Offbeats

A Tennessee father purchased a $20 lottery ticket from a gas station in Kentucky on June 8th, and made a promise. “If I hit this million dollars, I ain’t ever eating bologna again,” Jody said before scratching the ticket. To…

A Chinese woman has been using a grenade as a hammer for the past 20 years. Miraculously, the ordinance has never exploded. Qin found the strange “metal lump” 20 years ago on her farm, and has used it as a…

A Canadian pet chicken has been able to identify different colors, numbers, and letters. Owner and veterinarian Emily Carrington began training hens with magnetic letters and numbers last year. “Their job was to only peck the number or letter that…

A poop museum...or Poozeum...has opened in Williams, Arizona. The Poozeum features waste from over 7,000 animals, including Tyrannosaurus Rex samples. Poozeum president George Frandsen purchased his first fossilized poo when he was 18. “It was funny. It was gross,” he…

On Friday, June 21st, a group of Chilean fans watched the soccer game against Peru...next to an open casket. Footage of mourners catching the Copa America game during a funeral has gone viral on social media. The deceased, Grandpa Feña,…

A Canadian political candidate was the first to receive no votes...not even from himself. Felix-Antoine Hamel along with 83 other candidates decided to run in a Toronto byelection. They decided to run in order to help create the longest ballot…

A Minnesota candidate was arrested after allegedly throwing a live tarantula at a tenant. The incident occurred last Thursday when attorney Jackie Vasquez allegedly refused to leave Marisa Simonetti’s property. Simonetti, who is running for Hennepin County Board, rented her…

Denise Ezell claims she won $127,000 at the blackjack table at Detroit’s MGM Grand, but she hasn’t seen a penny. Ezell says the casino won’t pay out because they claim she was trespassing and panhandling. Ezell doesn’t buy this story…

A New Zealand woman attempted to sue her boyfriend of six years for not taking her to the airport. The unnamed woman claimed that her boyfriend also promised to care for her dogs while she was gone, which he failed…

Comedian Hope Woodard coined the term “Boysober”, but what does the movement mean for relationships? “Boysober” is abstaining from dating and relationships to purge toxic habits and focus on what you want. Self-proclaimed Boysober practitioners may avoid dating apps, situationships,…

A Florida fortune teller has been arrested for allegedly using her services as a ruse to rob people. Carola Mitchell is facing charges including robbery and kidnapping after reportedly stealing $12,000 from a potential customer in Ruskin last month. Mitchell…

Mom-of-four Shelbie took to TikTok to describe an unfortunate mishap she had with Instagram’s product tagging feature. Instagram adds automatic product tags to posts using AI. After uploading a photo, Shelbie began tagging where she purchased her outfit. Instagram then…

A toppled manure truck caused quite a stink in a Connecticut neighborhood on Tuesday evening. The smelly cargo rained down on Pomfret homes after the truck rolled over and struck a car. “All of a sudden, we see the sewer…

Musician M.I.A. just launched a clothing company that aims to protect wearers from 5G waves. The Ohmni lineup includes a $100-dollar tin foil hat. The brand describes itself as “armor of the modern knight in the age of modern technological…

Scientists are creating a technology called Cognify, which is an implant that could allow prisoners to serve years of their sentence in mere minutes. Memories could be implanted in prisoners’ minds to aid with rehabilitating them faster. “Synthetic memories are…

Flights out of Incheon, South Korea were delayed Wednesday morning after balloons, presumably sent over from North Korea, drifted into the area. Three runways were temporarily shut down after a balloon landed near Terminal 2. About 1,500 such balloons have…

An endangered Baird’s tapir was born in the San Diego Zoo on June 3rd. Mother Luna is bonding with her calf, who is doing well. “The calf is starting to get 'zoomies' and likes to mouth and play with leaves…

Police have issued a warning to customers using self-checkout services after card-skimming devices were discovered at an Atlanta Kroger. Card skimmers can steal information like card numbers and PINs. This information can be used to copy cards or to shop…

California police have detained two men who are suspected of impersonating Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in order to rob unsuspecting victims. Investigators claim that Vasile Alexandru and Laurentiu Baceanu targeted Hispanic victims, spoke in Spanish, and flashed a badge…

A letter signed by scientist Albert Einstein encouraging the United States to develop nuclear bombs will go up for auction at Christie’s in September. The letter, written in 1939, is addressed to then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The note warns that…

A Florida family has filed a lawsuit against NASA after their home was damaged by space debris. NASA confirmed that a pallet hit a home in Naples instead of burning up during reentry. Alejandro Otto and his son were home…

Edward Kang has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly flying 1,000 miles to confront a gamer he met online. Kang reportedly flew from New Jersey to Florida to approach the victim. He allegedly hit the fellow gamer with a…

2,000-year-old wine was found in a Roman tomb in Carmona, Spain. Analysis of a glass urn found the substance inside was a decayed white wine. This may be the world’s oldest vino. While the substance was red when it was…

A French motorist who was caught speeding reportedly painted his car from green to gray to avoid a ticket. On June 2nd, officials used a speed radar to clock the driver of a bright green Porsche going too fast. However,…