Weird News Compilation

[strangerep]

Tigers kill one, injure one in China wildlife park.

Heh, this reminds me of a large sign outside a local Lion Park here, carrying the warning:

Trespassers will be eaten.

I just figured out what's wrong with humans: intelligence is bounded above, but unbounded below.

 

[jack476]

Just go to Google and search "Florida man" and you will get all of the weird news you'll ever need.

Today, for instance: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...r-mistakes-krispy-kreme-donut-glaze-for-meth/

 

[DrGreg]

Guess we've missed this one too.

End of the world? Doomsday believers predict the apocalypse is upon us. The end of the world was Scheduled today July 29th.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11683991

Well, that was the last day you could "upgrade" to Windows 10 for free!

 

[Lord Anoobis]

I think it may have been in 1980 when I first encountered the end of the world at the age of five. It was supposed to be a result of a planetary alignment and the term "Jupiter Effect" was thrown about. Anyway, when the day arrived only two noteworthy events occurred. One was a particularly spectacular sunset. The other was the birth of a sceptic.

 

[Astronuc]

Roger Ailes Allegations Move From Sex to Surveillance
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/roger-ailes-allegations-move-sex-surveillance-203008699.html

Since sexual harassment claims forced Roger Ailes to step down last month, the drumbeat of allegations against the former Fox News chief has not subsided. Reports in recent days have accused Ailes of using company resources to spy on reporters he didn’t like, and suggested that Ailes may have been spying on his own staff.

 

[Astronuc]

Crispy? Mojave Desert solar plant kills 6,000 birds a year.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/756d24c1-628d-33a7-a3ff-81e0081ee1ae/this-mojave-desert-solar.html

One can see birds falling in wisps of smoke.

 

[Sophia]

Crispy? Mojave Desert solar plant kills 6,000 birds a year.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/756d24c1-628d-33a7-a3ff-81e0081ee1ae/this-mojave-desert-solar.html

One can see birds falling in wisps of smoke.

That's so terrible! :-(

 

[Sophia]

Local news, a report about a children's event "Farewell to summer holiday"

quote: "The event was so joyful that it was actually sad"

 

[OmCheeto]

Not sure if this counts as "news", but this sure struck me as weird:

'We need human interaction': meet the LA man who walks people for a living [The Guardian]

Chuck McCarthy recently auditioned as a homicidal biker for a TV show, but the actor is finding glimmers of fame, and possibly a business franchise, with another role: Los Angeles’s first people walker.

He walks humans for $7 a mile around the streets and park near his home, pioneering an alternative to dog walking that requires no leash, just an ability to walk, talk and, above all, listen.
...

 

[Pepper Mint]

Not sure if this counts as "news", but this sure struck me as weird:

That isn't weird at all at least in my area.

 

[jtbell]

The world's oldest man is about to have his bar mitzvah at age 113. Better late than never!

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37375629

 

[fresh_42]

The world's oldest man is about to have his bar mitzvah at age 113. Better late than never!

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37375629

And I always thought it's mainly because of the gifts ...

"Albert Nimzicki: [Levinson has invited him to pray] I'm not Jewish.
Julius Levinson: Nobody's perfect."
(Independence Day, 1996)

 

[EnumaElish]

Headline says "weird." So.

The one weird trick?
Focus no more than 4 mirrors on anyone place in the air during standby. (When the focal point is the receiver – no dead birds. The potential danger is only during standby.)

“We have had zero bird fatalities since we implemented this solution in January, despite being in the standby position as well as flux on the receiver for most days since then,” he said. “This change appears to have fully corrected the problem.”

Since January’s mishap that delivered the Eureka moment for safe solar power tower development, no more dead birds at all. I did the math as of our conversation this week; a day or so short of 3 months with zero fatalities.

https://cleantechnica.com/2015/04/16/one-weird-trick-prevents-bird-deaths-solar-towers/

 

[Astronuc]

Loose moon balloon in Fuzhou, China
Not so weird, but more like bizarre.
World
Russians Marvel at Anti-Corruption Cop’s $131 Million Cash Pile
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/russians-marvel-anti-corruption-cop-155910331.html

Russia’s Investigative Committee posted a http://hsrd.yahoo.com/RV=1/RE=1475208371/RH=aHNyZC55YWhvby5jb20-/RB=/RU=aHR0cDovL3NsZWRjb20ucnUvdXBsb2FkL3NpdGUxL2RvY3VtZW50X25ld3MvRGVuZ2lfWmFoYXJjaGVua28tOTI2eDY5Ni5qcGcA/RS=%5EADApwxw.OFpaUDO3jTgFNxPS4TBsTM- of stacks of bills inside a safe after it seized 8.5 billion rubles ($131 million) in cash from a Moscow apartment. It said the money came from an apartment of Dmitry Zakharchenko, a police colonel who heads an anti-corruption unit within the Interior Ministry, providing an eye-opening example for Russians of the scale of alleged graft within the government system.

 

[Sophia]

A new road in my area
(Can't upload a picture, I'll try later)

 

[nsaspook]

Nothing is impossible with vodka.
https://www.rt.com/viral/360631-russian-teen-survives-fall/

All of this happened in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk at around 5pm local time. The teenager tried to impress the girl that was with him in the apartment. According to the police report, he climbed over the balcony fencing and swung off the handrails. His grip slipped and he fell.

The teenager landed on a parked Renault Logan that allegedly softened the blow. He was quickly transferred to a nearby emergency care facility.

 

[Borg]

Nothing is impossible with vodka.
https://www.rt.com/viral/360631-russian-teen-survives-fall/

[/PLAIN]
All of this happened in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk at around 5pm local time. The teenager tried to impress the girl that was with him in the apartment. According to the police report, he climbed over the balcony fencing and swung off the handrails. His grip slipped and he fell.

The teenager landed on a parked Renault Logan that allegedly softened the blow. He was quickly transferred to a nearby emergency care facility.

I'm sure that he left quite an impression on her (and the car).

 

[nsaspook]

I'm sure that he left quite an impression on her (and the car).

She made an impression on him in this one

Nothing is impossible with vodka.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/weird/drunk-survives-five-storey-fall-twice/story-e6frev20-1225697113693

"I have no idea why I jumped the first time but when I came back up and I heard my wife screaming angrily at me I thought it was best if I left the room again - out of the window."

 

[nsaspook]

http://offbeatoregon.com/H1006d_BiliousPills.html

As Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery worked its way across North America to Oregon’s Fort Clatsop, it left something behind that would prove invaluable to future historians:

Laxatives.

 

[Borg]

I'm guessing that inertia and basic aerodynamics isn't their strong suit.

Woman riding mattress on top of van in Virginia falls to her death

An investigation revealed that 20-year-old Sidney Zelaya Gonzalez of Culpeper was riding on an unsecured mattress on top of the van when the mattress came off, the statement said.

 

[fresh_42]

I'm guessing that inertia and basic aerodynamics isn't their strong suit.

Woman riding mattress on top of van in Virginia falls to her death

Oh dear. This is going to be a long, long list. I always wonder how few people know about basic physics or basic biology. Since autumn is already here, we will probably read more in the news about friction, angular velocity, all types of collision and some optics relating to a low sun and earlier darkness.

<I beg all southerner a pardon>

 

[Sophia]

Groom killed the bride day before their wedding

26yo Alexandra, a lawyer and her 27yo fiancé Marek, a policeman, planned their wedding on October 1st.
However, the evening before they started arguing about the wedding cake and gradually the groom's cheating was revealed. Alexandra decided to cancel the wedding. Marek lost his temper, stabbed her with a knife, wrapped her body in a sheet and burned it in the local forest.
The police immediately found evidence against their colleague and he confessed.

 

[Astronuc]

102-Year-Old Woman Gets Arrested, Fulfilling Bucket List Wish
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/d437a90b-873f-3ec4-96d8-a97b66e64928/ss_102-year-old-woman-gets.html

Edie Simms, a 102-year-old Missouri woman, was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police cruiser Friday as officers helped her fulfill an unusual bucket list wish: getting arrested. Simms was seen being cheerfully escorted to St. Louis’ Five Star Senior Center with accompanying St. Louis police officers that said they couldn’t be happier to help, KPLR reported.

Ok, that's . . .

 

[Psinter]

This is preposterous!

Well, the headline is the only funny thing. I translated some of it with Google Translate (not all, this is hard to write) and it looks like a well analysed issue.

 

[nsaspook]

The Slippery Slope of Violent Extremism

https://cve.fbi.gov/whatis/?state=blameSection1

 

[OmCheeto]

The Slippery Slope of Violent Extremism

https://cve.fbi.gov/whatis/?state=blameSection1

Definitely one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.

ps. I killed at least 15 goats before I finally finished the game.

 

[jtbell]

RIP Coney Island Cow... no, not that Coney Island!

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37640549

 

[nsaspook]

Man from Jupiter arrested.

http://katu.com/news/offbeat/man-found-passed-out-in-stolen-pickup-behind-walmart

 

[Sophia]

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/23...-is-a-different-country-after-boston-bombing/

 

[fresh_42]

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/23...-is-a-different-country-after-boston-bombing/

And the Chinese eat Finns in their soup ...
Considering all the Czechs who play in the NHL they should know better.