Weird News

I've heard of all kinds of ways to stop smoking. There's the patch. There are smoking cessation clinics. There's nicotine gum. In other words, there are a number of methods one can explore in an effort to stop the craving. However, a Sacramento, California woman has come up with what she thinks is a sure fire way to kick the habit. It's called "slap a cop, get arrested and thrown in jail". How does it work?

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Sometimes trying to tell a joke "under the influence" doesn't work all that well, sometimes it does. It was the latter case when animator Adam Patch recorded his wife relating her joke after consuming a bottle of wine and then put together an animated short. I don't know what's funnier, the joke or her telling of it.

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Joshua Malatino wants to control all the fudgesicle trade that goes down in Gloversville, New York. And he's willing to resort to some pretty shady tactics to maintain market dominance.

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We come across plenty of dumb criminals here in the United States but apparently we don't have a corner on numbskull crooks. Take this situation in Australia where a guy decides to drive off without paying for his gas but forgets--or doesn't care--that his accomplice girlfriend is still pumping into his tank. Check out the video.

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Maybe you've heard about the "Bottoms Up Beer Dispenser" that fills your glass with beer from the bottom up, with a nice foamy head! Well, if this is for real, someone has taken that idea into the shower.

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It is the rare--and very lucky--person who does not have a phobia or two. Bugs, snakes, heights and trips to the dentist are all common phobias and with over half of the population admitting to one irrational fear or the other chances are you fit into one of these groups. What is the most common phobia?

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The junior and senior proms are two of the social highlights in any high school students life but, as times change, so do some of the rules. For example, what if your school banned limos on prom night? One Connecticut school did just that. Find out why and check out some other strange high school prom bans.

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If you just listen, you'd think you were hearing a chicken.  But if you watch, you'll see a goat that sounds like a chicken.  Craziest thing I've heard.  Almost as crazy as those screaming goats.

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As the manhunt in Watertown Massachusetts continues for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the suspects in the Marathon bombing, his Twitter account has been revealed by a fellow classmate.

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The Boston Bruins may have lost their first game since the marathon bombings, but the city won the hearts of America after taking over the National Anthem before the game.

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As a grandparent myself I know how mystifying and strange technology can be to people of my generation. How these things must appear to those even older than me I can only guess. Here are some video's from The Week.com of grandparents dealing with things---video games and music for example--that their kids and grandkids love.

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There is one sure way to avoid a hangover and that is---all together now--don't drink. Short of that a cure for those who do imbibe and suffer the morning after consequences is needed because, according to research, a staggering $148 billion dollars worth of production is lost by American companies due to hangovers. Now scientists are coming forward saying more research to find a cure is needed.

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