Strange News

Maison Des Champs climbed Salesforce Tower in San Francisco last Tuesday morning. He is climbing buildings across the country to raise money for groups that work to convince women to not have abortions.

An anti-abortion activist scales skyscrapers to spread his message

10:23am May 10, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Maison Des Champs has climbed massive buildings — without the safety of a rope or harness — to raise money for groups that work to convince women to not have abortions.

How far would you walk while balancing a chainsaw on your chin, while it's running?

5:57am May 10, 2022

David Rush walked just over 200 feet. He holds the Guinness record for the most Guinness records. He previously walked while using his chin to balance a lawnmower, a baseball bat and a Christmas tree.

Queue Listen Now

This species of dragonfish can grow to just under 7 inches long and can be often found 1,000 feet or more below the ocean's surface.

Environment

Researchers spot a rare type of dragonfish at 1,000 feet deep

10:38pm May 07, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Scientists in Monterey Bay, Calif., found a seldom-seen species of dragonfish swimming nearly 1,000 feet below the ocean's surface.

National

This former Gap employee is on a quest to collect hundreds of in-store playlists

4:59pm May 03, 2022

When Michael Bise started his job at Gap in 1992, he was struck by the music the store played. He's been on the hunt for in-store playlists ever since.

Apply now to work at the British base in Port Lockroy, Antarctica, and young Gentoo penguins like this one could be your Goudier Island neighbors.

World News

Antarctica's 'Penguin Post Office' is hiring

4:48pm April 24, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

If you can sort mail, sell postage stamps and count penguins, this could be the job for you.

Taylor Swift, pictured in 2021, is the inspiration for the name of the newly described Twisted-Claw Millipede, Nannaria swiftae.

Taylor Swift was the inspiration for the name of a new millipede species

8:54am April 20, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede, or Nannaria swiftae, was among several new species found in Tennessee.

In Paris, an art collector paid $1.2 million for a receipt

5:30am April 15, 2022

The receipt dates back to an exhibition in the 1950s. French artist Yves Klein charged money to see his so-called invisible art. He later sold the art for gold and gave receipts.

Benjamin Wittes and a group of demonstrators in Washington, D.C., teamed up to project two large Ukrainian flags against the Russian Embassy for nearly four hours Wednesday night.

Meet the activists who projected a giant Ukrainian flag on Russia's Embassy in D.C.

8:32pm April 14, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Demonstrators used high-powered lights to project the Ukrainian flag onto the walls of the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The Russians tried to outshine the flags with a spotlight, but failed.

The first known interstellar meteor hit Earth in 2014, U.S. officials say

6:06pm April 14, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The meteor crash-landed off the coast of Papua New Guinea in January 2014.

Elon Musk is a vocal Twitter user with more than 80 million followers.

National

Will Elon Musk turn activist at Twitter?

6:30am April 12, 2022

by Paddy Hirsch

Musk is now Twitter's largest shareholder. That gives him a legal right to coerce and cajole and persuade and shout about what the company does.