Weird

Utah officials say a possible dropped phone resulted in a typo that overvalued a home for almost $1 billion. And taxpayers may have to pay for the mistake. The Deseret News reports a house built in 1978 in an unincorporated area of the county was recorded in 2019 tax rolls with a value of more than $987 million. That’s an…

Visitors to the Tennessee Aquarium may be shocked to learn that an electric eel named Miguel Wattson is lighting up a Christmas tree. A special system connected to Miguel’s tank enables his shocks to power strands of lights on a nearby tree, according to a news release. Miguel releases low-voltage blips of electricity when he is trying to fin...

Myah Autry turned herself in to the NYPD in the Bronx Wednesday night, police said. Charges against her are pending

A black cat interrupted the Cowboys’ Monday Night Football game against the New York Giants with under 6 minutes to go in the second quarter at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Severe rain and wind have managed to move a massive iron scow that has been stuck on a rocky perch near Niagara Falls since 1918. For 101 years the dumping scow was considered to be an unmovable landmark ⁠— until it dislodged on Thursday, according to Niagara Parks. The ship, which has deteriorated over the last century, appeared to have...

A bloodied “Carrie” costume had first responders thinking a woman who totaled her car on an Ohio interstate was in far worse shape than she was. Sidney Wolfe, 20, was at a haunted house over the weekend dressed as Stephen King’s “Carrie,” with fake blood covering her face and a white prom dress, an outfit she wore to p...

A man’s day went down the toilet when her “rolled” up to one of the security checkpoints at Newark Liberty International Airport earlier this week.

Your dream home may be haunted, and in most states, sellers don’t have to say boo about it.

A Michigan woman said that a device launched by Samsung into space last week crash-landed on her rural property in Michigan on Saturday. The “Space Selfie” device, which the company said aimed to capture images “using a unique view of planet earth as the backdrop,” was found by Nancy Mumby-Welke and her husband on Saturday morning after...

Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 1,000 box turtles that were illegally collected in Oklahoma.

Hungry? Roadkill maybe for dinner.

It seems Florida residents aren’t the only ones making use of their pools to cool off from the heat.

A Hawaii family has won a place with the Guinness World Records for the world’s heaviest avocado.