Category: Odd News

Dec 28 2011

Move over, Magneto (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom – Forget Magneto, Marvel fans — there’s a new magnet in town. Meet kickboxing coach Etibar Elchyev, who balanced 50 spoons on his neck and chest in a bid to set a new Guinness World Record. Believe it or not, the …
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Dec 04 2011

It’s a dog! It’s a photo! It’s … candy? (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom – Art student Joel Brochu clearly has a lot of time on his hands. Brochu created a startlingly life-like image of a beagle taking a bath made entirely out of … sprinkles. Yes. The teeny-tiny candy sprinkles that most people put …
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Nov 21 2011

Ready, set … jump (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom – Aaron Evans of Milwaukee takes the “fight or flight” response to new heights –pun intended. The 23-year-old gymnast currently holds the Guinness World Record for the “fastest jump over three moving cars.” Let that sink in for a minute: Instead …
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Nov 20 2011

Ready, set … jump (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom – Aaron Evans of Milwaukee takes the “fight or flight” response to new heights –pun intended. The 23-year-old gymnast currently holds the Guinness World Record for the “fastest jump over three moving cars.” Let that sink in for a minute: Instead …
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Nov 07 2011

Fly like an eagle (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom – Birds of a feather may flock together, but a Russian paraglider found out the hard way that humans are not welcome when they do. Vladimir Tsar’kov was paragliding in the Himalayas when two eagles decided to flock together and attack …
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Oct 16 2011

Don’t try this at home (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom – Spider-Man has nothing on a thrifty Chinese woman named Ma Jei. Recently, Ma Jei decided she wanted to take a tour of a nearby tourist attraction, Zhonghau Castle, in eastern China. To avoid paying the $3.90 admission fee (there’s a …
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Oct 09 2011

A whale of a tale (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom – Man may have crawled out of the primordial ooze, but whales crawling out of the ocean? British officials may have thought that when they came upon a 33-foot-long sei whale in a grassy Yorkshire field. The nearest body of water …
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Sep 30 2011

Attack of the snails! (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom – Francophiles rejoice! One Florida town is experiencing an explosion in its snail population, in numbers that will make a sous chef’s mouth water. Giant African snails in Coral Gables are doing the one thing that they don’t do slowly: reproduce. …
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Sep 17 2011

You say potato, I say stinky gray blobs (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom – Along with ruined homes and massive flooding, turns out Hurricane Irene left a few “presents” in her wake: Beaches covered in mysterious, stinky, gray blobs. The blobs were found on several Virginia beaches (and no, they weren’t tourists), confounding the …
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Sep 15 2011

You say potato, I say stinky gray blobs (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom – Along with ruined homes and massive flooding, turns out Hurricane Irene left a few “presents” in her wake: Beaches covered in mysterious, stinky, gray blobs. The blobs were found on several Virginia beaches (and no, they weren’t tourists), confounding the …
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