Strange & Weird

2020-05-28

Pennsylvania woman allegedly kept grandma’s corpse in freezer for 15 years, collected Social Security checks: reports

IRWeasel International, Law & Crime, Strange & Weird 0

Article Link: https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-woman-allegedly-kept-grandmas-corpse-in-freezer-for-15-years-collected-social-security-checks-reports-say

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

A Pennsylvania woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly keeping her dead grandmother in a freezer for 15 years while the family continued collecting her Social Security checks, according to reports. The grandmother, Glenora Reckord Delahay, died in March 2004 in Ardmore, about 10 miles northwest of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. She was 97.

2020-05-28

Twitter salivates over ‘cheesecake’ rock: ‘Why does it look so tasty?’

IRWeasel International, Nature & Environment, Strange & Weird 0

Article Link: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/twitter-salivates-over-cheesecake-rock

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

You’d break a tooth on that thing. A photo is going viral on Twitter for looking downright delectable. However, you might not want to serve up this cheesecake lookalike at your next dinner party.

2020-05-27

Weird: Flip-flop freak foiled

IRWeasel International, Law & Crime, Strange & Weird 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/weird/weird-flip-flop-freak-foiled

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

All kinds of unusual things happen in Thailand and the latest is the arrest of a man with quite a flip-flop fetish. The man was finally nabbed after stealing more than 100 pairs of the footwear from nearby homes. The kicker: He would have sex with the flip-flops.

2020-05-27

Grimes And Elon Musk Tweak Son’s Name So It Complies With California Law

David McNamara International, Strange & Weird 0

Article Link: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/grimes-elon-musk-baby-name-change_ca_5ecbb73ec5b62471d4478254

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

Canadian singer-songwriter Grimes has revealed she has made a small adjustment to her son’s unusual name, due to a legal requirement in California. Grimes and SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk welcomed their first child earlier this month, revealing they had chosen to name him X Æ A-12. Perhaps understandably, the couple’s decision raised a fair few questions on social media, with Grimes later explaining she’d chosen to name the son after “X, the unknown variable”, artificial intelligence and the pair’s shared favourite aircraft.

2020-05-26

Central Park Karen: ‘My entire life is being destroyed’

IRWeasel International, Law & Crime, Strange & Weird 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/world/white-woman-calls-cops-on-black-man-over-dog-leash-dispute

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

For Central Park Karen (AKA Amy Cooper), life as she knew it is officially over. The University of Waterloo graduate and Canadian citizen had an epic meltdown in New York’s Central Park and the whole ugly episode went viral with millions of views. A quivering Cooper called the cops on black birdwatcher and Harvard graduate Christian Cooper (no relation) after he asked her to leash her dog.

2020-05-26

The Cicadas Are Coming! 1.5 Million Cicadas Are Ready to Emerge After Nearly 20 Years Underground

David McNamara International, Nature & Environment, Strange & Weird 0

Article Link: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/624618/17-year-cicadas-are-ready-to-emerge

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

The summer of 2020 is set to be a noisy one in three southern states. As AccuWeather reports, the group of 17-year cicadas dubbed Brood IX is already starting to emerge in northwestern North Carolina, southwestern Virginia, and southeastern West Virginia. As their name suggests, 17-cicadas appear above ground once every 17 years. Most of their lives are spent as nymphs in the dirt, sucking sap from tree roots. When the weather warms up in their 17th year, that’s their cue to breach the surface, climb a tree or some other vertical surface, and shed their immature exoskeletons. The large, dark bug that emerges is the cicada most people are familiar with. After a few months of flying, mating, and filling the forest with their deafening songs, the adult cicadas die by the end of the summer.

2020-05-26

The Psychology Behind Why People Believe Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories

David McNamara Health & Living, International, Strange & Weird 0

Article Link: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/psychology-why-people-believe-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories_l_5ec46c59c5b6956f4169cea4

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

Bill Gates is plotting a way to vaccinate the entire population. 5G towers sparked the spread of COVID-19. The coronavirus was created in a Chinese lab as a bioweapon. A number of conspiracy theories like these are circulating right now, offering creative (and implausible) explanations as to why and how the coronavirus got such a foothold across the globe. One video ― called “Plandemic” ― made the rounds on social media recently, peddling hoaxes about COVID-19 (like a theory that masks will activate the virus and getting vaccines in the past has made us more susceptible to the illness).

2020-05-25

‘Hitler’s alligator’ that survived Battle of Berlin dies in Moscow

Arye ben-Shaoul International, Nature & Environment, Strange & Weird 0

Article Link: https://www.dw.com/en/hitlers-alligator-that-survived-battle-of-berlin-dies-in-moscow/a-53554463

Discussion posted by: Arye ben-Shaoul

An 84-year-old alligator rumored to have once belonged to German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler died in Russia, the Moscow Zoo announced Saturday. Saturn the alligator escaped from a Berlin zoo amid Allied bombing on November 23, 1943. The 3.5-meter animal appears to have survived on his own for the remainder of the war until British soldiers discovered him in 1946.

2020-05-22

Virginia family finds $1M on road, immediately hands it over to authorities

IRWeasel International, Joy & Wonder, Strange & Weird 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/world/virginia-family-finds-1m-on-road-immediately-hands-it-over-to-authorities

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

Honesty is the best policy, a term a Virginia family took to heart by quickly turning in a whopping $1 million US when they stumbled upon the loot in the middle of the road. At first, they thought it was trash when accidentally hitting a bag positioned on the road only to discover it was cash. Emily Schantz was out for a family drive, she told CBS affiliate WTVR. The car before them had swerved to avoid the bag, but they couldn’t, and the bag, which at first they thought was trash, — made a “huge clunk noise,” she told the outlet.

2020-05-22

CTV News apologizes for airing ‘non-consensual’ kiss clip

IRWeasel Canada, Health & Living, Law & Crime, Strange & Weird 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/ctv-news-apologizes-for-airing-non-consensual-kiss-clip

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

CTV News has apologized for airing a clip that featured “non-consensual behaviour.” In the video, a woman being interviewed was abruptly interrupted by a stranger who kissed her without permission. “I feel as if masks are not 100% important…” said the woman.

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