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Man Baits Bigfoot With Candy Bar, Gets Video Evidence! [WeirdThingsTV]
The Science Behind The Repositioning Of Male Nipples
Did you know that male nipples need to be surgically detached and repositioned sometimes? Then you probably didn’t know that the same Golden Ratio used in modern architecture is employed to make sure a gentlemen’s chest nubs look A-OK....
Coyotes Working For City of Chicago
GPS tagged coyotes are roaming the streets of Chicago as part of an urban coyote research project. The coyotes are allowed to roam the streets as part of the program in order to eliminate nuisance rodents. The Chicago Commission on Animal...
Primates Can Innately Repair Spinal Damage
Researchers have discovered that all primates have an innate ability to repair spinal damage, including humans. They have never noticed this before because scientists usually use rodents in neurology experiments and rodents simply don’t...
Did A German Film Crew Really Exhume Andy Kaufman? [Fact Or Hoax?]
The music is creepy and the alleged act is even grislier. Is this really a video of a German film crew digging up the remains of Andy Kaufman to prove he isn’t really running around in a Tony Clifton outfit? What do you folks think? Fact...
Japanese Robot Taking Acting Jobs
Hiroshi Ishiguro’s robot Geminoid-F made its stage debut recently but stayed within character by playing the part of an android caretaker assigned to a dying child. How soon till Geminoid-F feels up to taking on a fully human role? [BBC...
New Species Of Lizard Accidentally Served As Food By Drunk Bar Owner [WeirdThingsTV]
Ready For The Feathered T-Rex?
“Illustrator Sammy Hall made this incredible version of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Scientists have started to believe that just like many other biped dinosaurs, T-Rex had also been covered with feathers.” All of these magpie attacks are...
New Lizard Species Discovered in Vietnamese Restaurants
A new all-female species of lizard (Leiolepis ngovantrii) that reproduces itself by cloning was discovered being served up in Vietnamese restaurants in the Mekong River delta. The first batch that was being saved for the scientists to...
Special Forces Dogs Parachuting Into Afghanistan
“Members of Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS) special forces have begun parachuting into enemy strongholds in Afghanistan with Taliban-seeking German shepherds strapped to their chests. Once on the ground, the dogs hunt for Taliban...
The Biggest Roaches To Ever Skitter Across The Earth Are Living Right Now
Sometimes, science tells us things we didn’t particularly need to know. Why are roaches getting bigger? Live Science investigates… [Live Science]
2010 Zombie Safe House Competition
Voting is still open for the 2010 Zombie Safe House Competition. Choose between the 40 Day Z POD, the SS Huckleberry, Mountain Getaway, and Sears Roebuck 003-b. I am personally rooting for the SS Huckleberry because “Mobility = Security”....
Shocking Conspiracy Theories About California Mystery Missile Launch! [WeirdThingsTV]
HIV Makes Beautiful Music
A graduate student attending the University of Georgia has created a 52-minute album featuring musically transcribed HIV afflicted DNA. On sale now at Amazon! [Amazon via reader Tess]
Robots Think We Taste Like Bacon
Researchers have created an electromechanical sommelier for identifying wines, cheeses, and meats. However during one exhibition the terrible, terrible future was revealed in the childlike voice of the robot. “But when some smart aleck...
Smoking Chimp Discovered In Lebanon, Deported To Brazil
If you were discovered in Beirut, as the center of attention making everyone around you laugh it up only to be found by some new friends who insist you travel with them to Brazil, you might think yourself a pretty lucky jet setter. If you...
Amber-Trapped Insect Deposit Discovered
Newly discovered 50 million year old amber deposits in northwest India have revealed more than 700 insect species representing 55 families of insects inside. Included in the findings so far are many social insects such as bees, termites,...
Rocket Launchers, Contrails, Batman: The Best Mystery Missile Conspiracy Theories
It left a vapor trail as it soared into the sky but the questions have lingered far longer as we ponder “what was that California mystery missle after all?” Predictably, conspiracy theories abound: • We launched an ICBM from a...
Terrifying Shrimp Once Thought To Be Earth’s First Predator, Proven To Be Total Wuss
He once prowled the primordial sea, ruling all he surveyed. Legend would speak of this carnivorous shrimp in hushed, reverential tones for it was truly Earth’s first predator. Until we found out yesterday that it was just like any other...
Navy Making Breakthroughs on Directed Energy
Not to be outdone by the Air Force and its Mind Warfare research, the Navy is pouring money into directed energy weapons. It is making breakthroughs with the Free Electron Laser which will melt incoming projectiles with 100 kilowatts of...