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Seagulls Rise to the Top of the Food Chain – By Killing Whales!
Seagulls are about the very last animal you’d think of when someone ask you to name something that might kill a full-size whale. But that would just mean that weren’t keeping up on the events taking place out in the waters off the coast of...
Visit Japan’s Abandoned ‘Battleship Island’ Safely From Home!
Google has a new program where they’re asking hikers who’re willing to strap a on 40lb Google Street View backpack version of the device that’s usually strapped to the roof of a car. They’re asking that, should you be heading off to...
Duck Gets 3D-Printed Foot to Help Him Walk Again!
Buttercup is an adorable little duck who was born with one of his feet turned backwards. Born at a high school as part of a biology program, Buttercup was given to a sanctuary specializing in dealing with ducks. Software engineer for the...
Helicopter Drags 12-Bladed Chainsaw Through Sky to Trim Trees – Everyone Else is Secretly Jealous
It’s tree-trimming…with a 12-bladed chainsaw…being flown from a helicopter. Not really a whole lot else to talk about…except how we all want to have a helicopter and a 12-bladed chainsaw to tidy up the yard. [Neatorama]
Scientists Clone 600 Mice from Single Drop of Blood
Since mice aren’t really a nuisance to anyone…600 copies of a single mouse have been created from a single drop of the donor mouse’s blood. Taking the blood from the tail of a donor mouse, a team of scientists in Japan isolated the white...
When in Rome…Go to Gladiator School!
Instead of just plopping yourself down on the couch with a bag of Doritos, a couple of beers and and living vicariously through a couple of sword and sandal flicks like Troy and Gladiator, you could get yourself up off the couch and enroll...
Trike with Toilet Seat Runs on Manure!
This bike would’ve been pretty awesome…had they NOT MADE THE FREAKIN’ SEAT A TOILET! No. Seriously. This bike looks like it could’ve rolled into an oil-punk gathering and been something to gawk about because of what it uses for fuel. But...
DARPA Develops Telescopic Contact Lens
Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is one of the many joys associated with getting older. New generations of AMD sufferers won’t have to worry about that in the rapidly approaching future. DARPA has funded the development of contact...
Z Machine – New Robot Rock Band Makes Debut!
Musicians are usually willing to jam with anyone that has some ability at playing an instrument. As we begin walking hand-in-hand with our quickly-becoming-commonplace robotic friends, it only seems natural that musicians and robots would...
Perfectly Healthy Two-Headed Turtle Born in Texas Zoo!
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has become the home to a tiny and oddly adorable two-headed turtle. According to the zoo the little critter is doing really well, totally healthy and following its mother around just like its other little...
Giant Snake Opens Doors – Steps Into Your Nightmares!
Watch as this door opens up and something spills straight out of this closet and into your nightmares. This is Julius and yes…this thing DID learn to open even round doorknobs. So you’re really not safe anywhere. Julius passed away in 2012...
Ancient Egyptian Statuette Mysteriously Starts Doing 180s in Museum
Something weird is going on concerning a 10-inch statue of Neb-Sanu that is on display at the Manchester Museum. This small statue is turning around…by itself. During the course of the day Neb-Sanu’s little statue decides it’s done being...
Pigeon Racing Attracts ‘New Money’ Millionaires in China
Pigeon racing is quickly becoming a hot place for a new generation of wealthy people in China to drop some cash. In fact it’s attracting drops of cash worth millions. One race can net the winning team’s owner upwards of $80,000. There’s...
Flying Bike Lifts Off in Russia!
Because the daily commute in Russia isn’t already the equivalent of driving through a demolition derby on the way to work, several Czech scientists have come together with a Czech bicycle manufacturer to create the next hellish level of...
‘Clone Factory’ Prints Eerily Realistic 3D Dolls of YOU!
Akhibara, Japan is the place to go to get just about anything you want in life…even if that anything includes wanting a creepy doll-like clone of yourself. Recently a company called “Clone Factory” opened which now allows you to not only...
Amateur Photographer Claims to Have Captured UFO in Photo!
In a case of ‘this is why we can’t take you seriously’, an amateur photographer snapped a couple photos of something that’s currently got the UFO and ‘rod community’ (leave jokes below…we know they’re coming) buzzing. And by buzzing we...
Man’s Frozen Body Makes Seven Trips in the Wheel Well of Russian Airbus!
Since Russia is like the overseas equivalent of Florida, news that typically comes out of there is usually skewed toward the weird. After finding blood splattered near the wheel well of an Airbus passenger plane, authorities moved on to...
NASA Developing Printed Food for Astronauts!
3D printng is the ‘it’ thing right now. It seems like nothing can’t be printed. We can print plastic toys, metal parts and even cell tissues using additive manufacturing. So what’s next? Food…3D-printed food. A Texas company is partnering...
Podcast: Pizza for Death?
Brian, Justin and Bonnie discuss the brand new Kickstarter by Planetary Resources which seeks to put a publicly available telescope in space. And take selfies amongst the stars. Will Brian make the decision to allow commercial drones in...
Podcast: Sweet, Suffocating Wave of Death
After a hiatus, Brian and Justin return with Bonnie The Invisible Wife for a new episode of Weird Things. Brian is dead and Bonnie is charged with building a monument for her late husband, will she build something so garish it is rejected...