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3,156-pound pumpkin grown in Rhode Island is inspected for possible world record

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Surveillance footage shows a black bear roaming the second floor of the Mammoth Lakes Library, walking past bookshelves and study tables on Oct. 14, 2026.

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WATCH: Bear caught on camera wandering through library

Tiny pup found 5 weeks after disappearing in rugged national park

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Penguin Colony is a Lovecraftian horror game seen through an Indigenous lens

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Migrant Florida Woman Accused of Burying Kittens Alive Because She Believed They Were Demons

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False leg, a wedding dress and a glass eye - these are some of the bizarre items guests leave behind at Centre Parcs near Milton Keynes

Tobey Maguire officiates ex-wife Jennifer Meyer’s wedding to Geoffrey Ogunlesi weeks after divorce, leaves Spider-Man fans stunned: 'my GOAT is washed'

Dog survives Alaska avalanche, 50 hours alone in snowy wilderness

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'We've never had this': Bear sightings spook Russia

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One-Eyed Ocelot Caught on Camera Preying on Fruit Bat in a Mist Net

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Escaped emu runs through traffic on California road

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Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?

Dodo could be brought back from extinction as AI 'finds 2,300 genetic features'

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Bizarre but brilliant toothbrush with built-in camera makes TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 list

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Man’s Clever Trick After Realizing His Job Interviewer Was AI Sparks Fears For Humanity’s Future

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Basel Husseini’s 1.1 Million

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The Tesla Roadster Reveal Wasn’t a Live Demo, It Was More Smoke and Mirrors. Is It Actually a Flying, Spinning Supercar That Hits 60 MPH In Under 1 Second?

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Sarawak man finds RM1b in bank account, asks ChatGPT to count the zeros — only to discover it’s a glitch

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At least part of Star Citizen will finally be out soon, allegedly

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Ford Scrapped 'Dark Horse Boss' Because It Sounded Weird

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Trump would like a robot Trump to campaign while human Trump watches Trump on TV

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Broncos’ Sean Payton Goes Viral for Awkward ‘Thursday Night Football’ Kiss With Charissa Thompson

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Robot gropes girl, makes thrusting movements in bizarre crime in Germany

Florida Woman Goes To Texas Roadhouse. Then A Prayer Group Comes Over And Starts Preaching. On Her Way Out, She Gets Her Revenge

World's slowest penalty 'run-up'? Bizarre spot kick saved in Caribbean Cup

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Kelly Clarkson’s bizarre social media feud with New York store explained as CCTV released

Massive inflatable pumpkin escapes festival, barrels toward drivers on North Carolina road

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Unemployed Florida Man Hires Etsy Witch To Get Him Job—It’s Going Too Well And Now He’s Overwhelmed: ‘I’ve Had 9 Interviews This Week’

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Luxury liner with secret military past set to surpass ex-US Navy carrier as world’s largest artificial diving reef

Ohio home with unusual kitchen features goes viral on Zillow Gone Wild

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Indiana Candidate Goes Viral After Appearing Intoxicated During Interview And Dropping Some Epic One

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‘God’s Best friend is a Bank Robber!’ Masked Florida man accused of bizarre bank robberies

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K-9 officer seen jumping off highway overpass, survives fall

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Mom disappeared hours after appearing on The People’s Court. Her ex is accused of her murder 15 years later

CAUGHT ON CAMERA | Woman caught after attic hide-and-seek during warrant arrest

Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

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Florida Man Without Clothes Found Near School Said He Was Part Of an Art Exhibit

Florida Woman Shoots Storage Manager After She's Caught Sleeping In Her Storage Unit, Sheriff Says

Florida Woman Arrested After Holding Family Dog For $1,000 Ransom

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Florida Man Accused of Shooting Uber Eats Driver Who Tried to Get His Girlfriend’s Phone Number

News of the Weird: Week of October 15, 2026

Government & Politics14

Enter the Zachbot: Trump’s new press secretary malfunctions on podium debut

ICE pursuit takes bizarre turn as agency’s explanation faces 'jaw-dropping' challenge

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Florida woman says she couldn't sell flooded home, then city buys it for a catch basin

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Bed bugs discovered inside returned books at Wake County library, county says

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Katie Zacharia's first White House press briefing was also her last

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'I CANNOT believe this is happening': Nicolle on Hegseth forcing his WEIRD OBSESSION onto military

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Dementia Don discovers Abdul El-Sayed's middle name is Mohamed and declares victory over "a jihadist"

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Great Scott! Government wants to regulate predictions

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The NY Times’ One Weird Trick to Avoid Calling JD Vance a Homophobe

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Katie Zacharia’s Résumé Takes Another Bizarre Turn

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Park Myung-soo falls victim to dine-and-dash over 45,000 won worth of chicken and beer... opens bag to find nothing but bundles of newspapers (Boss in the Mirror)

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Baby turkey ‘Houdini’ escapes farm and avoids becoming Christmas dinner

Mark Zuckerberg and Alexander Wang sit at a pub booth with pints of Guinness on the table in front of them.

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Mark Zuckerberg almost pukes after Guinness sip – 'I remember my first beer'

This Japanese sandwich mascot is filled with fiery rage, and he’s got a point [Video]

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Woman Tortured Cat, Ate Its Organs | Man Killed GF Outside Bar | $74K Stolen From Museum: FL News

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Disney World's fake UK town complete with pub and chippy left me speechless

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Lettuce may soon have a lot more protein

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The World's Largest Cheese Board Weighed Over 4,000 Pounds

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Live roaches near water filter temporarily closes Daytona bar and grill

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Florida Woman Leaves Wrecked Road Sign and Porsche Parts Behind. Police Find Her Down the Street at Taco Bell

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Red sprites: French photographer captures rare 'electric tentacles'

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Ship sinks in Strait of Hormuz, Iranian fishermen find floating iPhones and expensive perfumes

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Japanese taxi drivers granted right to kick rude passengers out of their cabs before destination

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Debunking the many Bigfoot sightings; New Mexico Strange

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Couple nets $475K payday off $3 scratch card — nearly a decade after winning $1.8M in Canadian lottery

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Suspected Plague Mystery in Russia and Dangerous Bird Flu on a Fur Farm

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Canadian diver finds strange 5.5-metre metal object underwater: A 1950 US nuclear bomb incident fuels the mystery before Navy rules it out

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Japan’s bean sprout shortage hitting Jiro-style ramen businesses hard

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Chinese couple with identical names goes viral after wedding

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37 venomous snakes and 55 lizards packed into a suitcase: German airport customs left stunned

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Space & Science34

A 6-year-old Nebraska boy found a rare 200-million-year-old marine fossil that had not been recorded in the state for more than 55 years

This undated image provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, shows Edward Lelburian Jackson's remains found inside a barrel recovered from Lake Mead, near Las Vegas.

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How a bone sample and a social media post helped identify Lake Mead barrel victim

Almost All The Viruses Found in a Vast Deep-Sea Mining Zone Were New to Science⁠

Florida Man's 1,000-Day Walk Reaches Boston, Maine Next

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Large metallic object, ‘presumably a space object,’ found in Stevens County cornfield

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In 2026, a Florida man went lobster diving and spotted a torpedo-shaped object; the Navy later detonated a suspected WWII-era munition

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Who Was Devil Dave, El Paso's Mysterious Hotel Ghost

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Scientists discover ‘D-Rex,’ a giant fungus with a 65-million-year evolutionary history

‘Phoenix planet’ may be a new world born from a dead star

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Suspected second-generation planet solves Hubble cold case

Lost photos of terrifying poltergeist that wrecked family home discovered

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Bus driver’s farts were so bad colleague ‘needed to take a shower’

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Joe Manganiello shares bizarre ‘voodoo curse’ theory after mystery illness and marriage split

Thousands of items removed from rectums by UK doctors - full list

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Meet the woman who teaches folk to guff in public at parping retreats held at 'fart hotel'

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Trust Me, I’m A Doctor Review: Kal Penn leads an off-kilter look at the bizarre true story of Anna Nicole Smith’s personal physician

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Bride Faces Wedding Day Disaster with Swollen Eye, Uses ‘Bizarre’ Remedy to Recover Just in Time (Exclusive)

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22-year-old who put ankle pain down to training has to have leg removed

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Botticelli’s ‘Venus’ muse died from brain tumour as researchers spot clue in iconic painting

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Sports8

Guinness World Records 2027: Narrowest car, most tattooed person

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Coach goes viral for awkward interview as he fails to look at glamorous reporter

Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr targeted by BIZARRE stadium chants despite not even playing

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In weird twist, Big 12 champ last 2 seasons was loser of No. 10 Texas Tech

Tacoma man accused of arson at ex-NFL player’s house made bizarre claims to police

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Four Blue Devil defenders combine for record-setting touchdown

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In weird twist, Big 12 champ last 2 seasons was loser of No. 10 Texas Tech

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Mike Florio calls out NFL after weird injury revelation byEagles’ Jalen Hurts

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Pumpkin weighing as much as a car breaks record

Woman, 96, walks down the aisle to marry teenage man in jaw-dropping age-gap wedding

Alexander Skarsgård Gets Bizarre in New Wicker Poster Ahead of Rumored Marvel Role

Woman, 99, takes to the skies to smash record for world's oldest wing-walker

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Florida Man Turns Publix Run Into $4 Million Mega Millions Win

Prince Harry reveals Prince Archie's funny request for family's UK move

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Terrifying truth behind America's first theme park that has a chilling past

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DAILY SHOW: Let’s Not Gloss Over A Pillow Fight With Prince

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Face the Ozark Howler at Stark Caverns

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Army sniper claims he killed 'reptilian beings' in Area 51 battle

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CantBeNews: strange-but-true news from 340 outlets, grouped by story

3,156-pound pumpkin grown in Rhode Island is inspected for possible world record

Animals22

WATCH: Bear caught on camera wandering through library

Tiny pup found 5 weeks after disappearing in rugged national park

Penguin Colony is a Lovecraftian horror game seen through an Indigenous lens

Migrant Florida Woman Accused of Burying Kittens Alive Because She Believed They Were Demons

False leg, a wedding dress and a glass eye - these are some of the bizarre items guests leave behind at Centre Parcs near Milton Keynes

Tobey Maguire officiates ex-wife Jennifer Meyer’s wedding to Geoffrey Ogunlesi weeks after divorce, leaves Spider-Man fans stunned: 'my GOAT is washed'

Dog Goes Viral After Owner Reveals The Enormous Underground Home She Dug All By Herself

Tech & AI10

Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?

Dodo could be brought back from extinction as AI 'finds 2,300 genetic features'

Internet & Viral32

Broncos’ Sean Payton Goes Viral for Awkward ‘Thursday Night Football’ Kiss With Charissa Thompson

Robot gropes girl, makes thrusting movements in bizarre crime in Germany

Florida Woman Goes To Texas Roadhouse. Then A Prayer Group Comes Over And Starts Preaching. On Her Way Out, She Gets Her Revenge

World's slowest penalty 'run-up'? Bizarre spot kick saved in Caribbean Cup

Kelly Clarkson’s bizarre social media feud with New York store explained as CCTV released

Massive inflatable pumpkin escapes festival, barrels toward drivers on North Carolina road

Unemployed Florida Man Hires Etsy Witch To Get Him Job—It’s Going Too Well And Now He’s Overwhelmed: ‘I’ve Had 9 Interviews This Week’

Luxury liner with secret military past set to surpass ex-US Navy carrier as world’s largest artificial diving reef

Ohio home with unusual kitchen features goes viral on Zillow Gone Wild

Indiana Candidate Goes Viral After Appearing Intoxicated During Interview And Dropping Some Epic One

Dumb Crime23

‘God’s Best friend is a Bank Robber!’ Masked Florida man accused of bizarre bank robberies

K-9 officer seen jumping off highway overpass, survives fall

Mom disappeared hours after appearing on The People’s Court. Her ex is accused of her murder 15 years later

CAUGHT ON CAMERA | Woman caught after attic hide-and-seek during warrant arrest

Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Florida Man Without Clothes Found Near School Said He Was Part Of an Art Exhibit

Florida Woman Shoots Storage Manager After She's Caught Sleeping In Her Storage Unit, Sheriff Says

Florida Woman Arrested After Holding Family Dog For $1,000 Ransom

Florida Man Accused of Shooting Uber Eats Driver Who Tried to Get His Girlfriend’s Phone Number

News of the Weird: Week of October 15, 2026

Dozens of people seen on images recovered from home in Olney; some appeared lifeless

Innocent woman says police use of Flock camera led to 13 days in jail

Florida Man Arrested for DUI Fails to Even Tie Shoes During Sobriety Test

A Florida man helped a grieving widow clean out her home — now he's charged with pawning up to $4,000 worth of her family jewelry

Government & Politics14

Enter the Zachbot: Trump’s new press secretary malfunctions on podium debut

Food & Drink12

Park Myung-soo falls victim to dine-and-dash over 45,000 won worth of chicken and beer... opens bag to find nothing but bundles of newspapers (Boss in the Mirror)

Baby turkey ‘Houdini’ escapes farm and avoids becoming Christmas dinner

Mark Zuckerberg almost pukes after Guinness sip – 'I remember my first beer'

Texas Tech fan reportedly found Colorado’s game plan before 29

World10

Red sprites: French photographer captures rare 'electric tentacles'

Space & Science34

A 6-year-old Nebraska boy found a rare 200-million-year-old marine fossil that had not been recorded in the state for more than 55 years

How a bone sample and a social media post helped identify Lake Mead barrel victim

Almost All The Viruses Found in a Vast Deep-Sea Mining Zone Were New to Science⁠

Florida Man's 1,000-Day Walk Reaches Boston, Maine Next

Large metallic object, ‘presumably a space object,’ found in Stevens County cornfield

In 2026, a Florida man went lobster diving and spotted a torpedo-shaped object; the Navy later detonated a suspected WWII-era munition

Who Was Devil Dave, El Paso's Mysterious Hotel Ghost

Scientists discover ‘D-Rex,’ a giant fungus with a 65-million-year evolutionary history

Suspected second-generation planet solves Hubble cold case

Lost photos of terrifying poltergeist that wrecked family home discovered

Humans captured aliens 80 years ago but they 'died after refusing to eat American food'