Sunday, October 19, 2008

The Weird World Archive

Following are my personal links to "recent" news articles of interest regarding the bizarre, the weird, and the absolutely inane as of 19 October 2008. Obviously there are many, many more such stories that appear on the web; these are simply a very few of my favorites, and I hope you will enjoy them. The links are organized by dates which take the form yymmdd (i.e., 080723 is 23 July 2008).

070618 - The Top Ten Weird and Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks http://inventorspot.com/articles/ten_bizarre_japanese_soft_drinks_5225

080313 - Real-life case of demon possession documented http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=58835

080618 - Baffling crop circles equal pi http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=181169&in_page_id=2

080619 - Man accidentally kills himself while trying to rob a Grand Prairie home http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/061908dnmetrobberydeath.168672f7.html

080724 - NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell claims alien contact cover-up http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24070088-13762,00.html

080810 - Beef tongue flavour is the hit of Yokohama ice cream festival http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2534657/Beef-tongue-flavour-is-the-hit-of-Yokohama-ice-cream-festival..html

080813 - Rat snacks can solve world food price crisis: Indian official http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080813162159.bj5c5chl&show_article=1

080905 - Woman's gait predicts sexual pleasure http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/09/05/Womans_gait_predicts_sexual_pleasure/UPI-65341220594643/

080918 - Man killed while trying to steal copper cable carrying 11,000 volts http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4780648.ece

080923 - PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk http://www.wnbc.com/news/17539627/detail.html

081009 - Locals Fear Giant Catfish Develop Taste for Live Humans After Feeding on Corpses in River Grave http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,435061,00.html

No comments: