17-year-old Ben Cook set a Guiness record for text messaging on his mobile phone. He entered the phrase “The razor-toothed prianhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human” in 57.75 seconds.
Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems, was trying to make a point on how fast technology evolves. He wound up making a different point - how easy it is to fall for internet hoaxes.
An Iowa man is arrested for paying his parking ticket. More specifically, he was arrested for how he chose to pay it. He sent the payment in as cash covered in fecal matter.
Ryan Steel decided to make a little money on the side growing marijuana. He found himself a nice section of land and did some planting. But, he should have checked where he was growing it; turns out, the land belonged to the ex-police chief.
If you ever felt the desire to run around Minneapolis naked, here’s a reason not to.
Four days after planting explosives in an unsuspecting passenger’s luggage, the French police still have not found them.
A Dover, NH, man fled on a lawnmower after throwing two Molotov cocktails at his ex-girlfriend’s apartment. He was arrested after a short, low-speed chase.
A man from Oslo, Norway, is charged with an illegal collection of exotic animals after being taken to the hospital twice in one day for snake bites.
A Florida couple is under arrest after calling the police to report a break in at their apartment. They also reported a quarter pound bag of marijuana stolen.
Warburtons, a baker in Britain, recently posed “What are your top three cheesiest moments in film?” as part of campaign for their launch of cheese flavored crumpets. Leonardo DiCaprio won (?) for “I’m king of the world” from Titanic.