A recent study conducted by The University of Westminster has found that watching horror films can burn as many calories as washing windows. This news has been greeted with open arms by the millions of people worldwide that find themselves driven to washing windows in a desperate attempt to...

Fresh Step cat litter pranks people in LA taxi by offering some people a free ride. They forgot to mention the rotten fish. See what happens when things get smelly....

This video comes to us by way of submitter Jeff Hix, and describes an unlikely series of events that occurred along the Menai straight off the coast of Wales over the course of 175 years. It is well written, well narrated and is totally worth two-and-a-half minutes of your...

Free stuff will be available in neighborhoods all over the country on May 14, 2011. It’s called “Give Your Stuff Away Day”, an event that founder Mike Morone is hoping to establish twice annually. This event could help millions of people in a tough economy, while shrinking landfills, reducing...

You are about to find out about a king that no one else has ever heard of before. I know a man who has officially begun his own country, successfully succeeding from the Queen of England. He does many of the things that a normal king would do. He...

Are you a starving Guatemalan orphan? No? Then you may have to wait awhile to sample Hormel’s newest food-based edible substitute, Spammy. The new product was designed to help combat malnourishment in the poverty-stricken nation of Guatemala. According to the Austin Daily Herald, “To ensure that Spammy is used...

A daring, five-foot-nothing grandma in a red coat sprints across a street in Northhampton and gives a gang of sledgehammer-wielding toughs a good dose “what a naughty, naughty boy”, knocking one of them from his scooter and interrupting a robbery-in-progress. Pay close attention as an officer enters the frame...

Three filmmakers are making a group of A-List celebrities an amazing offer. For reviewing their feature film they are offering $10,000 and the worldwide rights to the movie. It sounds unbelievable but producer and co-writer Mark Zobian assures us that, although the film is a comedy, the offer is...

Paul the psychic octopus, the boffins behind spray-on clothes and an explorer who woke up with his head in the mouth of a polar bear are just some of the winners of a new odd news award. Gongs were also awarded to police in Hampshire who released an e-fit...