Archive for the Weird News Category

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

The Wow Signal

To this day we aren’t sure what was detected by Dr. Jerry R. Ehman on August 15, 1977. It’s been called the Wow! signal because he wrote Wow! down on a piece of paper with the signal on it. Could this have been a signal from outer space? The unknown signal fit the parameters of [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Woman Fakes Cancer

An Oak Ridge, TN woman is accused of faking ovarian cancer to cash in on a $100,000 insurance policy.
It seems that she forged doctors’ name on documents twich in the past year. And, she’s also accused of altering a pathology report. Uh oh.
According to investigators, the former Parkwest employee stated she had ovarian cancer in [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

51 fire hot chillies in two minutes

51 fire hot chillies in two minutes

In what couldn’t have been a pleasant aftermath, Anandita Dutta Tamuly, during an attempt to enter the Guinness World Records, in Jorhat, India, ate 51 fire-hot chilies in two minutes. Guinness has not yet certified the feat. But I’m sure it’s coming. And yes, that is Gordon Ramsey beside her. Telling her to eat the [...]