Strange News Thread

[hello spiral]

 

Police found spells inside 40 frozen limes and two ox tongues with screws embedded in them with the apparent aim of silencing police, social workers and lawyers involved in the case.

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/01/fgm-mother-of-three-year-old-first-person-convicted-in-uk

[hello spiral]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/01/world-no1-bridge-player-suspended-after-failing-a-drugs-test-geir-helgemo

[auxien]

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/03/something-strange-and-terrifying-is-happening-deep-beneath-africa/

 

 

The epicenter for the 2018 seismic anomaly was just off of the coast of Mayotte, a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean presided over by France. The event consisted of long pulses of extremely low frequency waves far below the threshold of human perception but quite powerful enough to register on seismological instruments.  The pulses did not appear to be caused by earthquakes – at least any type of earthquake we know of – yet also did not appear to be man made.

 

To add to the mystery of the 2018 seismic anomaly, geologists have found that Mayotte is sinking by as much as 9 mm or .35 inches a month as well as drifting eastward at twice that rate. 

They go on to give a reasonable explanation but I'm just going to pretend it's the creatures living in the center of this hollow earth finally making their move to overtake the surface.

[hello spiral]

Ok, which one of you is this?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/apr/15/man-sues-parents-for-throwing-out-porn-collection

[Rubin Farr]

Feral cats to be killed with poisoned sausages:

 

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/australia-plans-kill-millions-feral-144518346.html

[hello spiral]

Would more fit the lol news thread if there was one, but I'm not doing it

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It has taken years of development and delays, but BT is finally preparing to unveil its new logo – the letters “BT” in a circle.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/16/bt-unveils-new-logo-to-match-transformation-to-national-champion

[OneToThirtySix]

On 4/14/2019 at 10:11 PM, hello spiral said:

Ok, which one of you is this?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/apr/15/man-sues-parents-for-throwing-out-porn-collection

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The 40-year-old man last week filed a lawsuit in federal court in Michigan, where he moved in with his parents in 2016 following a divorce.

He says that when he moved out 10 months later, they delivered his things to his new home in Muncie, Indiana, but that his 12 boxes of pornographic films and magazines were missing.

With such a prolific collection, how did he manage to end up divorced?

[hello spiral]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/18/figures-reveal-true-extent-of-police-misconduct-foi

Not strange, but this part made me do an lol

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The description of another case affecting the Met states: “It is alleged that the officer stated to a colleague he has had a cast made of his penis and that multiple dildos have been made from the cast. He is alleged to have asked the officer if she would like one herself.” The accused officer quit the force.

 

[logboy]

 

Bloke cleaning old synthesiser goes on 9 hour acid trip after touching LSD-coated knob

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/782055/lsd-acid-drugs-synthesiser-1960s-psychedelic-video

[hello spiral]

 

Garuda Indonesia bans in-flight photos after being mocked for handwritten menu

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/18/indonesian-airline-bans-in-flight-photos-after-being-mocked-for-handwritten-menu

[Squee]

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A gang leader in Brazil whose failed bid to escape jail disguised as his 19-year-old daughter made international headlines has been found dead in his cell.

Officials found Clauvino da Silva dead on Tuesday, three days after he was placed in isolation in a high security prison when his escape attempt was prevented. Officials said he died of an apparent suicide, Brazil's Globo reported.

Rio de Janeiro's state secretary of prison administration had released photos showing da Silva wearing a silicone mask, a long wig, glasses, jeans, and a pink T-shirt with donuts on it after being caught out.

His escape attempt was thwarted when prison guards saw him acting nervously, the Associated Press reported.

In a video also released by prison administration officials, da Silva takes off the disguise and some of the clothes before saying his real name.

The 42-year-old, also known as Baixinho, or “Shorty,” was serving a 73-year sentence for drug trafficking.

He previously escaped Rio’s Gericinó prison in 2013, Globo reported, after fleeing the jail through the sewer. This time the plan was just to walk out through the main door and leave his daughter in his cell.

Da Silva's daughter, Ana Gabriele Silva is among nine visitors suspected to have assisted in the escape attempt.

FLOL

[Silent Member]

Man wearing TV on head caught on camera leaving old TVs on Virginia front porches

https://6abc.com/man-wearing-tv-on-head-caught-on-camera-leaving-old-tvs-on-porches/5462579/?fbclid=IwAR0wQWkXLxerAzvyMg4sPpAkpGJD3v2NLz1HjtKiHA_T2XR47GbiKxIPQyQ

Edited August 13, 2019 by Gocab

[Rubin Farr]

Interesting read on the connection between Fanta soda, and Nazi Germany:

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-fanta-was-created-for-nazi-germany?utm_source=pocket-newtab

[Joyrex]

On 8/6/2019 at 1:04 PM, Squee said:

FLOL

He was later found dead in his cell, apparently killed himself out of embarrassment for the escape attempt.

[Rubin Farr]

China has harvested tens of thousands of human organs from Falun Gong:

https://qz.com/1717338/china-accused-of-harvesting-organs-from-falun-gong-practitioners/?utm_source=YPL&yptr=yahoo

[Joyrex]

5 hours ago, Rubin Farr said:

China has harvested tens of thousands of human organs from Falun Gong:

https://qz.com/1717338/china-accused-of-harvesting-organs-from-falun-gong-practitioners/?utm_source=YPL&yptr=yahoo

That's not Kung Po you're eating... it's a guy's spleen named Kung Po!

[drillkicker]

Here's a gem from my neck of the woods

https://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0119/man-breaks-into-school-destroys-equipment-and-eats-case-of-ice-cream.html

[Rubin Farr]

1 hour ago, Joyrex said:

That's not Kung Po you're eating... it's a guy's spleen named Kung Po!

It tasted like sum yung guy

[Braintree]

1 hour ago, drillkicker said:

Here's a gem from my neck of the woods

https://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0119/man-breaks-into-school-destroys-equipment-and-eats-case-of-ice-cream.html

Pankake loves ice cream. I think about ice cream every time there's a dollop of butter on a pancake, but I've never combined the two...

[Joyrex]

40 minutes ago, Braintree said:

Pankake

[auxien]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/archaeologists-unearth-the-remains-of-a-medieval-torture-victim/

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A blow from some blunt object had also broken several of the bones of his face. But none of those things would have been immediately fatal, and that was the point.

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Despite his small stature, he sported an extra thoracic vertebra and an extra rib on each side. The unusual thickening of his frontal bone (the forehead) suggests that he probably had a hormonal disorder. In the sutures between the bones of his skull, archaeologists found several small bits of what are called Wormian bones, which often show up along with a congenital disease.

pretty horrible stuff

Edited October 1, 2019 by auxien

[Rubin Farr]

Moron pediatrician in Pakistan causes over 1,100 new HIV infections from reusing needles:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/panic-pakistani-city-900-children-161831143.html

[Rubin Farr]

lol

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/man-wearing-jesus-saves-bib-172544956.html

[Nebraska]

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Australian water rats have learned how to kill cane toads, eat their hearts and carve out their organs with “surgical precision”.

“All carcasses had an incision in the chest area, measuring [on average] 10.8mm vertically and 12.2mm horizontally. There was no evidence of bites to the head or body of the partially consumed toads. Rather, the rats appeared to hold the toad on its back and then incise the thoracic cavity to consume organs while the toad was still alive.”

The researchers hypothesise that the rats either learned from scratch – by figuring out which parts of the toad made them sick – or already had previous experience from eating Australian native toxic frogs.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/26/australian-water-rats-cut-cane-toads-open-with-surgical-precision-to-feast-on-their-hearts

[Rubin Farr]

Lunatic mother handed out chickenpox tainted treats for Halloween:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-vaxx-mom-says-she-153902456.html