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Strange Stuff

"There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on." - Rod Serling

The world can be a wacky place. From the mysterious to stomach-churning to the just-plain-wacky, the best of the weirdest

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February 2008
- D-1 Dreams Dashed, Player Invents His Own
  
  Washington Post | Feb 7, 08 7:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nevada football player Kevin Hart's proudest moment came last Friday when he stood before his entire school and announced that he had accepted a scholarship to play D-1 ball at Cal. His most crushing came yesterday when he admitted he made the whole story up, reports the Washington Post —after having filed a police report alleging he was duped by a phony recruiter . More »
- She Buckled Up Beer, Not Baby
  
  First Coast News | Feb 6, 08 11:53 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A woman driving drunk on a Florida highway had safely buckled up a case of Busch beer for a Super Bowl party—but not the year-old baby riding in the back of her car, according to police. The woman was pulled over after she ran a red light and was seen driving erratically near St. Augustine, reports First Coast News . More »
- Man Admits Sex With Slain Model
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Feb 5, 08 3:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A British man on trial for the murder of an 18-year-old model admits that he had sex with her corpse but denies killing her. Mark Dixie says he was high and drunk when he found Sally Anne Bowman’s body and took "advantage of the situation," the prosecutor said today at the Old Bailey, adding, “That, astonishingly, is his defense.” More »
- Wanna Buy a Slice of Corpse?
  
  Der Spiegel | Feb 4, 08 7:22 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Gunther von Hagens—the brains behind the plasticized human corpses featured in the hit Body Worlds exhibits—is now offering preserved corpse slices for sale. A short cross-section across the body costs about $370, but upgrading to a lengthwise slice will run to nearly $18,000. But only a minority of corpses donated to von Hagens will be available, since most donors stipulate a scientific use, reports Der Spiegel . More »
- 'Kosher' Phones Block Porn
  
  Reuters | Feb 4, 08 5:37 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Israel’s top phone company is betting that its most orthodox customers need less temptation in their lives. Bezeq Israel Telecom launched a “kosher” phone service yesterday that will block calls to and from “improper” numbers, such as porn lines. In true kosher fashion, Israel’s top rabbis have approved the restrictions, Reuters reports. More »
- Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Feb 4, 08 2:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Three World War II U-boats, known as "Hitler's lost fleet," have been discovered off the Turkish coast, the Telegraph reports. A Turkish team combined archival research with sailor interviews and sonar technology to find the wreckage, part of the six-boat fleet that dogged Russian ships in the Black Sea under notorious commander "Silent Otto" Kretschmer. More »
- Illness Linked to Pig Brains
  
  Washington Post | Feb 4, 08 9:41 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A dozen workers at a Minnesota slaughterhouse are showing symptoms of a new illness linked to inhaling bits of pig brains, the Washington Post reports. Symptoms include sensations of burning, numbness, and weakness in the arms and legs. All of the afflicted worked at or near the Austin packing house’s “head table,” where compressed air was used to remove pigs’ brains. More »
- Doggone! Texas Mayor Resigns After Hiding Neighbor's Pup
  
  BBC | Feb 3, 08 1:41 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - It may have been nothing more than puppy love, but the mayor of a small Texas town has been driven out of office after it was discovered she secretly kept the neighbor's dog she claimed had died, reports the BBC. The Shih Tzu named Puddles was later spotted at a dog groomer's. The dogsitting mayor also reported to police that the pooch, whom she had renamed Panchito, was missing. More »
- Med Student's Kiss of Life Saves Tiger Cub
  
  Der Spiegel | Feb 3, 08 12:16 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A medical student sprang into action when she spotted a tiger cub choking on a piece of meat at a German zoo—and gave the animal mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, or as Der Speigel reports, "mouth-to-muzzle" CPR. "The little baby tiger was gnawing meat off a bone. All of a sudden he couldn't breathe and lost consciousness," said the student, a 24-year-old mom visiting the zoo with her own baby. More »
January 2008
- Speed Dating for the Cougar Set
  
  Reuters | Jan 31, 08 4:55 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - "Mature" women sitting on gold mines are being paired up with hot young men at a New York matchmaking event next week, Reuters reports. Traditionally, rich middle-aged men nab catwalk-worthy arm candy, but one entrepreneur hopes to tweak the trend. The "sugar mamas" must be at least 36 and make a minimum $500,000 a year—though $4 million in assets also meets requirements. More »
- Only in LA: Pot Vending Machines
  
  Associated Press | Jan 30, 08 10:18 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Always on the leading edge, LA is now the first city to have 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. The bulky black boxes scan patrons' fingerprints and a prepaid card, dispensing neat green envelopes of pot. The machines provide "convenient access, lower prices, safety, anonymity," the inventor tells the AP. More »
- Aaaay! Milwaukee to Cast Fonz in Bronze
  
  Milwaukee Business Journal | Jan 25, 08 2:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Milwaukee’s about to get way cooler. Thanks to private donations and teenagers who bought “Bronze the Fonz” T-shirts, the tourist bureau has raised $85,000 to erect a permanent bronze tribute to Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli, the leather-jacketed biker in the Milwaukee-set '70s hit sitcom “Happy Days.” But the the local art community isn't impressed; one gallery is even said to be closing in protest. More »
- Human 'Pet' Not Allowed on UK Bus
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Jan 23, 08 8:04 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A British teenager who calls herself a "human pet" is complaining of discrimination after she and her boyfriend/owner were kicked off a public bus. "We don't let freaks and dogs like you on," the driver allegedly told Tasha Maltby, whom fiancé Dani Graves leads by a leash. "It is definitely discrimination, almost like a hate crime," Maltby told the Daily Mail . More »
- UFOs? Air Force Says Nope
  
  Dallas Morning News | Jan 23, 08 7:32 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Those mysterious lights flitting across the Texas sky earlier this month were military jet fighters, not alien ships, the Air Force said today. The lights prompted dozens of reports of UFO sightings, and the mystery grew when the military initially said it had no aircraft in the area. Today, the Air Force backtracked and said it made a mistake—but true believers aren't buying it, the Dallas Morning News reports. More »
- Area 51 Gets 'Homey' Makeover
  
  Military Times | Jan 23, 08 11:30 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - It’s been called Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, the Box and, of course, Area 51. Now the US Air Force’s Groom Lake, Nev., test site—possibly the least-secret top-secret base of all time—has a new name: “Homey Airport.” The facility now pops up on aviation software and GPS as Homey Airport, or its official designation, KXTA. (Could that stand for Extra-Terrestrial Airport?) More »
- Columbus Gave Europe Syphilis
  
  LiveScience | Jan 15, 08 4:07 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - New genetic evidence gives Christopher Columbus credit for bringing back a different sort of bounty from the New World—the scourge of syphilis. Columbus and his crew returned home with a sexually transmitted form of a disease native to South America, say Emory University researchers. Soon after, the first known syphilis epidemic ravaged Europe, LiveScience reports. More »
- Don't Be Hating on North Dakota, Fool!
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune | Jan 15, 08 1:27 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - National Geographic is under fire for an article perceived as (gasp!) anti-North Dakota. Headlined "The Emptied Prairie," the piece