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November 27, 2020

Fuggedaboutit: Austrian village named 'F---ing' to change name after unwanted tourist attention

The residents of a tiny Austrian village named F–king have voted to change its name after enduring unwanted attention from English-speaking tourists.

November 27, 2020

Booze-erker: Woman smashes 500 bottles of booze in British supermarket

A berserk woman went on a booze-related rampage — smashing hundreds of bottles of wine and spirits inside a British supermarket Wednesday.

November 25, 2020

Squirrel gets drunk off bad pears, teeters on railing, Minnesota woman’s video shows

A Minnesota woman removed some bad pears from her refrigerator and left them outside for the squirrels – one of which got a visibly tipsy on the fermented fruit in home video.

November 20, 2020

Colorado park bathroom wins 'America's best restroom' contest

The organizers of the annual America’s Best Restroom contest have flushed out another winner to throne as 2020’s champion.

November 19, 2020

Grow-your-own human steaks meal kit is not 'technically' cannibalism, makers say

The saying “you are what you eat” may soon become a lot more literal.

November 18, 2020

Florida man arrested after strapping downed light pole to car roof on highway

A Florida man who strapped a light pole to the roof of his car on a highway has been arrested on charges of grand theft, authorities said.

November 13, 2020

Wisconsin police seek 'conifer crook' who stole rare tree

Police in Wisconsin are stumped over who would steal a tree from the flagship branch of the state university.

November 11, 2020

Grocery-stealing Lake Tahoe bear released back in wild, officials share

When a Lake Tahoe community had an unbearable problem, California wildlife officials stepped in to help.

November 6, 2020

More pets than children in Taiwan as birthrate drops, report indicates

A stroller on the streets of Taipei is seemingly just as likely to carry a puppy as a human baby these days.

November 6, 2020

Creepy, snake-sized invasive worm spotted in Virginia, and it’s ‘essentially immortal’

A foot-long invasive species slithered by a suburban Virginia resident last week, leaving pest-control experts scratching their heads before they found help identifying it.