• DAFTAS Awards celebrate oddest of odd news

    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...
  • Weird and stupid records that probably shouldn’t exist… but do

    We humans are a pretty creative lot when it comes to thinking up stupid ways to kill time. It is natural I suppose, but we are unique in the animal kingdom in our ability to turn them into really stupid competitions. Fortunately, the good folks at the Guinness Book...
  • Burglar steals kid’s stuff, offers parting shot via Facebook

    A Washington burglar decided to rub some salt into his victims’ wounds by posting a picture of himself with their stuff on their Facebook page. Marc Fisher, a reporter and editor at the Washington Post, reported that sometime between the hours of 10 a.m and 12:45 p.m. last Friday,...
  • Sledding behind a fighter jet, what could possibly go wrong? [video]

    The forgettable action flick, Point Break might have been entirely forgotten were it not for Bodhi’s memorable maxim: “it’s not a tragedy to die doing something you love.” That quote springs to mind when watching these crazy Swedes sledding behind a fighter jet. As far as crazy winter activities...
  • South Korean couple starve real baby to take care of vitual child

    This is disgusting. And once again, adds proof to my theory that people should be interviewed before having kids. A couple in South Korea has been arrested after they starved their newborn baby to death. It wasn’t an intentional starving. They were just too busy raising their virtual daughter...