Tag: Oddities
Tennessee toddler freed from antique wooden barrel
PORTLAND, Tenn. — Fire rescuers and medical staff used a power saw and screwdrivers to extract a toddler from an antique wooden barrel in...
US Air Force flight in Mideast uses call sign ‘Pickle Rick’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Someone in the U.S. Air Force apparently watches the cartoon “Rick and Morty.”
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Boy unhurt after taking ride on airport conveyor belt system
MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities say a 9-year-old boy who found his way onto the conveyor belt baggage handling system at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was...
Need a bigger net: Fish, age 100 or more, caught in Detroit
DETROIT — Now that's a whopper — a very old whopper!
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Bones dating back to ice age found in Las Vegas backyard
LAS VEGAS — A couple in Las Vegas said they will have to wait to continue building their pool after construction crews unearthed a...
German police say grenade-shaped item in forest was sex toy
BERLIN — A German police bomb squad called to investigate a suspected hand grenade in a Bavarian forest determined that the object actually was...
Prototype of 1st US dollar coins auctioned for $840,000
A piece of copper that was struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in 1794 and was a prototype for the fledgling nation’s...
Police arrest Arizona man after finding his severed finger
MARICOPA, Ariz. — Authorities in Arizona have arrested a man who police believe severed his finger while slashing his neighbor’s car tires after an...
Passenger survives being hit in the head by flying turtle
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger —...
Passenger survives being hit in the head by flying turtle
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger —...
