News Weird News Compilation

[nsaspook]

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-toothbrushes-were-not-used-in-a-ddos-attack/

No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack​

 

[OmCheeto]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-toothbrushes-were-not-used-in-a-ddos-attack/

No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack​

They should include a deadlier version of them in the next Terminator movie.
(google, google, google)
Oh good grief, there are already several short videos on Youtube that pop up when googling "attack of the killer toothbrush".
Never mind.

 

[fresh_42]

They should include a deadlier version of them in the next Terminator movie.
(google, google, google)
Oh good grief, there are already several short videos on Youtube that pop up when googling "attack of the killer toothbrush".
Never mind.

A pathetic attempt to follow in the footsteps of "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986). So sad.

 

[Hornbein]

Russia makes drone strikes on New York.



There is a town in Ukraine called New York.

Wikipedia:
New York first appeared on maps in 1846.

The origin of the name of the town remains a mystery that is the subject of many local legends. It could come from an entrepreneur or local dignitary, who would have settled from the United States or who would have had as a partner an American citizen from New York City.[6] Another explanation refers to the city of Jork, currently in northern Germany, where Mennonite settlers may have come from. The local historian Viktor Kovalov thus believes that the name of the locality may have corresponded to "Neu Jork" (new Jork) and evolved over time. It may also be the result of a transliteration error from the Latin alphabet to the Cyrillic alphabet.[7] However, the establishment of the Mennonites officially dates back to 1889, whereas the name Niu-York predates it. Historian Viktor Kovalov does not rule out the possibility of a joke.[6]

 

[Hornbein]

Disgruntled Russian differential equations laborer informed of Laplace transform.

 

[Astronuc]

An Atlanta woman’s home was demolished by mistake — and then the city threatened to fine her for the mess.
https://news.yahoo.com/finance/news/unforgivable-accident-atlanta-woman-home-110200588.html

 

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[fresh_42]

A herd of sheep smells a very special smell. They eat 300 kilograms of grass - and are not only full afterward, but also “happy”. The hungry animals were probably looking for something to eat after a bad storm and extreme rainfall when they smelled a very special smell near a greenhouse. “It seems that the poor things were looking for something to eat because the flooding spoiled the hay,” Jannis Burunis told Greek broadcaster Mega. According to his statements, the Greek has the largest production of medicinal grass in all of Southeastern Europe. “The sheep smelled the hemp and jumped over the barbed wire.”

(Source: in German)

 

[Borg]

I guess we can add Apple VR headsets to Darwin Award contestant's technology of choice.

Video of man wearing Apple Vision Pro prompts reminder from police to 'cross streets the old-fashioned way'



And, from the contestant's perspective...

 

[fresh_42]

I guess we can add Apple VR headsets to Darwin Award contestant's technology of choice.

Old fashioned way? And how could he ever have seen the starships from left and right the old-fashioned way? Those cops are so naive.

 

[Borg]

Unfortunately, the next set of contestants will likely being using them while driving.

I'm constantly reminded that half of the population has a below-average IQ.

 

[fresh_42]

Unfortunately, the next set of contestants will likely being using them while driving.

I'm constantly reminded that half of the population has a below-average IQ.

 

[BillTre]

Unfortunately, the next set of contestants will likely being using them while driving.

I'm constantly reminded that half of the population has a below-average IQ.

I'm waiting for someone to try them out underwater!

 

[Astronuc]

Passenger video of a damaged leading edge slot. A flight from San Francisco (SFO) enroute to Boston (BOS) had an emergency landing in Denver because a leading edge slot was damage either during or following take off from SFO. It looks like some damage to the wing surface behind the slot.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u...after-wing-comes-apart-mid-flight/vi-BB1iDL7P

They flew past Phoenix to get to Denver, so how much of an emergency was it. I'll be interested in the root cause. It looks like a composite structure. Was it a bird strike, or ice, or . . . . ? Could ice have come off the engine cowling?

 

[Astronuc]

This is weird.

A Colorado man has died after being bitten by his pet Gila monster in what would be a rare death by one of the desert lizards if the creature’s venom turns out to have been the cause.

Christopher Ward, 34, was taken to a hospital shortly after being bitten by one of his two pet Gila monsters on Feb. 12. He was soon placed on life support and died Friday,

https://apnews.com/article/gila-mon...o-pet-lizard-6b15c382d9ac61c20dc3a28cac87a518

 

[berkeman]

Was it a bird strike, or ice, or . . . . ? Could ice have come off the engine cowling?

No ice at SFO in San Francisco...

 

[fresh_42]

No ice at SFO in San Francisco...

That is so not quite right. Altitude is significant here!

 

[berkeman]

That is so not quite right. Altitude is significant here!

Oh, interesting. So if you take off in the rain and climb out in colder weather, ice can form during the ascent?

 

[fresh_42]

Oh, interesting. So if you take off in the rain and climb out in colder weather, ice can form during the ascent?

How far away from SFO will a plane be if it starts there and reaches regular flight level? In 10,000 m it is usually about -40°.

 

[BillTre]

Minor league baseball, making it fun!

 

[nsaspook]

This is weird.


https://apnews.com/article/gila-mon...o-pet-lizard-6b15c382d9ac61c20dc3a28cac87a518

Sad, we were warned about them as kids.

 

[fresh_42]

Sad, we were warned about them as kids.

Funny. I watch a TV show right now: "Kill Factor: The Deadliest Animals of the World - North America."

The Gila monster came in on 7.

I missed number 10, maybe Polar Bear.
9 - Wolf
8 - Bison
6 - Grizzly
5 - Rattle Snake
4 - Aligator
3 - Scorpion
2 - Moose
1 - Africanized Bee

 

[BillTre]

The "deadliest in the world" seems skewed toward N. America animals.
No African snakes, hippos, blue ring octopi, ...

 

[fresh_42]

The "deadliest in the world" seems skewed toward N. America animals.
No African snakes, hippos, blue ring octopi, ...

"deadliest" was the title of the show, "North America" the title of the episode

 

[Hornbein]

I imagine deer are the deadliest. Collisions with automobiles.

 

[fresh_42]

I imagine deer are the deadliest. Collisions with automobiles.

If you count car accidents and crimes, then humans are the most dangerous animals - on every populated continent.

The moose is listed, as probably the most dangerous of the deer family.

 

[Tom.G]

Shouldn't bacteria and/or virus be on the list?

 

[fresh_42]

Shouldn't bacteria and/or virus be on the list?

A virus isn't an animal, and how many people die from Escherichia coli in North America? Apart from that, this wasn't exactly a scientific documentary.

And before someone finds out that scorpions are a family too, well, I had been too lazy to find out the English name for the Arizona Rindenskorpion (Centruroides vittatus, striped bark scorpion).