"The Texas Department of Transportation took on an unusual clean-up operation after an overturned truck lost its load of 8 million dimes -- $800,000 worth of change. The Texas Department of Public Safety said the 18-wheeler rolled onto its side in the southbound lanes of U.S."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/30/Texas-highway-dimes-Alvord/8391746043732/
"In ancient Peru, those of high rank were buried with both treasures and dignity—so why were the mummified remains of a noblewoman languishing in a garbage dump for decades? The site where the mummy was found this past December had not always been covered in trash."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64627386/caral-mummy-dump/
"A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said Monday."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.huffpost.com/entry/man-airlifted-from-mount-fuji-needs-to-be-rescued-again_n_680f9a83e4b0694adc18b4d3
"Justin the Light Guy equipped his new Dodge Challenger with a programmable LED animated face and sound system on the front of the car that can talk and sing any song upon request."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://laughingsquid.com/singing-dodge-challenger/
"Residents of a Seattle neighborhood are pushing for the city to do something to stop alleged criminal acts — including 'rampant public masturbation' — at their local park. 'It's bad activity,' Lee Keller, a spokesperson with Denny Blaine Park for All, said, according to King 5 News."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/neighbors-masturbation-seattle-park-b2741033.html
"Scientists filming for a National Geographic TV show with Will Smith have uncovered a previously unknown species of giant anaconda deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon. This groundbreaking discovery has stunned the scientific world and may forever alter what we know about these elusive creatures."
#weirdnews #offbeat #nature #reptiles https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/04/scientists-discover-the-largest-anaconda-ever-found-in-the-amazon-during-will-smiths-show-set/
Runaway Roo: Escaped #kangaroo shuts down #Alabama interstate
https://wgntv.com/news/national/runaway-roo-escaped-kangaroo-shuts-down-alabama-interstate/
"A Virginia woman was enjoying a margarita at a Henrico County restaurant when a baby snake fell from the ceiling, bounced off her forehead and landed in her drink."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/28/snake-margarita-Patron-Mexican-Restaurant-Cantina-Sandston-Virginia/8521745850402/
"Aquilina, who was speaking generally and not on the specifics of the anti-piracy campaign and its font use, said that using a font from a free source, with an "effectively implied license to use it," could be "a good defense," though "not a complete defense."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-campaign-may-have-used-pirated-fonts/
"Over 30 years after being unceremoniously kicked out, the Magic Circle has tracked down Sophie Lloyd to apologise and reinstate her membership. But how did she fool the famous society? How did one woman fool the most famous magic society on the planet?"
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://news.sky.com/story/the-magic-circles-first-female-member-fooled-them-into-believing-she-was-a-man-how-did-she-do-it-13354578
"A Uruguay man living in Italy found himself with a Guinness World Records title thanks to an unusual party trick: popping his eyes out of their sockets."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/28/italy-Guinness-World-Records-eyeball-popping/1391745857560/
"Wildlife searchers announced late Friday that Valerie had been safely rescued on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/escaped-dog-australia-rescued-529-days-alone-wilderness-rcna203246
"Canines conquered the waves in Florida for the Brevard Humane Society's 13th annual East Coast Dog Surfing Festival. The Easter tradition at Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach saw 23 radical rovers riding surfboards and shredding the waves on Sunday."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/25/Brevard-Humane-Society-East-Coast-Dog-Surfing-Festival/3991745599520/
"Though Andy Warhol famously created art from garbage cans, he may not have expected his works to end up in the trash."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #art #europe #1980s #popart
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/26/style/dutch-town-hall-andy-warhol-intl-scli
"Teresa Isabel Bernal, 33, was charged with injury to a child in connection to a party Dec. 20 at Jones Elementary School in Tyler Texas. Bernal purchased the Jell-O shots from a home business she found on Facebook, according to the arrest affidavit."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-mother-arrested-bringing-jell-o-shots-5th-grade-classroom-party-rcna203031
"A British man who paid more than $26,000 to replace his stolen car later discovered he had unknowing bought his own vehicle back. Ewan Valentine, 36, from Solihull, England, said he discovered Feb."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/25/stolen-Honda-Civic-bought-back-Solihull-England/8411745612535/
"A Massachusetts town is under siege from an apparently territorial pileated woodpecker being blamed for damaging more than 25 vehicles in the area."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/25/woodpecker-vandal-Rockport-Massachusetts/4841745594614/
"Korn frontman Jonathan Davis will appear on an upcoming episode of Ghost Adventures on the Discovery Channel. Davis joined the crew for filming last year at the allegedly haunted Glen Tavern Inn in Santa Paula, CA—a location previously featured on the show in 2013."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://lambgoat.com/news/47379/korn-frontman-jonathan-davis-to-be-on-discovery-channels-ghost-adventures/
"In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod might capture and store lightning energy."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #science #nature #technology https://newatlas.com/drones/faraday-caged-drone-lightning/
"In an extraordinary revelation beneath the ocean, a mysterious underwater volcano has divulged thousands of giant, vibrant eggs. Dubbed “mermaid’s purses,” these eggs belong to the elusive Pacific white skate, a marine species shrouded in mystery."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd https://www.sustainability-times.com/environmental-protection/underwater-volcano-reveals-thousands-of-giant-living-eggs-in-breathtaking-discovery-that-terrifies-marine-scientists/
