkeys that armed themselves with bricks and stoned him to death. The Times Of India reports that the 72-year-old gentleman was collecting dry wood for havan when the monkeys took to the trees and rained bricks down on him. Singh was attacked by the […]

A bizarre creature that scientists nicknamed “headless chicken monster” was seen swimming in the Southern Ocean off East Antarctica for the very first time. The creature was filmed using a camera technology developed by scientists in Australia, per the Independent. The creature is an unusual species of sea cucumber which is scientifically known as Enypniastes […]

From about 6 p.m. to 7:20 p.m. ET on Tuesday, YouTube was down, and it made everybody freak out. YouTube’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, apologized for the outage. But she didn’t explain it, according to Business Insider. “Never seen YouTube down for 30+ minutes like this before,” said Marques Brownlee, a well-known YouTuber. According to Twitter […]

A few lucky turkeys got a special spa treatment at a swank Washington, D.C., hotel this week head of the annual White House Rose Garden pardoning next month, according to People magazine. The Willard Intercontinental Hotel offered the spa treatment for the presidential turkeys for the 11th straight year, with the hotel staff referring to […]

Call them SEAL Team No. 2. A team of specially trained divers in South Carolina had to plunge down 90 feet through raw sewage — in pitch darkness — to unclog a giant blockage that officials say was created by so-called “flushable” toilet wipes. As the New York Post noted, the brave divers were sent […]

A student at a Sacramento high school may have added a very morbid ingredient to a sugar cookie recipe, according to a report from Fox 40. Authorities say that there are claims that the high schooler might have included her grandparent’s ashes in the cookies and handed them out to some of her fellow students […]

Heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder has apologized for hitting the ESPN Spanish language station’s mascot with a fierce right hook, breaking the jaw of whoever was wearing the costume. What was supposed to be an amusing moment turned scary as instead of jabbing the mustached man, Wilder flattened him, allegedly not realizing that there was […]

Police said they had no choice but to taser Ryan Scott Malek when the inebriated Kansas man refused to stop having sex with the exhaust pipe of a parked car. The incident happened earlier this year, but has gotten viral attention this week after the man’s bizarre arrest report was published by The Smoking Gun. […]

Officials at an elementary school in Vermont have come under fire for administering a survey about gender identity, preference, and sexual history to fifth graders. In an interview with NBC 5, parent Vanessa Beach said that her daughter Zoe brought the survey home and showed it to her. Beach said that her child was told […]

Archaeologists have made a baffling discovery in an ancient Roman cemetery located in Umbria, Italy. Earlier this year, scientists stumbled upon the tomb of a 10-year-old child which contained evidence of what is known as a “vampire burial.” According to Science Daily, the child’s skull was found with a stone inserted into the mouth, pointing […]

A Peruvian man has filed for divorce from his wife after a Google Street View camera captured his wife and her lover in flagrante delicto while documenting the streets of Lima. Google Street View often captures some, shall we say, “interesting” things, from possible ghosts to crimes being committed to even evidence of murder. But […]

An unidentified woman and her “emotional support squirrel” were kicked off of a Frontier Airlines flight, and the woman was caught on-camera giving the crowd the “one-finger salute” as she was led away by Security. As the Miami Herald reports, Flight 1612 from Orlando to Cleveland became quite the scene on Tuesday when an unidentified […]

Research has revealed that one in four Brits has contingency plans to survive a style zombie apocalypse, but would you know what to do if the walking dead ruled the Earth? Admittedly, it may not be a question that keeps you up at night but as all good Boy Scouts know, “fail to prepare prepare […]

Everyone has heard of a cuckoo clock, but what about a moose poo poo clock? That’s become one of the most popular products for innovative Maine artist and grandmother Mary Winchenbach. Her store Tirdy Works has hit new levels of success after a news interview went viral. The 57-year-old uses the unusual medium of moose […]

A mysterious, cylindrical object made of plastic and foam has washed up on a South Carolina beach, and no one knows what it is, Yahoo News is reporting. Last Thursday, visitors and residents of Seabrook Island first noticed the strange object. It’s cylindrical, about six feet in diameter, about five and a half feet tall, […]

You can search for almost anything on eBay but one “used” girlfriend is perhaps not on top of every bidder’s buy list. Still, such trivialities didn’t deter British man Dale Leeks who put his girlfriend Kelly on the online auction site with a very rude and insulting description. The Mirror reports that the 34-year-old gentleman […]

Surveillance footage has revealed that a mailman dropped off more than just letters and packages during his route around a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. The New York Post reports that a homeowner named Scott Anderson was shocked to find that the postal worker had urinated on his porch as he made his deliveries. The video […]