Weird Weekend Wews - er, News
Let's take a break from politics - and focus on offbeat, quirky stories, mmmkay?
~ Eat All That You Can Eat….Wait….Scratch That…Be All That You Can Be - But Put the Fork Down
A study from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine concludes that American military recruits are increasingly overweight. Does this affect their mission-readiness?
~ Ancient Relic Found at GoodWill - No, Not a Leasure Suit from 1977
Imagine strolling the aisle of an Austin, Texas Goodwill store and finding THIS (not in the picture above)
~ Feel the Burn….and Fight Cancer?
Scientists at Marshall University say there’s a particular ingredient in chili peppers that fight multiple forms of cancer.
~ ‘Dead’ Woman Starts Knocking on Her Casket During Funeral to Get Out
The people attending the funeral were shocked by this.
~ A Brazilian Daredevil Sets Guinness World Record
Wow. Wow. Wow.
From Not the Bee: “Brazilian daredevil Rafael Zugno Bridi just set a Guinness World Record when he crossed a slackline suspended between two hot air balloons 6,236 feet over the ground. The balloons were about 59 feet apart.
The distance and altitude were verified by the International Slackline Association.
Bridi crossed the 6,236-foot-high, 59-foot space barefoot.
Feel like being a little terrified, here's a video of the feat. Imagine being up there and having a drone whirring around you capturing the footage. Yikes!”