The "News of the Weird" Thread

[ctenidae]

Spears, 31, is gearing up for a multimillion dollar concert run in Las Vegas, one that will apparently be pirate free.

Yet another reason to not listen to Britney Spears.

 

[wa-loaf]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-usa-newyork-nyu-idUSBRE9A30RP20131104

Some people shouldn't go to college.

That has actually happened before: http://www.ajc.com/gallery/news/national/woman-stuck-between-2-buildings-rescued/g7SR/#3025893

 

[ctenidae]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business...ut-business/AQ08svCKb7pum4vDU6mCVI/story.html

Oh No! Building 19 is going bankrupt!
In other news, Building 19 is actually still in business.

 

[bvibert]

Not sure if this is "News of the Weird", or WTF, but either way:

Are they taking the piste? Wearing goggles in tanning booth for 'fake ski tan' effect is bizarre new beauty trend

 

[wa-loaf]

http://gawker.com/dozens-of-deadly-..._source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

 

[ctenidae]

http://gawker.com/dozens-of-deadly-..._source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Those spiders are no relation of mine, despite sharing a Family name.

 

[thetrailboss]

Dumbass:

http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/11/boston_marathon_bombing_victim.html

 

[legalskier]

Giant mirrors shine winter sun on dark Norwegian town

Three remote-controlled mountaintop mirrors now reflect light on the shady valley town of Rjukan, which has never seen sunlight during winter.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105...rors-shine-winter-sun-on-dark-norwegian-town/

 

[thetrailboss]

Not really news, but pretty damn funny.

http://distractify.com/fun/fails/the-29-whitest-awkward-family-photos/

Preview:

 

[gmcunni]

[h=1]Chinese man sues wife over ugly child – and wins $120,000[/h]http://rt.com/news/shinese-man-sues-ugly-wife-353/

 

[thetrailboss]

Chinese man sues wife over ugly child – and wins $120,000

http://rt.com/news/shinese-man-sues-ugly-wife-353/

I saw that! Hilarious!

 

[thetrailboss]

White Supremacist Discovers He has Some Black in His Roots

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch...supremacist-be-14-percent-sub-saharan-african

Poetic justice?

 

[Nick]

Dumbass:

http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/11/boston_marathon_bombing_victim.html

Definitely a dumbass.... BUT sometimes I wonder about the pitchfork mob mentality of the Internet. Its one thing to be called out ad a dumbass but can you imagine becoming a lightbing rod for an entire nation?

Sent from my SCH-I545 using AlpineZone mobile app

 

[legalskier]

Secret Soviet death rays. Yetis. Aliens. Just what did slaughter nine hikers on Siberia's Death Mountain in 1959?
-Dyatlov Pass Indicent is one of the eeriest mysteries in Russian history
-Nine experienced Russian skiers died of inexplicable causes

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...berias-Death-Mountain-1959.html#ixzz2l0kRvmrI

Russia's Dyatlov Pass Incident, the Strangest Unsolved Mystery of the Last Century

Story: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/dyatlov-pass-incident-strangest-unsolved-mystery

 

[Puck it]

Here is one. Man hits 75mph at Killington on an intermediate slope with wet now in fog.

 

[dlague]

Here is one. Man hits 75mph at Killington on an intermediate slope with wet now in fog.

Since the fasted speed recorded in world cup ski racing is 96.6 MPH and average speeds of the best skiers are around 79 MPH and the average speed going through the finish line is around 47 MPH under world cup skiing conditions with no fog, I have to say "Ya right!"

 

[ScottySkis]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews...-gigantic-middle-finger-statue-211042567.html

his story is one that warms the blackened, icy hearts of the Odd News team. In Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Alan Markovitz, not satisfied with expressing his distaste for his ex-wife in just words, has bought and moved into a home that sits right next door to a house that’s occupied by…his ex-wife. That’s funny enough, but as WJBK Fox 2 points out, the cherry on top of this cupcake is an almost 12-foot high statue of a middle finger Markovitz put in his back yard, pointed toward his former love and her new boyfriend.

 

[wa-loaf]

http://www.outsideonline.com/news-f...k&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost

 

[Nick]

Apparently on Saturn's planet Titan, the gravity is so low and the atomsphere so think you could fly by flapping your arms

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/did-you-k...-titan-by-flapping-your-1470435587/@jesusdiaz

 

[o3jeff]

Here is one. Man hits 75mph at Killington on an intermediate slope with wet now in fog.

Highwaystar?