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Now That’s Entertainment
One notably successful YouTube channel features Lauri Vuohensilta of Finland pulverizing various objects (such as a bowling ball) in a 100-ton hydraulic press. Said Vuohensilta, “I think it’s built into every person — the
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Specialty License Plate
Amanda Schweickert, 28, was charged with a felony and three driving offenses in Springville, N.Y., when deputies noticed that her rear license plate was just a piece of cardboard clumsily painted to resemble a
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Rambo, The Tailored Gator
State officials have notified retired pro wrestler Mary Thorn of Lakeland, Fla., that, according to the law, her pet alligator Rambo has grown to 6 feet in length and therefore may no longer be
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NYC: Trash Her Train Of Stuff
Homeless New Yorker Sonia Gonzalez, 60, recently became a legend on Manhattan’s West Side by maneuvering a stunning, block-long assemblage of more than 20 shopping carts’ worth of possessions along the sidewalks. Among the
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JUST DRIVING MY SNOWMOBILE
An 80-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman were ticketed in separate incidents in Canada when police spotted them driving cars that were completely caked in snow except for a small portion of the windshield.
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CRYING BABIES DECIPHERED?
Taiwanese scientists recently announced the availability of their Infant Cries Translator (iPhone and Android app), which, they say, can tell what a baby’s screeches and wailings mean 77 percent of the time. To make
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FISHING FOR BRAS AND PANTIES
In October, police in Liyang in eastern China arrested a man whom they accused of stealing women’s underwear prolifically. They said a device like a fishing rod enabled the man to reach into windows
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MEET MR. UGLY
In November in Harare, Zimbabwe, Mison Sere, 42, was the winner of the 4th annual Mister Ugly. Some of his teeth were missing and he had a “wide range of grotesque facial expressions,” according
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GENIUS THIEF
In Gloucester, England, Jamie Sharp, 25, stole a Porsche. He was telephoning friends to brag when he crashed, pinning himself inside the vehicle until rescuers and police arrived. He was sentenced to four years
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PASTAFARIANS
Massachusetts’ Registry of Motor Vehicles granted official recognition to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (whose adherents believe that hard evidence of God’s existence is no stronger than that of the Spaghetti Monster’s
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