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Panic as much-loved animal escapes UK zoo – public issued three-word warning
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Animals30
Even snakes have to audition for the opera at the Met. Princess the boa constrictor got the part
Mumbai Python Rescued From Car Engine Near Dahisar Flyover
Wandering 60-pound tortoise found in Biloxi yard, sanctuary seeks owner
Panama’s golden frogs return outdoors after 20 years in captivity; conservationists prepare for a possible return to the wild
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Betty Gilpin Jabs at Sam Altman During ‘Manic Poem’ Acceptance Speech at the Emmys
Riley Gaines slammed over bizarre GTA 6 take as she hopes game inspires people to have ‘more babies’
Florida Woman Chases Her Own Slow-Rolling Car Into a Ditch—and a Squirrel Is To Blame
'I think my mate's new wife might be a sex worker as blokes leave her house all day'
Coral Springs Man Accused Of Throwing Broken Bricks At Iguana Hunters In Margate Park
Hero captain dives into shark-infested waters after pal savaged by creature
Acme vindicated: photographer gets shot of coyote catching roadrunner
Nolan's Odyssey twist about Trojan Horse guilt outdoes Musk's outrage
Fisherman captures a crazy video of an alligator chasing a bear across a Florida river
Bizarre but true: why hundreds of baby frogs explode from this creature’s back
California Woman’s Dog Kiss Allegedly Causes a Bizarre Health Scare: ‘So Disgusting’
Dead chickens and human crash test dummies...the bizarre world of test engineering
Hot dog-obsessed Trump caught in bizarre golf-course grift: report
Tiny newborn kitten rescued after 76-mile road trip inside car engine
Bear Cub's Relentless Attempt To Get Inside Van Caught On Camera
Four hippos brought to Colombia in 1981 have multiplied into nearly 200 animals roaming the Magdalena River basin — the world’s largest invasive animal, spreading through warm rivers with abundant foo
Lanterns Episode 4 Backlash Erupts Over Nude Drawing Scene And Slaughterhouse Cow
Woman’s ‘Close Encounter’ With a Moose Goes Viral
Sucky situation! Wild moment octopus latches onto fisherman’s face forcing him to club it to escape
Entire theater evacuated during ‘Spider-Man’ screening due to moviegoer’s uncontrollable bout of ‘rotten’ flatulence
RFK Jr. admits putting dead bear cub in New York City's Central Park nearly 10 years ago
In Chile, injured penguins sport copper vests to help them heal
Lions and tigers begin a long-awaited rescue from a notorious Argentine zoo
High school football player in Arkansas practices with a venomous snake in his helmet
Tech & AI13
Dead Movie Charaters Who Were Resurrected By Sequels
Transformers #36 Preview: Superion Gets a New Roommate
In 1964, The Beatles released a song that “invented Jimi Hendrix”
Spotify responds after legendary musicians transformed into waifus with AI songs
Lego PlayStation recreates Sony’s original console, makes unusual choice for games to salute
Man uses new OpenAI model to build a simulation within a simulation
Dolly Parton's Sister Blasts 'Fake AI Garbage' Tied To Singer After Weird Trump Post
The White House built five Trump-themed video games, and they're bleak
No-nonsense TV star’s bizarre secret collection
Crows hoodoo broken, bizarre injury stuns all
Kiante Matlock in shock after DoorDash driver delivers food to Texas home while completely naked
'I fear her long distance lover is fake AI slop but she says I'm simply jealous'
'Aura farming' trend inspired by video games is sweeping Latin America
Government & Politics10
Brits flock to 'X-rated' Bayeux Tapestry as 'each penis covered for £8.6m'
Israeli minister demands UK 'end occupation of Falklands' and hand islands back to Argentina
White House faces fierce backlash after posting bizarre AI video of 'Green Lantern Donald Trump'
New Jersey Town Erected a Monument on Site Where Ronald Reagan Misread Meaning Behind “Born in the USA”
Trump Rebrands State in Bonkers Posting Spree
Trump goes on bizarre posting spree to attack Iran, puts his face on Tehran's map
Chinese theater, promoter fined for altered patriotic song in a comedy show
Burning Man's trash fence captures strange garbage and stranger people
Boat operator fined over $5K for waking sleeping polar bear
Congressman's son steals the show making silly faces behind dad during speech on the House floor
Food & Drink18
Is Finding a Bug in Food Illegal Under FDA Rules?
Shelagh McDonald: The Folk Singer Who Vanished at 24 and Returned After 40 Years
Waiter tackles armed man after he tries to shoot ex-wife in crowded Ohio restaurant
Hong Kong restaurant prosecuted after live newborn rat found in takeaway lunchbox
Tokyo’s red-light district cafe lets you dine inside a real 1960s cabaret
Vancouver Restaurant Owner Speaks Out After San Francisco 49ers Scammer Takes Photo With His Son. Then Daejon Love Sends a Voice Note
Dubai lets investors buy a share of world’s largest silver bar weighing 1,971kg
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Speed eater Leah Shutkever is on a roll as she reclaims burrito record and sets two more
Marks & Spencer superfan, 101, returns to store after four years in care home
$10M of gold found hidden in brewery cellar while laying sewage pipe
McDonald's customer kept Happy Meal toy from 2011 to see if it would be worth big money
No pint-sized matter: Thieves steal $70,000 in Pabst beer from California warehouse
What Not To Do When Caught Having Sex In The Bar's Bathroom
New Japanese ice cream is Ballin, in more ways than one
Shinto shrine gate parfaits that tell your fortune now being served in Tokyo
7-Eleven Japan releases new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing range for autumn, with a must-try daifuku and teriyaki burger
Nearly 2,000 people down shots of Malört to set world record
World22
'Prophet of Doom' psychic predicts Russian 'chemical attack on UK'
Jack Osbourne reveals 'signs from beyond' by dad Ozzy a year after his death
Businessman fired after 'racist biting rampage' sees him duct-taped to plane seat
Finland’s Largest Viking Age Silver Hoard Found in Two Birch Bark Containers
Pamela Anderson once claimed she walked in on Jack Nicholson having a threesome at the Playboy mansion
Bernie Ecclestone questioned after shotgun found on his private jet in Portugal
The first-ever photograph is returning home to France for first time in 200 years
Moment female tourist squats and poos on plush boulevard in Brit holiday hotspot
Nuke Simulation shows your least favorite town obliterated by the atomic weapon of your choice
German artist patches broken buildings with colorful LEGO bricks
Japan's museum has 1,700+ rocks that look like faces and animals
Meet the ‘Devil Flower’, a bizarre flower hiding beneath Thailand’s forests
Iron Age Burial in Scotland Was Sealed Beneath Animal Bones, Fire and Stone
Unusual Industry Booms in China: 'Outsourced Children'
Winston Churchill portrait "The Roaring Lion" was stolen from a hotel in Canada. Police tracked the photograph to a buyer in Italy.
Hurricane Debby blows cocaine worth over $1 million onto beach in Florida Keys, U.S. Border Patrol says
Competitors dig deep in Hungarian grave-digging contest
Corgis run, bark and sniff their way to glory at a growing international race
A 3-story Hoosier cabinet in Indiana celebrates an American kitchen icon
Go to hell! …at a limited time historical art exhibit coming to Osaka
New Transforming Business Card case brings anime mecha to Japanese work meetings
New Japanese convenience store rice balls taste like instant noodles [Taste test]
Dumb Crime45
British police try to track down theft of 70,000 pints worth of Guinness stout
Wild deer has to be escorted out after invading Florida man’s bathroom and swimming pool
'J.Lo Was Alone': Nikki Glaser Reveals Jennifer Lopez Was an 'Awkward Wallflower' at Taylor Swift's Wedding
Florida man says fake jury duty warrant from sheriff impersonator nearly cost him $300,000
'Most blatant': thieves trash driver's SUV, return it, and steal second car from driveway
What happened in the Jill Vernon Villages cyclist case
Okinawa man convinced he won 700 million yen by scammers, saved by convenience store staff
Match the arrestee with their alleged crime
Man arrested after pursuit with 3-year-old in vehicle
Man found sleeping inside Houston home with mother’s body in duffel bag
Missing Kanchanaburi mother found on southbound bus after 7 day northern stay shrouded in mystery
Friday Photo Fun Match Game
Daejon Love case brings back Eric Byrnes’ bizarre story of an A’s bat boy impersonation
“Less Than $150”: Deion Sanders’ Son Shilo Faces Bizarre Money Problem Amid Bankruptcy Trial, Forced to Call Dad for Help
Mystery deepens as Trump ally somehow maintains prolific online presence from behind bars
Florida Man Steals Jet Ski Trailer, Gets Caught by License Plate Reader
Florida Man Goes on a Rampage With a Metal Pipe Weeks After Being Released From Prison
‘Always Robbing That One’: Florida Woman Is Stopped From Entering Circle K Because Of An Active Robbery. But That Doesn’t Stop Her From Getting Gas
Florida Man With No Nose Goes Viral In Scary Mugshot After His Arrest For Meth Trafficking [PHOTO]
Two Florida Men Arrested After 120 MPH I-75 Street Race With Toddlers In Back Seat
Florida Man’s Midnight Reign Of Terror Ends With Guilty Verdict, Possible Life Sentence
Naked Man Accused of Burglary, Lewd Conduct at St. Thomas Properties
Sex tape sicko bludgeoned & stabbed my pals to death then stuffed them in a suitcase…he danced naked in celebration
Man catches wife with another man through robot vacuum, jailed for recording them without their consent
Naked Cowboy Harassed in Times Square After Fatal Stabbing
'Vindictive' daughter is freed from jail after posting naked photos of her policeman father's mistress
I pretended to be 15 to help catch a suspected paedophile....but I was branded a criminal instead: This is my warning to other Aussie vigilantes
Hollywood Hills burglary suspect arrested after returning to scene of $5,000 bike theft
Suspect kicks Stockton officer after biting, disfiguring victim
Man Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Flaming Projectile at Flock Cameras, Melting Them Into Slag
Scorpio Flies To Second Floor! Bihar Man Uses Crane To Protect SUV From Thieves
Shoeless LI runner John Mazzei trots through six marathons
Police recover $769,000 in stolen jewelry nearly two weeks after man swallowed it
Cicadas are making so much noise that residents are calling the police in South Carolina
Woman sent £170 bill after five-minute drop-off at airport
Where's Waldo? She Is Lying Naked Atop A Wooden Pallet
Never Trust A Dealer Named "Crooked Jess"
Cops: Carhop Exposed Self To Fast Food Patron
"Why Do You Think My Coochie Hurts?"
Man Busted For Destroying Fake Flock Camera
Cops: Sex Offender Recorded Children With Pair Of Pervert Glasses
Probation For Pinot In Her Prison Purse
Machete v. Hatchet Faceoff Escalated Quickly
Match the arrestee with the item they allegedly stole.
Idiot "Auditor" Gets Jail For Assaulting Target
Internet & Viral40
Suspect in duck killing caught on camera in Pembroke Pines in custody, cops say
Bride charges guests £20 to attend hen do - and lays out strict wedding rules
Did Igho 'Tiny' Ubiribo fake his death to escape drug charges? The bizarre theory behind the influencer’s fatal Thailand procedure
'Proof' time travel is real with odd detail in photo from World War two
Elizabeth Holmes Documentary: Nathan Fielder Secretly Filmed Her for 3 Years, and the Bizarre Trailer Is Finally Here
Bizarre Scenario as Audiences Gather to Tear Off Logos from Cancelled Nebraska vs Missouri Game
Friend group never trusted their friend’s fiancée — then a random Reddit post about her engagement ring seemed to prove every concern right
Baba Vanga's Alleged World War III and Alien Spacecraft Claims for 2026 Go Viral Again Online
IShowSpeed and Jasontheween’s heated emotions debate goes viral after bizarre pain claim
Nick Offerman Roasts MAGA Commentator After His Bizarre Masculinity Rant
Gen Z employee resigned when manager asked her to WFH during sick leave. Fellow Gen Z worker’s stunt goes viral: ‘He wasn’t even ready to…’
'I thought I met Gossip Girl star but was humbled when I checked selfie the next day'
Flop Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior’s incredible ‘f*** that’ team-talk goes viral with minnows Paris FC flying in Ligue 1
Florida Man Cuts Off Mother After She Threw His Belongings Out
Boney M legends clash as ex-singer blasts band for performing at Reform conference
Carrie Underwood Goes Viral For Covering Limp Bizkit’s “Break Stuff” At Iowa’s Velocity Festival And The Internet Is Roasting Her For Not Singing Any Of The Curse Words
Driver returns to van and finds 3-word demand note attached to windscreen
Halloween Has A Weird Sex Minigame That Has Quickly Been Patched Out
Donald Trump brutally mocked after unveiling bizarre dark new haircut
A Woman’s Anxiety-Ridden Friend Is Demanding She Cancel Her Hotel Booking—Just Because an Acquaintance Is Staying in the Same Building
You’ve Got To See This: Col. Bruce Hampton’s Lost ‘Saturday Night Live’ Performance From 1992
Nepal Flood Shocker: Red Saree Found In Mud Had Lakhs Of Rupees Hidden Inside!
‘Wrong Car To Crash Into’: Social Media Laughs After Kombi Carrying 279kg Of Marijuana Crashes Into Police Vehicle
Florida Woman Allegedly Demanded $20,000 From Lover to Hide His Affair, Later Posting Photos on TikTok
'Ghost' caught on camera knocking over sculptures leaves homeowners 'spooked'
Bride’s roadside dance on Karachi’s Shah Faisal Bridge goes viral
‘True blue Aussie’: WA camel and crocodile wrangler goes viral after new video interview
Texas deputy screams and runs after 'dead' deer springs to feet in viral encounter
Willem Dafoe goes viral for another batch of bizarre poses in new photoshoot
Is the Cole Johnson vs Chimpanzee MMA match really happening? Viral bout announcement sparks wild reactions online
"He's Testing God": Checkers Sixty60 Driver Spotted Weaving Through Highway Traffic in Flip
Swimmer mauled in vicious attack by ‘ruthless’ river otter: ‘It just kept coming’
Want a 1,000-pound hunk of junk? MTA auctioning off MetroCard machine — with a $1,500 starting bid
Biohacker Bryan Johnson has his girlfriend’s ‘valuable’ menstrual blood in the freezer — here’s why
‘Lolla-pee-looza’: Music fest fans crowd surf a ‘pee bag’ across the audience in revolting viral video
'Milfmaxxing' trending as 'natural' adult star, 61, says her fans 'love wrinkles'
'Live forever' biohacker facing 'existential dilemma' after simple coffee blunder
Scarfy Boone MUG SHOT
Years of sunlight turn ordinary signs into heavy metal-looking logos
Space & Science50
Intel Fund Recipients Match Names Of Kids, Dead People
The World’s Largest Gun Aims to Shoot Satellites Into Space
Mysterious Canadian island ‘vanishes’ and then reappears 20 miles away
Cops launch 'serious' Bigfoot probe after town sightings before making shock discovery
Exact date world will end predicted in chilling equation - and it's soon
Meet Our (And Every Other Vertebrate’s) Weird Four
Oil beetle larvae mimics flower-like scents to fool bees into feeding and sheltering them, study finds - Researchers reveal how these unusual insects exploit bees’ attraction to floral scents, allowin
At 130km across, it's the world’s largest natural mirror – but this otherworldly landscape is stranger than it looks, and has starred in Star Wars
Burt Reynolds Voiced An Alien In One Of TV's Weirdest Ever Sitcoms
"Shocking Discovery for Tuna Sashimi Lovers: 1,600 Parasites Found Crawling Inside"
New Frog Species Discovery After Century of Misidentification
A material found in crab and shrimp shells ,usually thrown out by the seafood trade, was made into a gel and used as the working fluid inside a zinc battery. The zinc anode ran for more than 1,000 cyc
Why do shrews lose brain size in winter but grow bigger noses? Scientists uncover a bizarre seasonal adaptation in tiny mammals
Stacey Solomon makes unusual discovery in new house after ditching Pickle Cottage
5 Items Dug Up On American Farms That Turned Out To Be Historically Important
Skeptic turned believer studying Skinwalker Ranch
Tour guides make remarkable discovery about Great Barrier Reef whales: ‘Not even scientists knew what it meant’
Astronomers Detected Three Mysterious “Glitches” in a Pulsar That Had Gone Silent for Years
What is that mysterious hum keeping Cape Town residents awake at night?
Family theme park slammed over ‘disrespectful’ Titanic ride for kids — but owner refuses to cave to ‘woke’ brigade
Nonprofit plans to launch 80,000-year probe to Alpha Centauri by 2029
In 1855, scientists discovered a fungus that turns flies into zombie hosts.
Volvo P1800S With 5.2m Kilometres Heads To Rétromobile 2027
Trump’s new US Space Force uniforms compared to ‘bad guys from Star Wars’
Book about every video game set in the Alien universe
'My wife threw our 12-year-old a surprise period party – she was mortified'
Tech Support Got a Call About Bizarre Printer Errors—Then the Tech Realized the Issue Wasn’t the Hardware at All
Sunken boat off Newport Beach attracts alien-like visitors
Is it a planet or a moon? Scientists discover a strange Jupiter-sized world orbiting a brown dwarf in a never-before-seen cosmic system
Meet Patrick Urban: The German dung beetle specialist who found a species never known to science among collected beetles
Meet Alyssa: The 7-year-old Calgary girl who stopped playing at a playground, examined a rock and discovered a 445-million-year-old sea-star fossil
In 2024, Nevada built a 1.8-million-panel solar farm in the Mojave; its panels helped a rare plant hold water longer and produce 10 times more fruit
'Universe Literally Glitching': Fans Spot Eerie Optimus Prime Death Scene Coincidence With Peter Cullen
A 'skull' rock on Mars? The eerie formation NASA can't yet explain
What Is Cockroach Milk? Scientists Win 2026 Ig Nobel Prize for Bizarre Discovery
In The 1970s, Researchers Unearthed Fossils Of A Dinosaur That May Have Been The Largest Ever. Then The Fossils Disintegrated
Massive Viking Hoard Surpisingly Found in a Denmark Garden
Scientists found 66-million-year-old wound still healing inside a T. rex’s rib
UFO mystery in County Roscommon to feature in new RTÉ programme
‘Holy grail’: Antique ‘fox head’ bought at a flea market turns out to be an ancient extinct species valued at $85K
Annual UFO report finds 21 cases of more than 700 received need more analysis
Barnacle-covered cocaine package worth $625,000 spotted by boaters in Florida after storms
"World's deepest fish" caught on camera for first time by scientists — over 27,000 feet below the surface
Hundreds of pounds of cooked pasta mysteriously dumped in New Jersey woods
Inside UK's scariest seance - 'alien beings, ghostly faces' and doctor banned for life
Gary Lineker reckons he gets ‘helping hand’ by aliens from another planet
Burning Man's infamous orgy tent isn't always sexy – there are 2 major drawbacks
Truckload of squid spills into the street in Rhode Island, creating a smelly mess in the summer heat
Nero’s Bridge emerges from Tiber River as Rome faces water crisis
New Pokémon anniversary song is 22 minutes long, features all 1,025 Pokémon species [Video]
Bizarre Medicine16
‘Grey Beard’ hiker, 91, reclaims his record as oldest hiker to complete Appalachian Trail
Postpartum Psychosis: She almost jumped from a hospital window with someone else’s child, days later she couldn’t remember it
Model skeleton used to hold drip in busy hospital
The bizarre new 'bone smashing' trend claims to sculpt your jawline, but experts warn it could cause permanent damage
39 Times Doctors Had To Deal With Such Confusing Cases, And They Sometimes Had A Sad Ending
A Kentucky man with a meat allergy was craving a burger. So he got into ostrich farming
Florida Man Wanted to Fight Cops at Hospital, Gets His Wish
Pregnant dog arrives at shelter and stuns staff with a record-breaking litter
41-year-old hospitalized after horrifying DIY treatment for incontinence
Doctor shares PSA after waking up to a bat trying to ‘burrow’ into her mouth
Heart surgery cured a man’s skin cancer — but left him with a bizarre new condition
Dangerous rabid beavers attack 2 teens, popular Maryland park partially closed
RFK Jr.’s doctor says proper poops (like his) are wipe-free and ‘nearly orgasmic’
Trainee paramedic 'caught Covid saving lives but NHS won't fund her wheelchair'
Bride and groom end up in river after accident taking wedding photographs
Schoolboy impaled on door handle for an hour as game of tag goes horribly wrong
Sports8
Thomas Carty expects David Allen disqualification after bizarre end to fight on Katie Taylor undercard
UFC Veteran-Turned-Policeman Floors Florida Man After Traffic Stop Goes Wrong
49ers Coach Raheem Morris’ Bizarre 50th Birthday Story Has an Unexpected Twist
Wyndham Clark claimed to have a ‘really weird’ skill that no golf coach would teach
Cricketer runs 100km before bowling in Guinness World Record bid
NHL 27's bizarrely inaccurate player face scans horrified hockey fans
Son Heung-min's signature 'camera gesture' caught on BTS LA concert jumbotron
Behind Raygun’s ‘Cringe’ Olympic Breakdancing Routine Is An Oddly Sweet Love Story
Everything Else3
Skydiver miraculously survives 10,000ft plummet without a parachute after being knocked unconscious
Andrew Garfield mocked for bizarre claim billionaires should be ‘scared s**tless’ of new film
Police: Armed man with Taser & two pistols lunged at Ohio gov. candidate Amy Acton
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