Strange News

Italian Artist Sells Invisible Sculpture For Real Money

5:55am June 01, 2021

Salvatore Garau has sold his latest invisible sculpture. The work, titled "I Am," doesn't exist except in the artist's imagination. The buyer gets a stamped certificate in exchange for $18,000.

Is There Really A Truck Driver Shortage?

2:47pm May 25, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

The nation's big trucking employers have been arguing for decades that there's a trucker shortage. Is it really a shortage or something different?

Why A Special Burger At A Minneapolis Restaurant Is A Big Hit

6:20am May 18, 2021

Owner Cindy Berset believes the burger induces labor. Since creating it, 31 women have tried it and then gone into labor by the next day.

A Lobster Made It Out Of A Seafood Restaurant Alive

6:56am May 10, 2021

When a Virginia Red Lobster received its delivery, staff noticed an orange and black spotted lobster. The calico critter turned out to be an extraordinarily rare find. A one in 30 million chance.

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Mugshots: They're Not Exactly The Gold Standard In Portraiture

6:28am May 10, 2021

An example is the Ohio man who was particularly miffed about his police photo circulating online. He snapped a selfie and sent it to police. Saying, "Here is a better photo — that one is terrible."

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Louisiana Man Fulfills 4-Year-Old Twin Sisters' 2020 Santa Wish List

6:56am April 28, 2021

The sisters attached their lists to balloons and released them outside. About 500 miles away, Alvin Bamburg spotted a balloon in a tree. The Washington Post reports he got the girls what they wanted.

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Periodical Cicadas spend 17 years underground feeding on tree sap. Now, billions of cicada nymphs are once again preparing to emerge from the earth and take to the treetops of 15 states across the East Coast and Midwest.

Science

Here Come The Cicadas

3:30pm April 27, 2021

by Jacob Fenston

People in D.C. and other cities are starting to see periodical cicadas. The red-eyed flying insects known as Brood X emerge every 17 years.

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Guys Named Josh Battle It Out In Nebraska For Rights To The Name

5:54am April 26, 2021

Hundreds of people, all named Josh, traveled from across the country to Lincoln, Neb. Josh Swain had challenged then all to a giant fight — with pool noodles — over rights to the name.

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National

There Can Only Be One: Battle Of The Joshes Brings Hundreds To Nebraska

7:12pm April 25, 2021

by Chloee Weiner

Armed with pool noodles, hundreds of people who share the first name Josh gathered Saturday in Lincoln, Neb., to vie for the right to their name.

Property Owner Calls Police After Couple Tries To Get Married There

6:20am April 22, 2021

The couple's wedding invitation asked attendees to come to the Florida estate for the festivities. The 16,300-square-foot mansion, however, belongs to Nathan Finkel, and he doesn't do weddings.