Odd News

$5.6m for Lloyd Webber wines

Seeded on Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:29 AM EST (The Age - Melbourne)

Seeded by Seagull

A Sotheby's sale of wine collected by Andrew Lloyd Webber has netted $US5.6 million.

world-news, wine, auction, sothebys, andrew-lloyd-webber

Polite gang hits wealthy suburbs

Seeded on Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:10 AM EST (IOL)

Seeded by Erica S.

They're well-spoken, nicely dressed and very polite - but if you meet them it's down the barrel of a gun. This gang of robbers, with an eye for the good things in life, has been targeting some of Cape Town's wealthiest suburbs.

odd-news, crime, odd, robbery, gang, robbers, polite, polite-gang

Midland man faces charges for terrorizing neighbors (and hiding a baby monitor inside their home to spy on them)

Seeded on Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:31 PM EST (ourmidland.com)

Seeded by Erica S.

Paul Arthur Rivard, 36, faces felony charges of second-degree home invasion, larceny in a building, eavesdropping and aggravated stalking in connection to the case.

odd-news, crime, odd, wtf, eavesdropping, stalking, neighbors, neighbor, break-ins, paul-a-rivard

CONFIRMED - 20 Foot Elevation Drop Java Coastline

Seeded on Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:26 PM EST (poleshift.ning.com)

Seeded by Synthesis

Via Google Satellite maps, which periodically refresh their images over a region. They did Java recently, apparently, as it shows the flooding reported as recently as January 18, 2011 where 11,600 houses were suddenly inundated by what the press called a 'tsunami'.

world-news, indonesia, java, flooding, tsunami, sea-level-rise, google-satellite

Gulf Oil Spill Blood Tests Reveal Alarming Levels Of Toxic Chemicals In Residents

Seeded on Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:20 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by krishna-167929

"Nine months have passed since the Gulf oil spill, and residents continue to see more and more negative outcomes from the tragedy.

environment, government, gulf-oil-spill, toxins, benzene, blood-tests, xylene, ethylbenzene, gulf-change

Ikea design stores 'as mazes' to stop shoppers leaving so you end up buying more, professor says

Seeded on Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:06 PM EST (the Mail online)

Seeded by krishna-167929

" * Map shows how customers are forced to retrace their steps to get out * And Swedish retail giants made £2.3billion profit last year

business, home, shopping, sweden, innovation, furniture, store, creativity, entrepreneurs, ikea

Suspected arsonist caught after fingertip found at crime scene, police say

Seeded on Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:04 PM EST (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Seeded by Erica S.

Police arrested a suspect in an arsonist-for-hire in Titusville after they said he made a critical mistake — he left the tip of his finger at the scene of the crime.

odd-news, crime, police, odd, arson, finger, arsonist, fingertip, ismael-ortiz

Facebook post upsets father of 23

Seeded on Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:32 PM EST (houmatoday.com)

Seeded by Erica S.

THIBODAUX — Larry Luther didn't see the Facebook post by a Terrebonne Parish child-support hearing officer about a barroom bouncer appearing before him who has 23 children and "too much time on his hands."

odd-news, children, odd, facebook, parents, father, child-support, 23-cildren, larry-luther, william-dunckelman

"Vampire Flying Frog" Found; Tadpoles Have Black Fangs

Seeded on Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:06 PM EST (National Geographic)

Seeded by Darrah, Greenville, SC

The mountain jungles of Vietnam are home to a new breed of "vampire"—a "flying" tree frog dubbed Rhacophorus vampyrus.

odd-news, vietnam, national-geographic, vampire-flying-tree-frogs

Know Your Memes: Dog Fort

Seeded on Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:18 PM EST ()

Seeded by krishna-167929

"The first appearance of Dog Fort was a photoshopped image created by Bishopwhitet for a contest on Cracked, titled What Your Pets Are Doing When You're Not Home, on June 4, 2009.

arts, photoshop, meme, cracked, red-lobster, dog-fort, bishopwhitet, von-smallhousen, what-your-pets-are-doing-when-you-re-not-home

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