Offbeat

A message in a bottle has been pulled from the ocean 98 years after it was written, and officials say it is the world’s oldest of its kind. Scottish fisherman Andrew Leaper found the letter in his nets while sailing off of Scotland’s northern coast. And on Thursday, Guinness World Records confirmed that is the old message in a bottle ... Read More »

A farmer in Southern Nepal, shot and killed his son, believing he was killing a monkey stealing crops. This must have been very difficult for the father after he realized his mistake, but it was too late then. His 12-year-old son died immediately. Chitra Bahadur Pulami had been climbing a tree to chase away macaques that had become a nuisance ... Read More »

An innovative, yet crazy and completely out of the box idea. Kfar Kedem is a historic park in northern Israel that promises to take visitors back 1,000 to 2,000 years to biblical times. You can thresh grain there, don old fashioned robes, press oil from fresh olives, ride the rolling hills on donkeys, and as of recently, you’ll also get ... Read More »

Well, they are not fining kids but grown educated adults who can’t seems to stick to a few simple rules. City officials in Santa Clara, Calif., are scrambling to fix a two-word mistake in the upcoming November ballot that could cost a Silicon Valley water district more than half a billion dollars. The issue stems around wording for a measure ... Read More »

Who would have thought that the use of the word “hell” could cause so much trouble? An Oklahoma high school valedictorian had did it and she has been denied her diploma. She had done this way back in May and is still waiting for her diploma. The school simply refused to hand over her diploma. The desperate family has turned ... Read More »

Brooke Greenberg is the size of an infant, with the mental capacity of a toddler. She hasn’t aged in over 19 years. She turned 19 in January. “Why doesn’t she age?” Howard Greenberg, 52, asked of his daughter. “Is she the fountain of youth?” Such questions are why scientists are fascinated by Brooke. Among the many documented instances of children ... Read More »

Dinner party conversation can be difficult, but for Seth Horvitz, the high-caliber assault rifle he mistakenly received through Amazon.com was the perfect centerpiece. Horvitz was immediately suspicious of the package that arrived on his doorstep Tuesday because its size and shape didn’t appear to match the flat screen television he’d ordered. Expecting a used Westinghouse 39-inch LED television that he ... Read More »