News of the Weird, Odd, Unusual

[jaF0]

Girl dances in 'The Nutcracker' after her feet were reattached following accident​

ABC|7 hours ago
Aubrey Scaletta danced alongside her twin sister after undergoing six surgeries to reattach her feet, which were severed in an accident.

 

[jaF0]

Animal shelter celebrates all their dogs getting adopted: 'A true miracle!'​

ABC|19 hours ago
A Pennsylvania animal shelter is celebrating after all their dogs were adopted in time for Christmas. The Adams County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, recently shared in a Facebook post that this is the first time in nearly five decades that they've had all empty kennels ahead of the holiday.

 

[jaF0]

Over 100 fishermen rescued from detached ice floe in Minnesota: Police​

ABC|14 hours ago
Over 100 fishermen were rescued Friday evening after an ice floe detached in a northern Minnesota lake, according to police. The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office said 122 fishermen were stranded when the ice floe detached from the main shoreline on Upper Red Lake.

 

[jaF0]

Maui wildfires ruined personal treasures. A local jeweler is repairing items for free​

December 30, 2023 • The August wildfires on the Hawaiian island erased troves of irreplaceable items — photographs, urns and mementos. One local jewelry store has been trying to help recover what the fires destroyed.

 

[jaF0]

Minnesota dog sled competition canceled due to lack of snow, organizers say​

ABC|1 hour ago
The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, a series of races involving dog sleds and mushers set to begin on Jan. 26, has been canceled due to lack of snow.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Minnesota dog sled competition canceled due to lack of snow, organizers say​

ABC|1 hour ago
The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, a series of races involving dog sleds and mushers set to begin on Jan. 26, has been canceled due to lack of snow.

I've got about 1 " and I'm about 100 miles north. No major snow in the long range forecast either, so this is a smart move.

 

[jaF0]

Nude man nabbed by police after ‘cannonball’ plunge into giant aquarium at Bass Pro Shop in Alabama​

Police in Alabama say a man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Alabama, stripped down to his birthday suit and then plunged into the giant aquarium inside the store.

 

[jaF0]

Coal miners in North Dakota unearth a mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years​

Fossil hunters are celebrating the discovery of a mammoth tusk and other bones unearthed at a coal mine in North Dakota.

 

[jaF0]

Scientists find about a quarter million inisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water​

New research shows that the average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics.

 

[jaF0]

Arctic Blast Ends New York City's Record Snow Drought​

A cold air mass from Canada has pushed a winter storm up the East Coast, with the Big Apple set to see more than an inch of snow for the first time in 700 days.

 

[jaF0]

Wrestler Hulk Hogan helps rescue teenage girl trapped after Florida car crash​

Retired wrestler Hulk Hogan and a friend rescued a teenage girl who was trapped in an overturned vehicle after a crash in Florida.

 

[butters]

Scientists invent dirt-fuelled power source that ‘lasts forever’

The technology works by generating electricity from naturally-occurring bacteria within the soil, offering a sustainable and renewable alternative to toxic and flammable batteries.

“These microbes are ubiquitous; they already live in soil everywhere,” said George Wells, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University.

“We can use very simple engineered systems to capture their electricity. We’re not going to power entire cities with this energy. But we can capture minute amounts of energy to fuel practical, low-power applications.”

The soil-based microbial fuel cell (MFC) is based on a 113-year-old technology first developed by British botanist Michael Cressé Potter, who was the first person to successfully generate electricity from microorganisms. It took until the 21st century for the first commercial applications to be proposed, with Foster’s Brewing using a prototype to convert the yeast in brewery wastewater into electricity.

 

[jaF0]

Christina Applegate gets standing ovation amid MS battle: All about her Emmys look​

ABC|7 hours ago
Applegate stepped on stage with a cane and then took the offered arm of host Anthony Anderson. The two walked forward to "Love and Marriage," the opening theme song of "Married… with Children" and were greeted with a standing ovation by the audience.

 

[jaF0]

Police charge man with killing suburban Philly neighbor after feuding over defendant’s loud snoring​

A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of stabbing to death a neighbor with whom he had feuded after an argument about the accused man’s loud snoring that could be heard through a wall connecting their homes.

 

[HisArpy]

Police charge man with killing suburban Philly neighbor after feuding over defendant’s loud snoring​

A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of stabbing to death a neighbor with whom he had feuded after an argument about the accused man’s loud snoring that could be heard through a wall connecting their homes.

Dam. At least he didn't shoot him with a gun. That might upset ninnygirl.

 

[jaF0]

An unknown culprit has filled in a Chicago neighborhood landmark known as the ‘rat hole’​

You dirty rat! In a city infamous for its gangster past, some culprit filled in a Northside Chicago neighborhood landmark affectionately called by residents the “rat hole.”

 

[jaF0]

Reformed mobster went after 'one last score' when he stole Judy Garland's ruby slippers from 'Oz'​

ABC News|58 minutes ago
The aging reformed mobster who has admitted stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz" gave into the temptation of "one last score" after an old mob associate led him to believe the famous shoes were adorned with ...

 

[jaF0]

Billions of cicadas will buzz this spring as two broods emerge at the same time​

January 21, 2024 • Billions of cicadas will emerge this spring across eastern and southern states as two broods arrive simultaneously for the first time in more than 200 years.

 

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U.S. News // 2 hours ago
All 50 U.S. states have seen snow this winter -- even Florida
It has been a tumultuous winter across the U.S. with temperatures plummeting below zero in more than 30 states, intense snow that unleashed blizzard conditions and storms in the East that ended a long snow drought.

 

[butters]

Sick donkey saved by being given 24 litres of cola

 

[jaF0]

Cold War-era missile was found in the garage of someone’s home
Police say an inert Cold War-era rocket of the type used to carry a nuclear warhead has been found in the garage of a home of a deceased resident in Washington state.

 

[LLCox]

Babies head decapitated during delivery.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/georgia-baby-decapitated-homicide-delivery-lawsuit-rcna137674

 

[Bn2f]

Indian police clear a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup

https://13wham.com/amp/news/offbeat...geon-after-8-months-in-bird-lockup-02-06-2024

 

[jaF0]

Charlotte, a stingray with no male companion, is pregnant in her mountain aquarium​

ABC|40 minutes ago
A stingray that has lived for years in a North Carolina aquarium without a male companion is pregnant. Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the confines of a storefront aquarium in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm sure that those victims who suffered 400 years ago will be in front of the line for their reparations checks.

Virtue signaling with a supernatural twist.

But on this topic...maybe what they should do is stop Salem from profitting on all this dark history and turning it into a joke and glorifying all those people's unjust deaths?

I'm not really joking about that. I'm a lifelong horror fan and I have never, nor will I ever set foot in Salem for the reason I stated. Fuck that place.