Unusual Stuff

The wheels of justice grind slowly, if they move at all.  This is true pretty much anywhere you go, but it seems as if one country in West Africa is doing something about it.  Gambia, a popular vacation spot, has decided to stop wasting time when it comes to dealing with death row inmates and […]

The night Osama Bin Laden was killed is a night that will live in infamy.  When the United States special operations team SEAL Team Six took down the world’s most-wanted man in an operation dubbed Operation Neptune Spear, it was global news.  Still, despite the newsworthiness of the event, not much is known about the […]

In 1978, Jeffrey Dahmer committed his first murder.  The murder site was the serial killer’s childhood home in the town of Bath, just outside of Akron in Northern Ohio.  Dahmer moved from Ohio to Wisconsin in 1982, then he went on to kill at least 16 more people before his arrest in 1991.  Dahmer’s reign […]

It’s tough to replace a television legend, just ask Kelly Ripa.  Kelly Ripa had big shoes to fill, albeit not literally, when she replaced Kathy Lee as the co-host on “Live! With Regis and Kathy Lee” way back in 2001.  The transition ended up being a smooth one.  Then, television legend Regis Philbin retired from […]

In 1982, Debbie Ball’s candy store in Albuquerque, New Mexico–dubbed Candy Lady–was the center of controversy over Ball’s decision to sell candy shaped like certain  body parts that typically gets distributed at bachelor and bachelorette parties.  Little did she know that 30 years later, she’d once again find herself at the center of controversy.  Debbie Ball is […]

In 2007, Roger Clemens took the mound for the New York Yankees for the last time.  After that, he faced a steroids trial after declaring to Congress that he was drug free.  Despite all the evidence against him, Clemens escaped a perjury charge and became a free man.  Just because he’s free of legal troubles, […]

Every spring, the world’s best golfers gather at the beautiful Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Georgia, for The Masters tournament.  The winner gets one of Augusta’s famous green jackets, just ask last year’s champion Bubba Watson.  Well, with any tradition comes controversy.  Augusta National Golf Course has never admitted a woman as a full-fledged […]

Since Facebook’s IPO launched to the tune of billions of dollars and millions of shares of stock sold, the social networking company has kind of fallen on hard times, in so much as a multi-billion-dollar company can fall on hard times.  The first lock-out period for Facebook insiders has ended, meaning 270 million shares of […]

When you’re traveling, there are all sorts of problems that you can run into.  Turbulence, unscheduled layovers, buying extra tickets due to fatness, bad food, annoying kids on phones, but as far as I know, an airline has never had to ask passengers to borrow money to pay for fuel, until now.  Passengers on Air France […]

Taylor Swift’s new album, Red, isn’t due out until October, but that isn’t stopping the honey-haired country crooner from getting a jump on sales early.  Swift, perhaps most famous for being the victim of a Kanye West interruption and her many Grammy wins, has a knack for turning heartbreak into hits.  Her latest single, “We […]

In the never-ending war between desperation and stupidity, it’s obvious that Kariem McFarlin is on the losing side of both of those things.  McFarlin hit the crime jackpot when he walked past a Palo Alto, California, home undergoing renovation.  There was no alarm, no lights, and no one was home.  Hence, he broke in and […]

When it comes to cooking, anyone can do it.  The dumbest caveman ever was able to burn meat on a fire to keep from dying of parasites, after all.  But cooking with style, with grace, with forethought and the ability to combine elements to make a meal that pleases all five senses?  That’s a talent. […]

On the surface, the reformation of Chad Ochocinco was going well.  He wasn’t playing great, but he looked good in training camp, he had recently gotten married and changed his name back to Chad Johnson, and he was with his hometown Miami Dolphins after being cut by the Patriots in the off-season.  Then, everything changed […]

In the course of a single summer, LSU’s defensive phenomenon Tyrann Mathieu, nicknamed the Honey Badger for his tenacious ability to take on players twice his size and come out on top, has gone from Chuck Bednarik Award winner, SEC Defensive Player of the Year, First-Team All-SEC, and consensus All-American to D1 drop-out.  Tyrann Mathieu […]

When it comes to toughness, it’s hard to beat Olympic athletes.  These are people who train hard for four years to become the best athletes in the world at their position, and it can turn a nobody into a household name overnight.  Such is the case for former Western Carolina University sprinter Manteo Mitchell.  Unless […]