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Offbeat News tagged with humor

10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
Offbeat  (tags: world, unusual, technology, humor, funny, Doomday, predictions )

Katie
- 19 hours ago - livescience.com
With the upcoming disaster film "2012" and the current hype about Mayan calendars and doomsday predictions, it seems like a good time to put such notions in context.
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Chinese Traffic Cop's Funny Lecture on Helmet Safety (Video)
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, culture, custom, funny, humans, humor, interesting, off-beat, unusual, society, world )

Daphna
- 4 days ago - treehugger.com
When Beijing Policeman Tan, the star of his very own local news segment, stops a motorcyclist because his passenger isn't wearing his helmet, we get an earful on gender norms, hairstyles, and one of our favorite topics -- helmets! See the video below.
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Oldest Graffiti Vandal Arrested: 74-Year-Old Gets Tagged By Cops
Offbeat  (tags: graffiti, humor, funny, unusual, crime, police )

Lone
- 5 days ago - nydailynews.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A 74-year-old man said to be the oldest graffiti vandal ever captured in Los Angeles County was arrested Friday, authorities said
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25 Pounds of Pot in Fruit Crate at Texas Prison
Offbeat  (tags: inmates, marijuana, fruit, humor, bizarre, unusual, odd, interesting )

Lone
- 9 days ago - star-telegram.com
EDINBURG, Texas -- A police department's gift of fruit to a Texas prison turned out to contain 25 pounds of marijuana
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28 Balls-Video
Offbeat  (tags: arts, bizarre, culture, funny, humans, humor, interesting, odd, off-beat, pictures, unusual )

Daphna
- 9 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
When art dabbles with science, the results don't always chime. Not so in the case of Pascual Sisto's 28 Years in the Implicate Order. Mesmerising, spellbinding - this video loop of multiple balls bouncing in sync with one another is these descriptions and
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Schwarzenegger Flips Off Lawmakers in Hidden Message
Offbeat  (tags: funny, subtle, cutting, government, Schwarzenegger )

Janet
- 11 days ago - digg.com
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is ticked off. He's tired of signing bills that don't address the pet causes he deems important.The guv vetoed it and sent lawmakers a little note saying why...
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Brazilian Man Turns Up Alive at His Own Funeral-As Is Customary in Brazil, the Funeral Was Held the Following Day.
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, odd, interesting, bizarre, auto, crime, humor, performance, police, safety, society, news )

Suzybell
- 11 days ago - metro.co.uk
A Brazilian man who was thought to have been killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family when he turned up alive at his funeral. Relatives of bricklayer Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a car crash on Sunday night, pol
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Korean Woman's Driving Test Joy... After 950 Attempts
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, odd, off-beat, performance, interesting, humor, funny, bizarre, culture, humans, cars, safety, society )

Suzybell
- 11 days ago - metro.co.uk
A woman in South Korea who has tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded - on her 950th time. Having spent more than 5 million won ($4,200) on application fees, Cha Sa-soon, 68,
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Wife Discovers Allergy to Husband's Sperm on Wedding Night
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, performance, interesting, funny, bizarre, culture, children, society, women, humor, research, Body-Mind-Spirit, AlternativeMed, nutrition, treatment )

Suzybell
- 11 days ago - metro.co.uk
An American couple are looking into other methods of having children after they discovered that she was allergic to his sperm - on their wedding night.Mike and Julie Boyde of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, went out for two years after meeting at university and
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Sao Paulo's Incredible Storm Drain Graffiti
Offbeat  (tags: arts, culture, design, humor, interesting, off-beat, photos, pictures, society, unusual, world )

Daphna
- 12 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
Where there is concrete, let there be colour; where there is asphalt, let there be kickass graffiti. The world's metropolises are grey enough places without a hard line stance against graffiti - and the good it can bring. Take Sao Paulo, whose sprawling m
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THE BEST WAY TO WASTE YOUR FRIDAY AT WORK Go to WAL MART
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, interesting, humor, funny, bizarre, culture, ethics, society, pictures, odd, safety, world, photos )

Suzybell
- 13 days ago - peopleofwalmart.com
All we're gonna say is this is the best website we've ever seen to make the time at work go by fast. And, you'll be forwarding this link to everyone you know, in and out of your office..
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Incredible Cube Art Collaboration
Offbeat  (tags: culture, design, humans, humor, off-beat, interesting, unusual, funny )

Daphna
- 16 days ago - gimundo.com
This amazing time-lapse video shows a group of artists creating an ever-changing painting from a group of large blocks. A must-see!
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Night of 1000 Pumpkins Has Pixies, Fairies, Jimi Hendrix, Lucy and Ricki
Offbeat  (tags: Halloween, funny, humor, interesting, news )

Sally
- 19 days ago - newsblaze.com
Shannon Cheyne, Sutter Street Merchants manager, said We thought this would be a great event for families ... as you can see from the number of people ... it is a huge success.
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