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It’s October, and that means Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, is having its yearly Howl-O-Scream celebration.  Basically, it’s a smearing of Halloween on top of the normal amusement park goodies.  That’s why Bobbie Shay Lee decided to celebrate daughter Aidyn’s birthday with a family trip to Busch Gardens, complete with costumes for all.  Unfortunately, the […]

When Fu Bingli gives you the finger, it might just kill you.  The kung-fu master from Lianyungang, China, has what might be the world’s strongest fingertips.  Not only can he do 12 push-ups using just one finger, he can also do a one-fingered hand-stand, supporting the entire weight of his body on one finger while […]

A Saudi man is regretting leaving his phone at home today.  No, he didn’t miss an important call and he didn’t forget one of the important numbers he had stored in the phone.   His problem is his wife.  She got snoopy and explored his phone’s contact list.  She didn’t uncover some sort of illicit […]

You know them, and you, well… don’t love them.  They populate every office and are instantly recognizable once you’ve been working in a place for longer than six months.  They’re the four most obnoxious attitudes in the office, and odds are if you can’t name the four of them you work with, you’re one of […]

Stockholm, Sweden, is taking the maxim “Waste not, want not,” to an odd new extreme.  While the Swedes and their northern European brethren are at the forefront of the green technology movement, the city’s new plan to turn wild rabbits into fuel is raising eyebrows.  Every year, the city culls thousands of rabbits from its […]

Scottie Roberson’s nickname is Racer X.  Back in his younger days, the handle was given to him thanks to his custom car business.  Given that he’s Racer X and his favorite number is 7, there’s no doubt that the vanity license plate XXXXXXX is perfect for the man, right?  Well, yes and no.  It’s appropriate, […]

Most Americans think of the autobahn as a sort of anything goes high speed race, like NASCAR but with normal cars, but it’s not like that at all.  There are a whole lot of offenses on the autobahn that can earn a driver a citation, and the road is heavily policed.  That’s why the high-speed […]

Who would have thought a little piece of latex and an old orange jumpsuit would cause a controversy?  Well, Target certainly didn’t, but here they are issuing apologies and removing things from their store thanks to the Illegal Alien costume.  It’s a space alien mask, prisoner jumpsuit, and a big green card that says “Green […]

Cesar Lopez is a real pothead.  The 29-year-old was arrested in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, for the oldest mistake in the book.  He had a baggie of marijuana stuck to his forehead.  Police say that Cesar was in a convenience store when police spotted him with a plastic baggie full of drugs stuck to his forehead.  Oblivious […]

Usually, one of the last things announced in the run-up to the Olympics is the design of the medals.  The only thing guaranteed is that the medals will be made of gold, silver, and bronze.  Other than that, every location will have a different design of medal.  No two locations have medals that are exactly […]

Six-year-old Falcon Heene of Fort Collins, Colorado, chose an unusual method to run away from home.  He stole the family’s experimental balloon-powered weather aircraft.  Richard Heene, the boy’s father, was working with former TV cameraman Scott Stevens to form The Science Detectives, a weather science research team.  The craft, a 20 feet by 5 feet […]

Now, it’s not a common problem, but it can be a problem.  Say you’ve found the perfect house, except for one small problem: it just so happens to be built on top of a burial ground, was home to a coven of child-eating witches, and features a functional portal to Hell in the downstairs closet.  […]

It looks like Boomer, the world’s largest living dog, might have a playmate out in California.  That playmate would be Scarlett’s Magic, the world’s tallest cat.  She’s a 17-inch tall (from shoulder to toes) F1 Savannah cat from California who is owned by specialty Savannah breeder Kim Draper and her husband Lee. She also might […]