Most of us are far more familiar with Disney’s The Little Mermaid than we are with the original, altogether sadder version first penned by Hans Christian Andersen. As it turns out, the wicked witch of the undersea world, Ursula, didn’t really need to rely on a curse in order to steal Ariel’s lovely voice. Theoretically, [...]
How many times have you heard the story of Rapunzel? Ah, the long haired maiden rife with split ends, stuck way up high in her isolated tower, constantly at the mercy of a witch while she waits for her prince. He, naturally, is later enticed by the sound of her beautiful singing voice. Of course, [...]
Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer, two men from Georgia, USA claim that the above picture depicts the frozen corpse of the legendary Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot. The couple claim that they found the corpse in the woods in northern Georgia and kept it in a freezer for a month, after which they called a [...]
Old story: Whale swims up alongside yacht. New story: Baby whale swims up alongside yacht, without its mother. Strangest Science News Blog story: Baby whale swims up alongside yacht and stays with it, mistaking it for its mother. It all happened of the Sydney coast, and if a new pod isn’t found for the little [...]
Numerologists, geomancers, feng shui practitioners and other soothsayer types were probably beside themselves with delight when the news came out Hailey Jo Hauer, a baby whose birth was loaded with the number eight. Born at 8:08 a.m. on August 8, 2008 (8/8/08), Hauer weighed 8 pounds, eight ounces. 8 is considered a lucky number by [...]
RNL Bio is the Seoul-based company that has fired the opening shot in the race to profit from nutty pet owners. This week, RNL Bio released five pit bull puppies cloned form the dead dog of an American woman named Bernann McKinney. The deceased canine who provided the DNA for this historic achievement bore the [...]
The smallest snake in all the world has been found, and it wasn’t the one in my pants after all. Meet Leptotyphlops carlae, indigenous to the easternmost Caribbean island of Barbados, less than 4 inches (10 cm) long when fully grown, and for about 15 minutes, internet star. The little guy was discovered by an [...]
If you happen to have a little extra room in your life… you might want to make a lot of room for one not-so-little kitty who’s up for adoption. Her name’s Princess Chunk: 44 pounds of feline tubbiness looking for a home. The current world record stands at a little over 46 pounds, though Guinness [...]
And yet it would seem to be an honest to goodness trend. Fish pedicures, is what it is. You dip your toes into a small fish-tank, where a school of small carp, called doctor fish (you don’t expect them to be called mortician fish or anything, do you?) nibble on the dry and unwanted little [...]
A young adult black bear broke into a Circuit City electronics store in Colorado, USA yesterday. Explain. It was checking out the HD plasma TV sets. It was looking for a job as store mascot. It couldn’t wait for the iPhone 3G. It loves the taste of circuit board It bear was later scared off [...]