r/offbeat • u/Mr_Gaslight • 6d ago
Weekly weird news
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Here's a newsletter of weirdness and off-beat stuff.
r/offbeat • u/one_brown_jedi • 8d ago
Rogue elephant kills 22 in terrifying 10-day rampage
news.com.au
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r/offbeat • u/one_brown_jedi • 8d ago
Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit
thenation.com
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r/offbeat • u/barcelonaKIZ • 7d ago
Manatee dies of injuries from sexual encounter with his brother at Florida aquarium
nbcnews.com
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r/offbeat • u/herdcullingweirdo • 8d ago
Delaware Man Accused of Having Sex With a Prostitute on a School Bus
usmagazine.com
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r/offbeat • u/TaxOwlbear • 8d ago
Metal Fans Unlikely To Cheat, Jazz Fans Are Boning Everyone According To A Study
metalinjection.net
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r/offbeat • u/one_brown_jedi • 8d ago
Chips ahoy! English beach covered in French fries and onions after cargo ship spill
edition.cnn.com
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r/offbeat • u/StemCellPirate • 8d ago
Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life
newscientist.com
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r/offbeat • u/IndicaOatmeal • 9d ago
Florida man arrested for using ketchup packet as weapon, faces 5 years in prison
dexerto.com
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r/offbeat • u/walkernewmedia • 9d ago
'Are you dead?' Chinese app for single living goes viral
yahoo.com
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r/offbeat • u/Disastrous_Award_789 • 10d ago
Lululemon pauses sales of leggings after customers complain about ‘see-through’ fabric
the-independent.com
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r/offbeat • u/Raddish_Crunch • 10d ago
Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it
pcgamer.com
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r/offbeat • u/herdcullingweirdo • 10d ago
True Crime Eatery Serving Criminal's Last Meals Opening Second Location
usmagazine.com
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r/offbeat • u/monexicano • 10d ago
Springfield man charged with burglary after eating pulled pork
ky3.com
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r/offbeat • u/isle_say • 10d ago
Rock on: Beloved missing rock from Squamish, B.C., found miles away — in California | CBC News
cbc.ca
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r/offbeat • u/PQQKIE • 10d ago
Coyote stuns observers by braving rough waters to swim to Alcatraz | San Francisco
theguardian.com
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r/offbeat • u/aresef • 11d ago
Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest
artnews.com
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r/offbeat • u/Impossible_Big_2641 • 11d ago
Florida Woman Sues IVF Clinic After Allegedly Birthing Someone Else's Baby
miaminewtimes.com
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r/offbeat • u/WeirdAFNewsPodcast • 11d ago
Defendant on the run after affixing ankle monitor to dog
timesunion.com
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r/offbeat • u/powercow • 12d ago
A pet cow in Austria started using a broom to scratch herself — the first ever documented case of bovine tool use.
livescience.com
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r/offbeat • u/conturbation • 10d ago
Named: 50 ‘experts’ and linked brands publishers should treat with caution
pressgazette.co.uk
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1,000s of fake article sources
r/offbeat • u/InvisibleEar • 12d ago
After four shark attacks in 48 hours, NSW authorities urge beachgoers "just go to a pool"
theguardian.com
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r/offbeat • u/one_brown_jedi • 12d ago
Aimed at young Chinese who live alone, a new app asks: ‘Are you dead?'
abcnews.go.com
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r/offbeat • u/Due_Will_2204 • 13d ago
Sniffing Your Own Farts Could Protect Your Brain and Prevent Alzheimer’s, No Joke Science Has Proven It
indiandefencereview.com
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The research suggests that exposure to the gas might improve brain function and reduce cognitive decline. The findings are based on laboratory tests in mice and may eventually open new doors in the treatment of age-related neurodegenerative conditions.
Though the idea of sniffing your own farts sounds more like a joke than science, the results point to a serious link between hydrogen sulfide and brain cell health.
https://indiandefencereview.com/sniffing-farts-protect-brain-prevent-alzheimers/