by | Feb 22, 2015 | Weirdness
from The New York Daily News Prank caller tricks employees into destroying Circle K convenience store, causing about $30,000 in damage: cops BY JASON SILVERSTEIN At least they’re good at following instructions! A prank caller fooled two Circle K employees in Globe,...
by | Feb 14, 2015 | Weirdness
from EATER The World Spent $2.5 Billion on Oreos in 2014 by Khushbu Shah The Oreo is going through a bit of a renaissance. Sure the beloved sandwich cookie has been around for over a century, but it’s made headlines recently with its introduction of novelty...
by | Feb 11, 2015 | Weirdness
from The Washington Post The monarch massacre: Nearly a billion butterflies have vanished By Darryl Fears Threatened animals like elephants, porpoises and lions grab all the headlines, but what’s happening to monarch butterflies is nothing short of a massacre. The...
by | Feb 7, 2015 | Mirth, Weirdness
from The Las Vegas Review-Journal Brian Williams isn’t the first big name to ‘misremember’ a story By MICHAEL MARTINEZ Call it a false memory. A trick of the mind. Or a “misremembrance.” Television anchor Brian Williams isn’t the first person to be embarrassed by...
by | Feb 4, 2015 | Weirdness
from Reuters Exclusive – The FAA: regulating business on the moon BY IRENE KLOTZ (Reuters) – The United States government has taken a new, though preliminary, step to encourage commercial development of the moon. According to documents obtained by Reuters,...
by | Jan 29, 2015 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
fr0m The LA Times Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler arrested in Death Valley bar fight Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, left, was arrested following a bar fight in Death Valley. (Dan Steinberg / Invision / Associated Press) By AUGUST BROWN Geezer Butler, the longtime...
