Man sues restaurant: you gave me tapeworm!
A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a Chicago restaurant. In the lawsuit filed Monday, Anthony Franz said he ordered salmon salad for lunch from Shaw’s Crab House in 2006 and fell violently ill. He later passed the giant parasite, which a patholog... read more
Jessica Gonzalez: parole and pregnancy
A prisoner, set to be paroled this month, will not be disciplined for having a sexual rendezvous with a supervisor. That authority figure was her boss at a work release program.
Corrections officials say Jessica Gonzalez, the woman who became the youngest person ever convicted of murder as an... read more
The Amethyst Initiative: Legally drunk at 18
The Amethyst Initiative has a surprising solution to the problem of binge drinking on college campuses. They want the legal age lowered from age 21 to 18. According to them, such a move will result in far fewer incidents of problem drinking.
“This is a law that is routinely evaded,̶... read more
Electric Vehicles of America turns your car from gas to EV
Electric Vehicles of America says it is possible to convert your gasoline powered car to turn it to be electric powered. It lists car shops were you can go and convert your car to be electric powered.
When we visited the website of Elec... read more
Shit all you want, new odorless toilet
Perfecting the commode, an unusual invention.
A Florida inventor made a new toilet designed to take that stench out of the “John.”
“I decided to go wash up, walked into a bathroom and somebody literally annihilated the bathroom.” That’s how Robert Smith fr... read more
Sandy Allen, world’s tallest woman, dies at 53
A woman who grew to be seven feet, seven inches tall and was recognized as the world’s tallest female died early Wednesday. Sandy Allen was 53.
A family friend says Allen, who used her height to inspire schoolchildren to accept those who are different, died at a nursing home in her home... read more
Burger King Bath guy gets fired
It started as a birthday joke. An employee at a Burger King restaurant near Dayton, Ohio apparently decided to follow the restaurant’s motto to “have it your way” and filmed himself as he took a bath in the fast food restaurant’s big kitchen sink.
The worker, 25-year-o... read more
Bigfoot Found! or so they claim
Bigfoot found, claim intrepid researchers. The famous “Bigfoot” of persistent folklore has been found and will be revealed to the world, according to a press release. In order to heighten the tension, the men responsible for the press release are holding a press conference on August 15th... read more
A real life Star Wars wedding
Star Wars fanatics Rebecca D’Madeiros and Bill Duda are so obsessed with the blockbuster movies they wanted to add a bit of the force to their special day.
So they dressed up as characters from the sci-fi blockbusters and were even married by a man dressed as Yoda.
The couple, who we... read more
Poof! Scientists closer to invisibility cloak
Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible.
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects. Prev... read more
