Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'
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@real.lemmy.fanhttps://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5088645/baseball-red-sox-blue-jays-danny-jansen-mlb-history
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/24/never-take-health-tips-from-worlds-oldest-people-say-scientists
Scientists still trying to work out why some people live beyond 100, but agree it is best to avoid taking advice from centenarians themselves
https://www.vice.com/en/article/macklemore-accidentally-helped-cops-catch-a-fugitive-soccer-streaker-mid-concert/
Macklemore brought a woman onstage at his concert in Slovakia, but someone in the crowd told police she was a fugitive.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/texas-lottery-winner-bought-every-ticket/
A New Jersey company called Rook TX exploited lax regulations to buy millions of lottery tickets, winning a $95 million jackpot and prompting Texas Lottery Commission reforms.
https://apnews.com/article/germany-darth-vader-london-thames-navy-theme-85e889136c6a586bbe42c9a0eb358a35
Germany’s Navy says there was "no deeper message” in the choice to blast the famed Imperial March — Darth Vader’s theme song in the “Star Wars” films — from one of its warships as it cruised down the River Thames through London.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/this-bizarre-discovery-on-a-southern-california-beach-wasnt-what-it-seemed/
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-wayne-bobbitt-toes-amputated_n_661d46bde4b0f8e522db7375
The former Marine, whose wife sliced off his penis in a domestic case that captivated the nation, detailed his medical woes in a recent interview.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/20/us/man-who-faked-own-death-by-hacking-into-death-registry-to-avoid-paying-child-support-sentenced-to-over-6-years-in-prison/index.html
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/20/applebees-customer-arrested-and-charged-with-disorderly-conduct-over-an-all-you-can-eat-deal/
https://archive.ph/PT2pU