Strange News

Da Vinci Replicas Bloom Under The Black Sea

12:10pm September 25, 2015

A Bulgarian diving club created an art exhibit to celebrate the nation's Independence Day. They attached waterproof replicas of The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa to a reef 26 feet underwater.

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Need To Dodge Pope Traffic In NYC? Try A $95 Taxi Ride In The Sky

12:10pm September 25, 2015

An app called Blade is offering special service during Pope Francis' visit. You can take a helicopter across town — as the pope continues his message on the importance of fighting poverty.

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Pilots Say They're Blinded By San Francisco 49ers' Stadium Lights

7:35am September 24, 2015

It's the essence of pro football: giant players, giant stadiums, giant screens, excessive lights. The FAA says most complaints came when the scoreboard was being tested.

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Cops RSVP To Teen Partiers: 'We'll Bring Chips ... And Charges'

12:06pm September 23, 2015

Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan got wind of a party and used Facebook to RSVP: " ... will bring chips and salsa and ... charges" against any young teens who choose to drink or litter.

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Men Busted Outside Md. Prison With Drugs, Porn — And A Drone

12:06pm September 23, 2015

Authorities think the two men were planning to use the drone to fly the material to an inmate inside a western Maryland prison.

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By Bike And Ferry, Englishman Fetches Wife's Favorite French Coffee

9:15am September 22, 2015

The couple's car died recently, so when the man saw they were low on the coffee his wife of 50 years craves, he crossed the English Channel and biked to a store, where he bought 64 pounds of beans.

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Frenchman Transits Northwest Passage Alone In A Rowboat

7:54am September 21, 2015

Charles Hedrich set off from western Alaska in 2013. After 3,700 miles and three summers of rowing, he finally made it Thursday, reaching Canada's Baffin Island.

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Religion

A Priest Built A Vatican Replica Out Of A Half-Million Legos

7:54am September 21, 2015

It took Father Bob Simon 10 months to build the model of St. Peter's square, with a Lego pope blessing a large crowd including priests and nuns with selfie sticks. It's displayed in Philadelphia.

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Last glimpse: When the first bucket of soil hits, Antony Britton says, it's "quite a shock."

World News

What It's Like To Be Buried Alive — And Survive

6:55pm September 19, 2015

by NPR Staff

Harry Houdini famously tried to escape from being buried alive — and famously failed. Recently, escape artist Antony Britton tried to do what Houdini couldn't. He describes the view from down under.

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Ousted Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's fondness for eating raw onions has inspired a social media campaign: #Putoutyouronions.

World News

Onion Headlines Abound In Australia, Spurred By Cheeky Tribute To Tony Abbott

3:52pm September 14, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Inspired by recent campaigns that have marked notable deaths, Australians create a "prehumous" tribute to a controversial leader: They're putting out their onions for Tony Abbott.