Offbeats

Astronomers thought they had discovered a new asteroid...but it was just a Tesla Roadster Elon Musk had launched into space in 2018. The vehicle was spotted on January 2nd by scientists at the Minor Planet Center in Massachusetts. While it…

It's a win for single parents! A court in Spain ruled that new mom Silvia Pardo Moreno was entitled to 32 weeks of parental leave from work...double what a parent usually gets. Moreno made the argument that since she was…

A 10-year-old in China was scolded by his father to do his homework...so the boy snitched on his own dad in retaliation. The frustrated boy dialed China's police and said his father was hiding poppy pods. The police investigated, and…

A resident of Bend, Oregon said he's responsible for putting googly-eyes on statues in recent months. Jeff Keith of Guardian Group claimed he used duct tape to attach the eyes to various sculptures. He said he has also placed hula…

An unnamed Florida man decided to try a trendy high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and butter...and ended up with fat oozing out of his pores. The case, which was published in JAMA Cardiology, says the patient's cholesterol levels were over…

TikTok has been absent from Apple's App Store since Saturday's brief ban. Some users who deleted the app are now scrambling for a device with the platform already installed, and they're willing to pay a hefty price! iPhones with the…

Mississippi Senator Bradford Blackmon has filed a bill called the "Contraception Begins at Erection Act." If passed, the bill would make it illegal "for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo." A third strike…

A Chinese company has received unwanted attention for installing cameras in the bathroom to shame employees. Employees who spent too much time washing up were posted on a "wall of shame." A representative for the Lixun Electro-Acoustic Technology Company admitted…

British woman Gill Punt set a new world record while running a frigid marathon in Norway. The runner, who participated in the PolarNight Marathon in Tromsø, turned heads as she wore a full Polar Bear costume in 14-degree weather. She…

Maine coon cat Mittens went on quite an adventure: After being overlooked in a plane cargo hold, she made a total of three flights in 24 hours. Mittens was supposed to take a one-way trip from New Zealand to Australia…

An ER doctor recently shared an "insane" X-ray showing a person's lower body filled with hundreds of calcified tapeworm eggs. Fortunately, these eggs were benign. However, if they had made it to the patient's brain, they could have caused a…

Greek police said on Wednesday that they're investigating how a 2,000-year-old statue nearly ended up in the garbage. Fortunately, a 32-year-old man discovered the piece in a black bag. The work is from the Hellenistic period (between 323 and 31…

Pamela Hemphill, also known as the "MAGA Granny", turned down a pardon from President Donald Trump. The 71-year-old was sentenced to 60 days in prison for her part in the January 6th Capitol riot. "Accepting a pardon would only insult…

Michael Reese and Leah Ferrarini have filed a $1 million-dollar lawsuit against JetBlue. The pair claim ice from a JetBlue flight fell into their Inglewood, California home on New Year's Day of 2024. The lawsuit alleges that a watermelon-sized piece…

Washington Capitals goalie Logan Thompson admitted that a tray of nachos distracted him during Tuesday's game against the Oilers. The tray of cheesy snacks flew from the stands onto the ice, and prevented the goalie from stopping the shot. However,…

Canadian man Aaron Michael Yarema claimed he "got carried away" when he went on a joyride in an excavator and caused a million dollars in damage to a water treatment plant. Yarema pleaded guilty to driving the equipment into vehicles…

A Missouri woman was kicked out of a bar in Puerto Rico...and she's now being accused of burning the place down. Danielle Bertothy was arrested on Thursday for allegedly setting fire to Bar Marea during a New Year's trip after…

Police in Houston, Texas, have a unique problem with their evidence room: Rats keep stealing drugs. "We got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage," Houston mayor John Witmire said. "The rats are the only ones enjoying it." This has prompted…

Anne Reynolds purchased a one-acre lot in Hawaii in 2018, and was shocked to find out someone else had built a home on her land. In 2023, a real estate broker informed her that he had sold the house on…

Artist Travis Meisenzahl from Mesa, Arizona, was finishing up a "RIP TikTok" tattoo on his own wife when the app came back online. The social media app was briefly banned in the United States, and she wanted to celebrate their…

A 24-year-old woman posted an unusual question on Reddit's AITA forum: Was she in the wrong for not supporting her boyfriend's mission to invent a new color? The anonymous poster went on to explain that her boyfriend wanted her to…

TikToker Haley was shocked when she received a pedicure that involved french vanilla coffee creamer. The customer was looking to relax with a milk and honey pedicure, and the salon employee added International Delight creamers to the water her feet…

For 50 years, Americans have been unable to eat Macsween's haggis due to food regulations—Namely, the fact that traditional haggis is made with sheep's lung, which has been prohibited. The Scottish company is now looking to substitute sheep lung with…

Over 10 years ago, Chloe Clem went viral online as the "unimpressed toddler" meme. While she's no longer recognized in public anymore, her mother Katie still feels guilty. "Chloe was 2, and people were coming up to her," the mom…