Fortean Headlines

[Lord Lucan]

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news...UfIliC577md_h24GukU1GFy9oEztts1yaXingMGLDwiq4

This article mentions nothing about sweet potatoes. Good.

 

[kamalktk]

This could also be one for the medical anomalies thread. Looking at the situation from a (not so serious) alternative perspective, her condition could come in handy come to think of it, as she would be the life of any party. Cheers!

Pennsylvania Woman Wees Alcohol Due To Never-Before-Seen Condition

https://www.unilad.co.uk/health/pennsylvania-woman-wees-alcohol-due-to-never-before-seen-condition/

Much like Jesus she turns water into wine.

 

[EnolaGaia]

This could also be one for the medical anomalies thread. ...

It already is ...

https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...y-syndrome-internal-alcohol-production.66373/

 

[Lord Lucan]

It already is ...

https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...y-syndrome-internal-alcohol-production.66373/

See! She's popular everywhere!

 

[hunck]

Manchester City secure famous win at Real thanks to De Bruyne and Jesus

 

[uair01]

McDonald's makes quarter pounder scented candles?

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4821373002?__twitter_impression=true

 

[brownmane]

 

[INT21]

Manchester City secure famous win at Real thanks to De Bruyne and Jesus

Nothing new.

Maradonna claimed some help from the almighty years ago.

 

[EnolaGaia]

A massive star's dying breaths

Hmmm ...

Victor Buono, Sydney Greenstreet, and Orson Welles are long gone ... Perhaps a retrospective look at Brando's final days?

Actually a science article about the demise of Betelgeuse type stars ...

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/uoc--ams022820.php

 

[EnolaGaia]

No real mystery about this one ... Note the quoted person's name ...

How do you grow a 'snotsicle'?

"We even had a snotcicle that the wind swung up while still pliable, got attached to the goggles and then froze," Gross recalled in the blog. "It was very impressive."

https://www.livescience.com/how-grow-snotsicle.html

 

[uair01]

This is just sad.
Model left blind after getting eyeballs tattooed

https://www.univision.com/nullmodel-left-blind-after-getting-eyeballs-tattooed

It's a thing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleral_tattooing

 

[Mythopoeika]

Why am I not at all surprised?
What a desperately stupid, sad thing to do.

 

[CuriousIdent]

This is just sad.
Model left blind after getting eyeballs tattooed

https://www.univision.com/nullmodel-left-blind-after-getting-eyeballs-tattooed

It's a thing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleral_tattooing

Oh, man. That is just terrible. I know that people do it, but really it's just too dangerous to consider. Very much of the opinion that you just don't fuck around with eyes.

 

[EnolaGaia]

Here's a tantalizingly misleading one ...

This 500 million-year-old 'social network' may have helped sea monsters clone themselves

Actually ... A science article about odd sedentary marine organisms from over a half-billion years ago.

Rangeomorphs had no mouths, guts, arms, legs or reproductive organs, but an ancient "network" of strings may have helped them dominate the ocean floor anyway.

https://www.livescience.com/rangeomorph-fossils-social-network-filaments.html

 

[CuriousIdent]

Here's a tantalizingly misleading one ...

This 500 million-year-old 'social network' may have helped sea monsters clone themselves

Actually ... A science article about odd sedentary marine organisms from over a half-billion years ago.



https://www.livescience.com/rangeomorph-fossils-social-network-filaments.html

 

[uair01]

William Shatner gets horse semen in divorce settlement

https://t.co/nhX1YX1eui https://t.co/sK4EAeMR4s

 

[uair01]

"The US military linguist accused of keeping a list of secret informants hidden under her mattress and sharing those names with a romantic interest liked to the Hezbollah terror group appeared stone faced in court this week." https://t.co/NitmlMG4Ul

 

[kamalktk]

Woman who married herself cheated on herself


https://www.indy100.com/article/sop...rself-cheated-herself-affair-sologamy-8018651

 

[GNC]

...With Herself?

 

[INT21]

Split personality ?

 

[maximus otter]

Narcissist gets face on telly.

Narcissist gets face on telly again.

maximus otter

 

[Mythopoeika]

Narcissist gets face on telly.

Narcissist gets face on telly again.

maximus otter

Job done!

 

[cycleboy2]

Pig starts farm fire by excreting pedometer

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...s-pig-starts-farm-fire-by-excreting-pedometer

Copper from the pedometer's battery reacted with dung and dry hay, and whoosh!

 

[kamalktk]

Why Was Benjamin Franklin’s Basement Filled With Skeletons?


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...nklins-basement-filled-with-skeletons-524521/

 

[Mythopoeika]

Why Was Benjamin Franklin’s Basement Filled With Skeletons?


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...nklins-basement-filled-with-skeletons-524521/

Those were the scientists who made all the discoveries for him.
Edison had a similar set-up.

 

[EnolaGaia]

Unborn Baby Sharks Will Swim Between Uteruses to Devour Their Brethren

This one actually concerns what it says, but it seems quite bizarre unless you know that (a) sharks can have multiple uteruses and (b) shark embryos can and will eat each other.

https://www.sciencealert.com/unborn-baby-sharks-will-swim-between-uteruses-to-devour-their-brethren

 

[EnolaGaia]

Slime Mould Has Been Used to Recreate The Invisible Web Holding Our Universe Together

No, our universe isn't held together by slime mould ... This article discusses simulating the branching growth patterns of slime moulds to simulate the structural layout of the "cosmic web."

https://www.sciencealert.com/slime-...e-cosmic-web-from-set-of-galactic-coordinates

 

[EnolaGaia]

In case you need a seemingly bigger issue to take your mind off the coronavirus pandemic, this might be the headline for you ...

Ancient Supermassive Black Hole Has Its Particle Beam Aimed Right at Earth

FULL STORY: https://www.sciencealert.com/scient...ar-aiming-its-particle-beam-directly-at-earth

NOTE: Follow-on discussion about this particular topic have been moved to:

https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/astronomical-news.19841/page-51

 

[Lord Lucan]

This bovine is on the lam!

Wanted cow that has evaded US police since January ‘faster than it looks’

A cow described as “faster than it looks” is wanted by US police after avoiding capture for over a month.
The elusive female has been on the loose in South Florida since late January and local authorities have now issued a wanted poster for her.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/discove...ince-january-faster-than-it-looks-987463.html

 

[Yithian]

She's shipping them directly to our house from Ancient Syria, I'm told.