Florida man strikes again! Thanks to Florida's Sunshine Law allowing very open access to public records of police goings-on, we get a whole lot of wtf stories coming out of the state. In the headlines, the Florida men of all stripes come out of the woodwork and make the world a wackier, drunker, and more dangerous place.
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Buffets are a very interesting thing. For some, the concept of having a restaurant where the goal is to just eat as much as you can seems completely ridiculous. Everyone's been to one, with mixed experiences. Whether it's the diverse clientele, the sometimes sketchy owners, the dubious protection of a sneeze guard, or whatever might be found by health inspectors, they're places full of wonder and potential horror.
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If you didn't have a reason to like legendary actor Danny Trejo already, then how about him pulling a kid from a car crash? Trejo was an at intersection when an SUV collided with a car. The crash overturned the SUV, trapping a young boy and his grandma inside. Trejo sprung into action, unbuckled the boy with another bystander and kept him calm while firefighters arrived. Points also to the guy for doing the interview with no shirt on.
Most people wish they were taller, but few people think that there might be any drawbacks to living in a world that was made to accommodate people a foot shorter than you. Here's a bunch of tall people cramped into small spaces, leering over bathroom dividers, hitting their heads on stuff, and generally being what seems like inappropriately tall. For some instructions for the tall, here's memes about how to talk to short people.
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The bluntnose sixgill shark is an ancient deep sea predator. Like it's been around since before most dinosaurs. They average between 3.1 to 4.2 meters (10 to 14 ft) long but can get up to 8 meters (26 ft) long. This crew of scientists got a good look at one. These group is also credited with being the first ever to tag an animal from a submarine. Look at that eye roll into the back of it's head.
Sometimes your brain tries to make sense of something before your eyes actually have a chance to adjust to what's really going on. The result can be double-take-worthy moments where people look like giants, dogs look like they're buff, and mountains have faces, among other things. So get ready to strain youreyesa little.
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UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA. Apparently he rode it for 5 minutes before making it all the way into the TSA bag room! Who knows how much his parents were absolutely losing their minds the whole time, but at least we get to see what it would be like if we had done it ourselves if we had the chance.
Behold, what was once an obstructive pipe is now a saxophone! Here's public graffiti that either made a statement or just cleverly tried to make the best out of a less-than-pretty concrete landscape. For more art finding its way into everyday life, here are some brilliantly vandalized school textbooks.
Alright, yeah that's pretty badass. Nothing like jumping over a highly televised, world renowned sporting event. People need to jump over more events. Thank goodness he made it. Who knows how many people would hate this guy if he just flopped onto the course into oodles of bicyclists.
Please judge all of these books by their covers, it's more fun that way. While we're not exactly sure what's in some of these, we can be pretty sure the Furby Trainer's Guide or Understanding Horse Psychology are things that we don't exactly see as page-turners. For more funny books, here are some weird and specific how-to books.
You're a busy person. Cut the fat out all your scary stories. All you need is two sentences to send a rush of chills down your spine. r/twosentencehorror combines succinctness and scariness in a fun, set-up punchline style. Anyway, here are 40 sentences of highly condensed spookiness.
Here's Tumblr going in on the wondrous life of Gotz von Berlichingen. If only we could all be so lucky to live a life as fruitful as the drunken warrior poet with an iron hand. The people of Tumblr know their weird history and are jazzed about letting other people know, hence this awesome tumblr thread about messed up history facts.
When visiting another country, or even a museum, most people know to be respectful. But that's most people. There are some idiots out there who try to mess with wild animals, steal stuff, and be generally stupid. Some are even worse, like this obnoxious group of British Tourists who actually received national attention for how bad they were.
Well never understand what makes a person swerve around a railroad barrier to try to beat a train. And while we'll never understand it, we will certainly watch these idiots do exactly that every single time. For more gifs of insane crap, here's some godlike times people defied the odds and stuck the landing.
It's easy to become a doctor or a lawyer, but have you ever considered the dedication and skill it takes to hold 10 eggs in one hand? Yeah, take that, working professionals. Anyway here are people doing impressive, weird and specific things that most people would be hard pressed to find themselves doing. In a similar vein, here are times godlike people defied the odds to stick the landing.
Warm up your eyes and get ready to be puzzled. We've got giant cats, people with horses for faces, things that look like other things and loads of other junk. Anyway, get ready for confusion and "aha" moments. For more optical illusions, check out these eye-crumbling images of crazy perspective
