World
Weddings in Las Vegas are declining!
Weddings in Vegas are declining, with 47,000 fewer weddings taking place there compared to a decade ago!
World
Minion saves girl from third-floor fall!
Colorado police say a minion helped save the life of a 5-year-old girl because it cushioned the impact of her fall from a third floor apartment window.
World
Spanish mayor proclaims official nap time for residents!
A Spanish mayor is the first in the country to declare an official nap time for the residents of Ador, Valencia.
Technology
A dinosaur will greet you at Japan’s new Robot Hotel!
A robot hotel manned almost entirely by robots has opened in Sasebo in South-western Japan.
Funny
Scottish barmen stop wearing kilts because women keep looking underneath!
Barmen at a Scottish pub have stopped wearing kilts after they became fed up with women trying to look underneath to see if they are “true Scotsmen”.
Science
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft survives historic Pluto flyby!
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has become the first spacecraft to reach Pluto, capturing stunning images of the dwarf planet over 3 billion miles away!
Entertainment
Rapper 50 Cent files for bankruptcy
Rapper 50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson III, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a sex tape lawsuit that cost him $5 million.
World
Mexican drug lord El Chapo escapes from prison – again!
The world is once again looking for Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman after he used a mile-long tunnel to escape from maximum-security prison.
World
Real-life Forrest Gump to run across the USA in 100 days!
Inspired by Tom Hanks’ character in Forrest Gump, Michigan man Barclay Oudersluys has set out to run 3,200 miles across the USA in less than 100 days!
Sport
Novak Djokovic helps himself to a 3rd serving of Wimbledon grass!
Djokovic celebrated his third Wimbledon win by eating grass from Centre Court – a move that has become his tradition on the most hallowed court in tennis.
World
Man sedates girlfriend so he can play video games!
A man has been fined for sedating his now ex-girlfriend so that he could continue playing video games.
Funny
Prisoners complain to newspaper about IMPOSSIBLE Sudoku puzzle
Prisoners at a British jail wrote to a local newspaper to complain that the weekly ‘hard’ Sudoku puzzle was in fact impossible to complete.
Funny
Audience member climbs on Hand to God stage to charge mobile phone!
An audience member actually walked onto the stage of Broadway show ‘Hand to God’ and tried to use a fake power outlet to charge his mobile phone!
World
Russian police launch campaign to encourage safe selfies!
Russian police have launched a safe selfie campaign to educate the public and reduce injuries and deaths caused by high-risk selfie poses.
Art, Music & Movies
Damon Albarn physically removed from stage after mammoth set
Damon Albarn was physically removed from his stage at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark at 4am, after he performed for 5 hours and refused to leave!
World
Man sued for dropping orange peel wins court case against council
A British man has won a legal battle against a local council after it took him to court for “littering” when he accidentally dropped a piece of orange peel.
World
Greece votes NO to bailout – now we’re in the unknown
It’s reported that 61.3% of the Referendum voters in Greece have rejected an international bailout, plunging the country into the unknown.
World
Matt Stonie eats 62 hot dogs to become Nathan’s champ!
Matt ‘Megatoad’ Stonie ate 62 franks and buns in 10 minutes to win the 2015 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, beating 8-time champion Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut.
Funny
Man shocked to learn his pet dogs were actually BEARS!
A man in China raised pet dogs for 2 years only to realise they were actually endangered Asian black BEARS!
Funny
The USA just challenged Japan to a GIANT ROBOT DUEL!
US-based robotics company Megabots Inc has challenged Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industry to a GIANT ROBOT DUEL!
Technology
The Most Exclusive Website is driving the internet crazy!
A website called Most Exclusive Website allows only one person at a time to use it, for a period of just 60 seconds – and it’s driving the internet crazy!
Science
Cambridge academic says there are aliens that probably look like humans!
Evolutionary biologist Professor Simon Conway Morris says convergent evolution should lead us to eventually find extra-terrestrials that look like humans.
World
NY man driving stolen car got lost, then ran out of petrol!
Police say that a Queens man was driving a stolen car to Syracuse, but got lost and found himself stranded in Pennsylvania without petrol.
World
A Leap Second will be added to the world clock at midnight!
A ‘leap second’ will be added to the clock at midnight on 30 June 2015 to account for a discrepancy between Earth’s rotation and the ‘atomic clock’.
Technology
Computer game trains people to dislike junk food!
An online computer game developed by psychologists to train people to resist snacking on junk food resulted in weight loss for participants in a recent study.
Science
Red eyes in pools caused by urine, not chlorine!
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, urine, not chlorine, is responsible for red eyes after swimming in pools.
Entertainment
Steve Wozniak says robots will keep humans as pets
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says robots will keep humans as pets because they’ll be smart enough to realise that they need us.