Japan has been storing radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in leaky holding tanks since the earthquake in 2011. This week the government announced that it plans to release over one million tons of contaminated water into the surrounding ocean. Have they never seen Godzilla?
Singapore Airlines, stuck with a couple of massive Airbus A380 planes parked at Changi Airport, turned them into pop-up restaurants. Reservations sold out in 30 minutes.
Just like Champagne and Bordeaux, Humboldt County will declare itself an appellation for cannabis connoisseurs.
A Japanese tourist, who has been patiently waiting out the pandemic at the base of Machu Picchu in Peru for seven months, was granted solo access to the 500 year old Inca citadel.
Police searching for misappropriated public funds found a wad of banknotes concealed between the clenched buttocks of a Brazilian senator.
Nokia, looking for new markets, will install a wireless network on the moon.
A severed fiber optic cable brought down the voter registration site for the State of Virginia during the last hours before the registration deadline.
Two former Oklahoma County detention officers and their supervisor were charged with putting undue emotional stress on inmates by playing Baby Shark at loud volumes, on a loop.
Justin Beiber designed a line of Crocs and they sold out in 90 minutes.
Donald Trump said the only person more famous than him is Jesus Christ.
Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any weirder, a Zamboni burst into flames. The driver heroically drove it off the rink to save the ice.
Another brand from my childhood bites the dust. Coca-Cola announced the 1970s saccharin-sweetened soft drink Tab is being taken off the market.
Photo from @briansolis
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