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Revolutionary New Theory Suggest Supernovae Radically Affect Life on Earth
Are exploding supernovae guiding life on Earth? If a new ground breaking theory is to be believed, the answer is yes. According to the study by Henrik Svensmark published by the Royal Astronomy Society in London the explosions of stars...
Navy Gives the OK to Install Laser Weapons
Oh hell yeah. The most powerful Naval force in the history of the world is about to add the most coveted weapon in science fiction. Laser cannons. Although they won’t fire pulse blasts that explode enemy targets, the weaponized lasers can...
Sea Creature Mystery Video: Do You Have Any Idea What This Is?
A sentient bed sheet. That’s pretty much the only descriptor that comes to mind when looking at this video. In reality, this blob caught on a deep sea drilling camera off the coast of the UK is a massive jellyfish. Steven Haddock, a...
Helmet Cam Catches Alligator Attack
I’ve never been attacked by an alligator while fishing in the traquil marsh lands of central Florida, but if I was, it’s probably sound something like this. Thomas Swiader Jr. found himself on the business end of an angry gator who leapt...
Study: Chimp Attack Plans Evolving Against Zoo Visitors
Santino is sick of your gawking and he’s determined to gain sweet revenge by tagging your forehead with a rock. Santino is a chimp at Sweden’s Furuvik Zoo. He’d gained a reputation for throwing projectiles at particularly annoying visitors...
Creepy Smartphone Enabled Body Pillow Let’s You Feel “Heartbeat”
It’s called the Hugvie. You put your cell phone inside of it and then talk to whomever you might like to chat with. The vibrations from the voice simulate a heart beat so you can clutch your Hugvie to you like an inanimate baby while...
Man Takes Arrow to the Neck, Lives
So you are just minding your own business in Moscow. Walking along with your daughter when WHAP! Everyone starts shrieking, you reach up to scratch the sudden itch on your neck when you realize that someone shot you right through the neck...
Podcast: Meat Blobs Keep Falling On My Head
GUEST: Tom Merritt Brian and special guest Tom find themselves covered in meat after it rains from sky. Justin wonders aloud if the characters in Avengers are the mythic Gods of our modern era… except for Thor, who is kind of a God in...
Controversy Rages Over the Legality of Killing Bigfoot in Texas
Can you legally shoot Bigfoot right in his Bigfoot-y face while in the Lone Start State? One Oregon Sasquatch seeker thought to ask an expert at the Texas Parks and Wildlife department for a clarification on the rules. He received a very...
This Picture was Painted in Blood
His name is Dr. Rev. His work is painting using only his own blood. Is this: 1) A bold artistic statement 2) An interesting concept 3) The creepiest thing on the planet Check out his gallery below. [Blood Painting] via Tony Ley
Hitler’s Medical Journal’s Revealed: Cocaine! Veggie Farts!
A new round of Hitler memorabilia is about to hit the auction block and among the items for sale is Adolf’s medical journals. One of them was compiled from interviews with six of Hitler’s chief doctors and the other comes from only one of...
WeirdThings Podcast Live with Justin Robert Young, Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
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You Decide: UFO Proof or Streaks of Cosmic Rays?
Is the picture above an unidentified space ship? Or simply a collection of cosmic rays that have formed an unusual grouping? Our hope: both. You know what happens then…
Fortune Teller Gets Busted for Googling Information on Clients
A pair of fraud Romanian fortune tellers have been busted for the oldest tricks in the rankable page index: Googling information on their clients. The two made a living allegedly selling “the future” to customers by pearing into a crystal...
Another Reminder: Nature Wants to Kill You, Eat Your Children
Seriously, nature wants you and your whole family dead. Remember that the next time you’re thinking about saving the planet. It really hates you. [CNN]
The Day it Rained Meat in Kentucky
It was a lonely day in Northeast Kentucky, when all of a sudden out of the blue blazes… meat rained from the sky. In 1876 a shower of three-inch chunks of meat rained down from a clear sky over Olympian Springs, Kentucky. The Louisville...
MCA is Dead, Here is the Video for Intergalactic
As you might have heard Adam Yauch died today, a victim of cancer. He was 47 and is survived by his wife and child. Arguably the best of the Beastie Boys deep videography, Intergalactic is easily the most Weird Things of the bunch....
Debate Rages Over Man Who Attached a Fricking Laser Beam to a Shark
A man named Luke Tipple, marine biologist most recognizably known for his work on the Discovery Channel, attached a laser beam to a shark. It was temporary. The laser was the lowest powered model produced by Wicked Lasers, which promoted...
R/C Fire Breathing Dragon
Are you ready to terrorize a small medieval village? How about set fire to your enemies? Threaten the slave city of Astapor? Is this the RC toy for you! It flies. It breathes fire. It looks like a dragon. Named “Mythical Beast” this bad...
The Optical Illusion that Explains Bloody Mary
The whiz kids at io9 have put together a compilation of research that explains why we see imaginary, monstrous faces when we look in the mirror for an elongated period of time. This is the very basis for sleepover games like Bloody Mary,...