Gurning is a term from the UK to describe the act of making the most grotesque face you possibly can. The world’s best (worst?) gurners gather at the World Gurning Championships at the Egremont Crab Fair in the northwest of ...

The good people at Weird Universe found an odd entry in the The Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine and Self-Help (1978) about “staplepuncture,” stapling a patient’s ears at a particular acupuncture point promising it will help them stop overeating, smoking, or drinking ...

Tampa, Florida mayor Kelly Castor, 61, was fishing off the Florida Keys with her family when she made a 70-pound cash. Floating in the water near her boat was a bail of cocaine with a street value of $1.1 million. ...

Burger King in Thailand has introduced its new “Real Cheeseburger” is a bun with 20 slices of American cheese, no meat. It was introduced at price of just 109 Thai baht ($3.1) but will normally sell for 380 baht ($10.9). ...

Police in Kobe City, Japan arrested a 22-year-old gentleman for allegedly sending more than a dozen threatening letters and a case of 1,500 origami cranes to a driving school he previously attended. The letters apparently encouraged the recipient to “Die!” ...