Australia
Man ate all the seafood and jumped into the ocean avoid paying the bill!
Police say a Gold Coast man ate 2 lobsters, 22 vodka oyster shots and a baby octopus, then escaped into the ocean to avoid paying the bill!
World
Real life Pepsi stunt by protestor didn’t go as well as the Pepsi ad
A protestor interrupted a City Council meeting to hand the Mayor of Portland a can of Pepsi, but it didn’t go as well as suggested in the now-removed Pepsi ad.
Science
Men paid to lie down for 60 days for French space research
The French Institute for Space Medicine and Physiology will pay men €16,000 (US$17,000) to lie in bed for 60 days in the name of space research!
World
World’s strongest coffee Black Insomnia now available in the USA
US customers can now order the World’s Strongest coffee, Black Insomnia, with each serve containing a staggering 702mg of caffeine!
Funny
Grammar vigilante is ridding Bristol’s streets of bad grammar!
For 13 years, a self-styled ‘Grammar Vigilante’ from Bristol, UK has been ridding the streets of bad grammar using a modified broom called an ‘Apostrophiser’!
Science
In theory, spiders could eat all humans on Earth in one year!
Great news fellow arachnophobes, there are so many spiders that, in theory, they could eat every single person on Earth in just one year!
World
Dallas Bookstore uses clickbait headlines to encourage reading!
Dallas, Texas bookstore ‘The Wild Detectives’ is using clickbait-style headlines to encourage people to read classic novels!
Science
University launches public search for Planet Nine!
Astronomers at the Australian National University are asking for help from the public to find a ninth planet, which is thought to be orbiting our solar system beyond Pluto!
Science
Study shows cats might love you more than food!
According to a new study from Oregon State University, cats really, really love you – even more than food!
Entertainment
Reality TV contestants find out nobody was watching
Contestants in a year-long reality TV social experiment have returned home to find out that the show was pulled from the air in August 2016 due to bad ratings.
Funny
Mischievous boy gets stuck in claw machine arcade game
A 3-year-old Irish boy got stuck in a claw machine arcade game after he decided to climb inside to get green dinosaurs for him and his brother.
World
It turns out that GIANT chicken is real!
For a while, we stopped trying to solve the chicken/egg and road-crossing chicken mysteries to ponder over a GIANT chicken, but as it turns out – it’s real!
Funny
Twin toddlers busted having all-night party!
2-year-old twin toddlers have become the world’s youngest party animals after their all-night party was filmed by their parents.
Funny
San Diego brewery using recycled sewage water to make craft beer!
San Diego brewery Stone Brewing Co is making a craft ‘poop’ beer from treated sewage water, called Full Circle Pale Ale.
World
Reflection-obsessed bird is normal according to scientists
A reflection-obsessed bird in Queensland has become an internet sensation, but scientists say this is normal behaviour for a Bush Stone Curlew.
World
Alaskan residents warned to stay away from grumpy moose
After 2 ‘close calls’ this weekend, Alaskan residents have been warned to stay clear of moose, which tend to be grumpy this time of year.
Funny
Plucky dog wins hearts with crash and bash performance at dog show!
Olly the Jack Russell crashed and bashed his way through the 2017 Crufts Dog Show, winning hearts every step of the way!
Funny
Miami lawyer’s pants catch on fire during closing arguments
A Miami lawyer ran out of a court room because his pants caught on fire while giving closing arguments in defence of his client… who was on trial for arson!
Art, Music & Movies
Unconvincing Ryan Gosling lookalike crashes award ceremony to accept award
An unconvincing Ryan Gosling lookalike stunned attendees at a German Film Awards ceremony after he accepted an award for La La Land.
World
Happy International Women’s Day!
Today is International Women’s Day. It’s a global celebration of women, held in more than 100 countries across the world!
Funny
Alligator strolls across Florida golf course with huge lunch in its mouth
An alligator at a Florida golf course (where else!?) was filmed strolling by with a fish almost half its size hanging out of the gator’s mouth!
Technology
Facebook using fact-checkers and disputed labels to clamp down on fake news
In its quest to clamp down on fake news, Facebook is using third party fact-checkers, and will soon provide the option of a ‘disputed’ label for posts.
Funny
Employee caught sleeping at work in a makeshift bedroom!
A Rhode Island city employee had sold his house, so he set up a makeshift bedroom at work, complete with bed, nightstand and a coffee maker!
Funny
99-year-old woman jailed to tick off bucket list item
Dutch police arrested a 99-year-old woman and locked her up in jail to help her tick off a bucket list item!
Science
Lego approves production of fan-designed Women of NASA set!
Lego has approved the construction of a Women of NASA Lego fan-designed set, due to hit shelves on Earth (and maybe the moon?) later this year or early 2018.
Australia
Employee stops armed robbery with a broom!
An employee at a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane stopped an attempted armed robbery by hitting the would-be-robber with a broom and chasing him out of the restaurant!
Science
NASA announces the discovery of 7 Earth-sized planets
This morning, NASA announced that it has found 7 earth-sized planets orbiting a star 40 light years away, with life or water possible on all of these planets.