‘Weird News’ Archives
Tokyo vending machine obsession now includes a hamburger machine.
CNNGO - Tateishi Burger is an old-school hamburger joint with a faux-modern twist: Patrons can order burgers through a coin-operated 'vending machine.' In a country obsessed with vending machines this one takes the love affair to a new, albeit technically inferior level. Pop in ¥100 and out drops the Tateishi Burger. Plop in ¥300 to the [...]
Do you know where your condiments come from? It’s not News it’s CNN
CNN - Have you ever wondered about the origins and namesakes of our favorite spreads, sauces, and dressings? Here are a few stories that you can use to regale your friends the next time you chow down. Read More
This man has photographed his children every day for the last 12 years. Obvious you don’t care that much about your own little snowflakes.
- Munish Bansal, 36, who lives in Gillingham, Kent, has amassed more than 8,500 images of his 12-year-old daughter Suman and her ten-year-old brother Jay. He has posted the pictures on a website dedicated to his children to act as an online archive of how they have changed throughout their young years. Source
Some prostitutes wait for johns to pull over; this one jumps in front of them, exposes her breasts, then solicits them (with several SFW “do not want” pictures)
Source - Click on pic if you dare!
Study finds acupuncture is an effective treatment for back pain. Even if you use toothpicks
Reuters - Acupuncture brought more relief to people with back pain than standard treatments, whether it was done with a toothpick or a real needle, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that raises new questions about how acupuncture works. For many patients, that benefit lasted for a year, the team reported in the Archives of Internal [...]
18 fun atrocities committed in the Bible. God’s not such a nice guy after all, turns out
iheartchaos.com - God as it turns out, ain't such a nice guy after all. Throughout the Bible, he's smiting and burning and killing. He's encouraging rape, murder, mutilation in multiple places like the worst mob boss imaginable. Here's 18 quotes pulled directly from the Bible, mainly the Old Testament, that shows God in not such a positive [...]
Squirrelgate! Perhaps the greatest scandal of our time.
UPI - A Montreal musician who, for more than two years, ignored a ticket for feeding a squirrel in a park documented the case with the release of "Squirrelgate." The saga wound down Monday when a municipal court judge gave blues musician Bruce Kert four months to pay a $50 fine for tossing a peanut to a squirrel in the borough of Westmount on [...]
Oh God, It’s a Whole Chicken in a Can. This is so wrong on so many levels.
Gizmodo - Until this moment, I did not know you could fit a whole chicken in a can. The directions on the back use the word "delicious" three times. Let's see what's inside (warning, NSFL): Link
British scientists study Hawaiian happy face spider. Yes you heard that correct.
Telegraph.co.uk - The spider, which measures just a few millimetres across, has developed bizarre markings giving the appearance of a smiling face. Scientists think the spider, which has the scientific name Theridion grallator and is harmless to humans, has evolved the patterns to confuse predators.
