weird news

Talking for hours on end can be quite a strain on your voice. How about talking for 33 hours straight while giving the weather forecast? The world record for longest weather report has been broken by a woman in Norway.

Most typical ten year old kids aren't thinking about budgets, marketing strategies or worrying about the bottom line. Meet Jack Jones, the ten year old CEO of a company which buys and sells textbooks online.

Here's a different way to establish a rapport with the people you protect. On a recent Sunday morning, a new police officer in Kansas City challenged neighborhood kids to a dance off in the street to see who had the better dance moves. All in the name of fun and some Jolly Rancher candies.

This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home and this little piggy grabbed his surfboard and hit the beach. What? Time to check out Kama the pig who just can't get enough of riding the waves on a surfboard.

A bear at the Budapest Zoo was the unlikely rescuer of a bird in trouble. The bird was drowning and the bear pulled it to safety. Hardly what you'd expect from a bear, right?

Forget those scratching poles and cat toys. A three year old cat in Sarasota, Florida was feeling a bit bored, so he hopped on the phone and dialed 911.

Is there such a thing as a successful business in 2014 that operates without a phone number, website, electronic scanners or credit cards? Sounds really crazy, doesn't it? Meet Minnesota's largest candy store which operates successfully without any of those things.

Throwing punches and chairs on a TV talk show? Not unusual if it was "The Jerry Springer Show" but that's not the show I'm talking about here. Seems there's a guest who keeps showing up on Jordanian TV talk shows who prefers using his fists, tables and chairs to communicate. What's the deal with that?

Kids love school buses. There are countless books and toys for kids featuring school buses. Stealing a school bus? Now that's a different story. Apparently a 12 year old in Florida managed to steal a school bus not once but twice.

Being a news reporter puts you in all sorts of situations and some of them can be quite dangerous. A reporter in West Virginia was shot at while she was covering a murder story. Luckily she wasn't hit but it shook her up a bit  which is completely understandable.

Despite massive amounts of wealth in Hong Kong, there are thousands living there in conditions that frankly aren't fit for humans, especially parents with small children. Could you imagine living with your family in a room the size of a king mattress?

Pranks and jokes sometimes backfire and this air traffic controller's joke has led to his job suspension. What did he do?