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HOLY CARP! Is that a flying fish?! Jeff Levine via Eyewitness News ABC7NY/YouTube

Animals

An Act of Cod: Fish Falls from Sky, Damages New Jersey Couple’s Tesla

You’ve heard of “raining cats and dogs,” but this is ridiculous. In an insurance claim of biblical proportions, a large fish fell from the sky, raining chaos on a New Jersey couple’s driveway

Move over, "Cocaine Bear." There's a new star in town! K.V. Akhilesh/Wikimedia Commons

Animals

Jaws Wired: Cocaine-Fueled Sharks Discovered In Brazil

Because it’s 2024 and life refuses to be normal, scientists off the coast of Brazil have discovered sharks are getting blitzed on cocaine.

A before and after picture guaranteed to devastate the parental units. amberluke666/Instagram

Culture

Woman Temporarily Blinded By Eyeball Tattoos Has No Regrets

Australia’s “most tattooed woman” says three weeks of blindness were totally worth it to have her eyeballs tattooed for eternity. Would you risk it?

Beauty is in the eye of the moneyholder. Pickpic

Curiosities

Rent-an-Ugly: How One Man Turned Mediocrity Into Money

A self-described “ugly.” Japanese man is raking in the big bucks thanks to a brilliant business idea called “rental busaiku” or “not-so-good-looking guy for rent.”

Age ain't nothin' but a number. Mike Pennington/Wikimedia Commons

Culture

Ancient but Fabulous: Stegosaurus Turns Heads at Sotheby Auction

Just because you’re old and arthritic doesn’t mean you can’t turn heads among New York City’s elite. “Apex,” the 161-million-year-old Stegosaurus, is proof positive of that.

If you've got the guts—and the fingers—to pull this off, go for it, but we don't recommend it. Odd News Show/Canva

News

Flipping Out: How One Man’s Middle Finger Made Him $175,000

Would you like to make six figures with the flip of a finger? Now you can! One Vermont resident is getting a huge payday from the state of Vermont, and all he had to do was give the one-finger salute… to a cop.