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  True love is a rare bird. In an era when about one out of every two marriages ends in divorce with an unexpected spike every Valentine’s Day in the United States, true committed love is hard to find. When you do hear about those amazing couples that get the joy of spending a lifetime […]

Tots getting permission to surf on their parents’ computers on Sunday morning may have seen more than was appropriate. For 20 minutes, the Sesame Street YouTube channel was showing way more than Big Bird and the Cookie Monster. A hacker took over the normally felt puppet-filled educational-laden channel and changed it to a flesh-laden X-rated […]

Baseball is a sport that inspires fans to collect memorabilia. Pay attention and you’ll see nuns auctioning off rare baseball cards. Now, the ball that haunted Bill Buckner and the Boston Red Sox is up for grabs in an auction. If the buyer is willing to part with a million dollars, that is. Red Sox […]

When nature and humanity collide the result is often crazy and sometimes dangerous. Whether it’s a surfer standing on the back of a shark, a woman punching a bear to save her dachshund or firemen rescuing a drunken elk trapped in an apple tree, unusual circumstances abound. There was another case of Mother Nature’s creatures […]

Dispatchers in 911 offices always have to be ready for any emergency. Any time the phone rings it could be a life-and-death emergency or a crazy unusual scenario. 911 operators have been asked to deliver cheeseburgers and find a woman a date. The calm and collected people manning 911 have even saved their choking son […]

The Amish are mostly known for their peaceful ways and shunning modern conveniences based on their religious beliefs. But there is apparently a dark side. An Amish family has been terrorizing other families who practice their faith in Ohio.  It all started over an apparent sex scandal, but it wasn’t the one involving Amish sexting. […]

Are those hummingbirds in your pants or are you just happy to see me? A Dutch traveler had an obviously unusual bulge in his trousers, attracting the attention of French customs officials at Rochambeau airport in Cayenne, French Guiana. Once the authorities pulled the man aside and did a thorough check, they found an unusual […]

The Ferris wheel is one of the tamer rides at any carnival. Unless you have a fear of heights the slowly rotating ride is just a simple chance to get a bird’s eye view of the surrounding area. That wasn’t the case at a carnival in Taree, New South Wales, Australia when the Ferris wheel […]

Humans have created an entire industry around their newborns including producing book after book of suggested baby names. And apparently every one of these books spells the name Britney/Brittnie/Brittany/Brittnee a different way. Scientists have discovered that parrots also apply names to each of their individual chicks, all without the aid of the publishing industry. Thanks […]

Sandal-wearing women in Arkansas, rejoice. The Toe Sucking Fairy has been arrested. As PopFi reported last week, women in Arkansas were being accosted and their toes were the object of the assailant’s desires. It turns out, the perpetrator was exactly whom the authorities were tracking as a the primary suspect. The recent crimes of toe […]

Even without actual unicorns or a Pegasus, nature produces some freakish animals. The platypus brings together some unusual characteristics of both mammals and birds. The world’s ugliest dog reminds us that even pets are a bit weird.  Even a freaky looking Bambi can grab our attention. But there are beasts swimming beneath the ice encasing […]

Women in Arkansas may want to put away their flip-flops and open-toed sandals for a while. A toe-sucking assailant is harassing women at their homes and in stores in the town of Conway in the Natural State. An elderly woman sitting in front of her apartment was approached by a stranger who complimented her feet. […]

Hair! It’s not just a hippy musical from the  1960s. Now hair is considered a dangerous hiding place for weapons, at least according to the Transportation Security Administration. That’s what Dallas resident Isis Brantley learned when she traveled through Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta. The hairstylist was chased down in the airport and had her giant […]

Actor Nicholas Cage is an eccentric dude, but is he immortal? That’s the not-so-serious question floating around lately after an eBay auction grabbed some attention. The item up for bid is a photo of a Tennessee man who lived during the Civil War. No, it’s not a newly discovered tintype of Confederate general Robert E. […]

The comedic and subversive minds behind Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning construction paper cartoon South Park have already branched out to the silver screen with their marionette masterpiece Team America: World Police and a movie production of Cartman and his foul-mouthed friends in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The duo of Trey Parker and Matt Stone […]