Tag Archives: weird stuff

When infected by a baculovirus, a gypsy moth caterpillar's brain is hijacked, causing it to climb. Once at the top of the tree, the virus liquefies the caterpillar, raining virus-ridden goo onto other caterpillars.

If you're one of the 11,600 people who paid $1.99 for "Acne App", we've got some bad news. Flashing red and blue lights at your face doesn't really cure acne.

Did you know that your MacBook Air can double as a kitchen utensil? It can cut apples, peel carrots, dice mushrooms and even de-vein shrimp.

If you were unlucky enough to lose internet (or cable) during hurricane Irene, and you're also a Comcast customer, there's a nasty surprise coming your way in your next bill.

In the past four years, 11 feet -- all in running shoes -- have washed up in Vancouver, Canada. No other body parts have been found.

A South Carolina woman was swindled out of $180 when she bought an iPad made of wood -- from two men in a McDonalds parking lot.

At the end of this month, a 'library' in British Columbia will open its doors. Except this library allows you to "check out" people just like a library book.

Flying out of the Orly Paris airport? If you pass by Hall 40, you'll catch a glimpse of one of their virtual agents, which appears as a "holographic" image.

Research published in the "British Journal of Sports Medicine" has provided evidence that six hours of television daily could cut five years off of your life.

This man needed money to fuel his gambling habit, so he figured out how to steal it from his neighbors. No, he wasn't a master thief, or a computer hacker. He just knew how to use Facebook.