Life's Little Mysteries Weird News Archives
Why Is There Braille on Drive-Thru ATM Machines?
March 31, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Blind people can't drive, so why is there Braille on the buttons of drive-thru ATM machines?
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Choking Trucker Gives Himself the Heimlich by Crashing
March 30, 2011, Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A Pennsylvania man accidentally saved his own life while choking on an apple by crashing.
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Teen Pistol-Whips Her Mother to Get a 2004 Nissan
March 29, 2011, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
A 17-year-old Florida honor student pistol-whipped her mother in the head with a stolen handgun while insisting that she co-sign on a purchase for a used car.
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Crocodile Crawls Into Residential Swimming Pool
March 28, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A group of young men in Australia found a crocodile lounging in their swimming pool. Instead of calling the police, they caught and bound the reptile using pool equipment.
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Argentine Military Helps Break Biggest BBQ Record
March 28, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
The amount of beef used to set a new Guinness World Record for largest barbeque was so heavy that the Argentine military stepped in to help weigh it.
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College Student Steals $60,000 In Textbooks, Sells Them to Pawn Shop
March 25, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
An Iowa college student was arrested on March 24 for stealing $60,000 in books from a campus bookstore and selling them to pawn shops.
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New World Record: Largest Mask
March 24, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Measuring more than 40 feet in height, a Styrofoam mask representing a traditional Greek folk figure set a new Guinness World Record as the largest mask.
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A Yeti Research Institute? Only In Russia
March 24, 2011, Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Russian officials may found a scientific institute for the study of abominable snowmen. At the very least, they are holding a conference.
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Woman Charged After Hiring Hit Man From Hitmanforhire.com
March 23, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A New Jersey woman hired a hit man from the website Hitmanforhire.com to gun down an ex-boyfriend's new flame, paying for his services through the Internet payment service PayPal.
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Lose Your TV Remote? 50 Percent Chance It's in Your Sofa
March 22, 2011, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
The average American has four TV remotes in their living room. If you lose one, there's a 50 percent chance it's in your couch.
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Capitalism Killed Life On Mars: A Hugo Chavez Hypothesis
March 22, 2011, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
Socialist leader Hugo Chavez has hypothesized that capitalism and imperialism may have killed the life that once existed on Mars.
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Bloodsucking and Other 'Vampire Stuff' Leads to Stabbing
March 22, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A 25-year-old Arizona man was stabbed after he refused to allow a couple to suck his blood during a vampire ritual.
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El Chupacabra Mystery Solved: Case of Mistaken Identity
March 22, 2011, Bjorn Carey, Life's Little Mysteries Managing Editor
The origin of El Chupacabra, the famous blood-sucking monster, is traced back to a sci-fi film.
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Singer Sammy Hagar Says He Was Abducted by Aliens
March 21, 2011, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
Sammy Hagar claims his brain was abducted by aliens.
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Largest Cheese Weighs More Than 2,000 Pounds
March 21, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Weighing in at a whopping 2,070 pounds, the largest cheese in the world took 16 people to make.
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Surfer Rides Single Wave for 4 Hours
March 21, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A professional surfer set two Guinness World Records by surfing a continuous two-foot wave for 3 hours, 55 minutes and 2 seconds.
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400-Pound Sumo Wrestler Sets Marathon Record
March 21, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A 400-pound sumo wrestler set a new Guinness World Record as the heaviest runner to cross the Los Angeles Marathon finish line.
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Men Take Car On Test Drive, Sell it to Junkyard
March 18, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
After taking a truck out for a test drive, two Kentucky men sold it as scrap to a junkyard for $512.
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Bank Robber Attempts to Flee on Public Bus
March 18, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
After robbing a bank, a man attempts to make a swift getaway on a public bus.
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Why Does Beer Foam?
March 17, 2011, Katharine Gammon, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Beer foams but soda does not. Life's Little Mysteries explains beer's key foam-forming ingredients.
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If Snake That Bit Model Died, It Wasn’t From Silicone Poisoning
March 16, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Life's Little Mysteries investigates whether a snake can really die of silicone poisoning after biting a human breast.
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Boy Steals Church Van, Drives to School
March 14, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A 14-year-old boy stole a church van to avoid walking a few blocks to his school.
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Shortest Man in the World Too Young to Break Record
March 11, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Junrey Balawing, 17, has staked his claim on the shortest man in the world title, but according to Guinness World Records guidelines, he still has some growing up to do.
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Pot Growers Use Alligator to Protect $1.5 Million Stash
March 10, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A narcotics task force seized $1.5 million in pot plants and a 55-pound alligator named Wally from a California home.
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These Jokes Set a New Guinness World Record
March 09, 2011, Remy Melina, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
The Comic Relief charity's challenge to tell the most jokes in an hour set a new Guinness World Record.
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