Unusual News
Zombie Attack Could Prove Dangerous…Mathematical Proof
The modern craze with zombie stories, first begun by George Romero’s seminal work Night of the Living Dead in 1968, has even gotten into the brains of academic researchers from Canada, who decided to use the undead for a mathematical modeling exer... read more
Police Question Azerbaijan Citizens Over “Unpatriotic” Song Voting
Citizens in Azerbaijan who voted in the Eurovision Song Contest (Europe’s version of American Idol, only much bigger and much older) for an act from Armenia found themselves being interrogated by Azerbaijan’s police for being disloyal. Approximate... read more
90% of U.S. Paper Money Has Traces of Cocaine
America’s currency has a coke problem. A sampling of U.S. paper money from across the country revealed 90% contained trace amounts of cocaine, presumably from users’ habit of rolling up greenbacks to snort the drug.
Researchers from the Univer... read more
Lawsuit: Snapple “Acai Blackberry Juice” Had No Acai and No Blackberry Juice
Snapple claims to be made of the best stuff on earth. That’s assuming corn syrup belongs on the list. Stacy Holk of New Jersey doesn’t think so, which is why she filed a lawsuit against Snapple and its claim that the ingredients in its drinks are ... read more
Memory Championships Opens in London
Struggling to remember where the car keys are, or what was on the shopping list left at home pales in comparison to the memory challenges on display this weekend in the United Kingdom. A total of 26 men and women from 11 countries are taking par... read more
Sentenced to Jail for Yawning
Do not misbehave in Judge Daniel Rozak’s courtroom. The Chicago Circuit Court justice has a quick trigger for jailing anyone who does anything to disrupt courtroom proceedings, from allowing cell phones to go off to simply yawning.
Rozak’s kna... read more
Hugo Chávez Launches New Attack Against…Golf
Golf is not proletarian enough for socialist leader Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. In a televised rant last Sunday against the sport, Chavez said “golf is a bourgeois sport,” which prompted supporters of the president to close down two of the country’s... read more
Wealthy Group Asks to Pay More Taxes
Not every wealthy American is opposed to paying more taxes to help the country resolve its problems during these recessionary times. A group calling itself Wealth for the Common Good is calling on President Barack Obama and Congress to immediately... read more
Texas “Birther Bill” Congressman Refuses to Show Own Birth Certificate
Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), one of almost a dozen Republican House members co-sponsoring the so-called “birther bill” that would require future presidential candidates to submit a copy of their birth certificate to the Federal Election Co... read more
Statue of Italian Saint Padre Pio Will Produce Solar Energy
Combine religion, profit and renewable energy and how can you go wrong? Plans were revealed to build a 60-meter high statue of a popular Italian saint, Padre Pio (1887-1968), that will collect and recycle solar energy. This curious union of green ... read more
British Press Officer, Forced to Lie about Iraq War, Files Disability Claim
A different kind of work-related stress claim has been filed in the United Kingdom, where a government press secretary says his medical problem stems from having to lie about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. John Salisbury-Baker, a press officer ... read more
America’s Worst Speed Trap: 10,000 Tickets in 4 Weeks
Heath, Ohio, has a population of about 9,000 residents, but managed to wrack up more than 10,000 traffic violations in a single month. This disparity helps to explain the widespread anger felt across the small town after city officials approved th... read more
Bank Teller Fired for Capturing Robber
It’s getting to the point where being a Good Samaritan can be an occupational hazard. First, Troy Schafer of Round Rock, Texas, was fired for pursuing a purse snatcher fleeing his grocery store, and now, just days later, Jim Nicholson of Seattle, ... read more
Full Size Lego House Being Built of 3 Million Pieces
Having built the world’s largest model airplane and won an award for creating a plastic garden, James May of the United Kingdom has now turned his sights on constructing a full-size house out of Lego bricks. The co-star of the popular British auto... read more
Navy Adultery: Man Gets a Medal, Woman Gets the Brig
It definitely won’t be an affair to remember for Lieutenant Commander Syneeda Lynn Penland. After the U.S. Navy found out about Penland’s romance with fellow officer Mark Wiggan, who’s married, she was fined, thrown in the brig, and court-martiale... read more
Fired for Catching a Purse Snatcher
Troy Schafer found out the hard way that insurance and liability issues trump Good Samaritan deeds at Randalls grocery store in Round Rock, Texas. The now former produce manager thought he was doing the right thing when he chased a purse snatcher ... read more