Two Belgian teenagers were arrested for attempting to smuggle 5,000 ants, prompting a mix of disbelief and intrigue. Kenya authorities warn of a rising trend in unusual wildlife trafficking. Ant-icipate more stunts like this!
Even the holiest of lying-in-state events can't escape the selfie generation. The Vatican’s latest plea for papal decorum collides hilariously with TikTok tourism and influencer culture.
Serbia decided to treat researchers like Cinderella with a midnight deadline—except it’s noon, and the only thing turning into a pumpkin is academic productivity. Peer review just got a turbo mode.
Hospital staff in Majorca waved goodbye to this elderly woman—only for her to say hello from a body bag en route to her own funeral. Spain’s news cycle just got a pulse, literally.
English Queen Camilla and vampire conspiracy are spiking again, as royal watchers debate if her marriage was a supernatural career move. Who knew the Windsors could moonlight as creatures of the night?
In a plot twist for global diplomacy, Soviet officials once cited dishpan hands—thanks to American ads—as cause for international restrictions. Diplomacy’s never looked so soapy or sudsy in the annals of weird news.
One moment you're channeling your inner gymnast, the next you're seeing nothing but darkness. A British woman’s cartwheel marathon turns into an unexpected, vision-blurring Olympic event.
Peter Hudson was discovered mid-romance with his sex doll on the front porch, confessing to both neighbors and the court—all in one moment. British justice meets inflatable companionship in a scene so surreal, even Love Island’s casting directors would think twice.
In an unprecedented bureaucratic plot twist, Social Security vanished thousands of retirees after a DOGE-named agency wielded too much delete power. Turns out, being 'digitally dead' doesn’t help you collect benefits—or set up a game night.
Humanoid robots lined up for the world’s first robot half-marathon, promptly proving they’re better at slapstick than sprinting. Beijing’s robo-runners wowed crowds with accidental acrobatics and slow-motion drama, not exactly threatening human athletic supremacy this year.
Scientists just found a caterpillar that literally cocoons itself in the corpses of its vanquished prey. Move over, Silence of the Lambs—nature’s got a new fashion-forward villain crawling through the undergrowth.
A wild GPS adventure in Indonesia sees a driver accidentally flying off an unfinished bridge. Talk about taking shortcuts to new extremes!
Toronto’s Red Rebels fuse performance art and eco-activism, staging crimson-clad spectacles for climate justice. Move over Shakespeare, these environmentalists are rewriting street theatre in the heart of Canada’s busiest city.
Turns out, Amaropostia stiptica isn’t deadly—unless you count the flavor. Scientists have officially crowned this humble fungus the world’s most bitter, making even kale look like birthday cake in comparison. Bitter mushroom fans, rejoice—or recoil.
