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  • Comic-Con attendee “stabbed in face” by angry Potter fan

    A Comic-Con attendee was allegedly stabbed in the face with a pen by a Harry Potter fan. Information on the incident remains sketchy, but according to MTV, the disagreement was over seating – or lack thereof. The alleged victim was reportedly saving a seat for a friend. The Harry...
  • Breaching whale lands on sailboat

    A couple was lucky to escape with their lives after a whale landed on their sailboat. The pair were watching a southern right whale off Cape Town, South Africa – when the encounter suddenly went dangerously wrong as breached then crashed down onto their boat, snapping the mast. Fortunately...
  • Apparently God also hates fanboys

    It seems like an eternity since we have heard from the God-fearing folks at Westboro Baptist Church. I am sure they have been busy picketing funerals, and putting their hateful ideology to surprisingly sweet-sounding music – it is just that it has gotten old and as a result hasn’t...
  • Johnny Anglais: Teacher moonlighted as stripper, porn star

    An English high school teacher was dismissed after his students discovered that he was earning extra money as a stripper. Benedict Garrett’s other occupation was discovered after some of his students stumbled upon a website advertising the services of one Johnny Anglais. It was later revealed that, in addition...
  • Colton Harris-Moore caught in Bahamas

    After more than two years on the lam better known as the barefoot bandit’s luck had to run out sooner or later. At 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 11 it did, in the Bahamas. Acting on information provided by the FBI, The Royal Bahamas Police Force succeeded in doing...
  • Taiwanese jaws overextended by giant burgers

    An increase in jaw injuries has seen at least one Taiwanese dentist recommend that fast food chains to drop giant burgers from their menus. Professor Hsu Ming-Iung of the School of Dentistry at National Yang-Ming University told the China Post that patients had sore jaws and in some cases...
  • German sports fans demand slaughter and consumption of psychic octopus

    Paul the “psychic” octopus who successfully predicted the outcomes of all of Germany’s may be bound for the hotplate if German sports fans have their way. It was the accuracy of the cephalopod’s predictions that has people calling for him to be cooked in public. When he shuffled over...
  • Men in hospital over air rifle related jackassery, beer involved

    Two 34-year-old men from Victoria, Australia found themselves in need of medical attention after they decided to test whether being shot with an air rifle would hurt. Both men required surgery to remove slugs from their buttocks after an afternoon on the beers took a turn for the worse....
  • Television networks settle disagreement with Tasers

    A security specialist for an Australian television network was allegedly Tased by a security guard working for a rival network as the two groups attempted to cover a fan procession at the World Cup. The disagreement between the two groups escalated when a Channel 7 reporter tried to defuse...