Funny/Strange News Stories

[05XR8]

Erebus staffer charged with assault and false report

Repco Supercars Championship - Sydney SuperNight at Sydney Motorsport Park Police had been told the 20-year-old man was assaulted by

speedcafe.com

 

[sirjim73]

I think this qualifies as strange/unusual:

Wojtek: The bear who was a private in the Polish army

The bear was enlisted into the Polish army and served alongside soldiers during World War Two.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Scaff]

I think this qualifies as strange/unusual:

Wojtek: The bear who was a private in the Polish army

The bear was enlisted into the Polish army and served alongside soldiers during World War Two.

www.bbc.co.uk

I will see your bear and raise it with a Penguin.

The Penguin has rank as well.

Nils Olav - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Meythia]

I will see your bear and raise it with a Penguin.

It seems there are more of them, though no penguin on this specific list:

13 Heroic Military Animals You Had No Idea Existed

Everyone knows their pet would stand beside them in their time of need, but what if they went above and beyond? History is full of decorated war animals who risked life and limb by sticking by the sides of the soldiers who needed them most. These animal war heroes have all been distinguished for...

www.ranker.com

TIL: GI Joe was a bird 😵

 

[PaMu1337]

Russia fines Google $2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

US tech giant receives $2.5 decillion penalty after taking action against Russian propaganda

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Famine]

Russia fines Google $2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

US tech giant receives $2.5 decillion penalty after taking action against Russian propaganda

www.independent.co.uk

 

[UKMikey]

Let us know when it reaches a googol.

 

[EngieDiesel]

Russia fines Google $2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

US tech giant receives $2.5 decillion penalty after taking action against Russian propaganda

www.independent.co.uk

Eh, no biggie. Just take out a small loan from Zimbabwe and it'll be sorted easy:

 

[Joey D]

Maybe they meant rubles since that probably works out to be six bucks with how worthless the Russkis' money is.

 

[Touring Mars]

Maybe they meant rubles since that probably works out to be six bucks with how worthless the Russkis' money is.

They should have made it a Googol, which would have worked out at around $400.

 

[Darla Starch]

Maybe they meant rubles since that probably works out to be six bucks with how worthless the Russkis' money is.

Pay it in Robux

 

[Liquid]

Eh, no biggie. Just take out a small loan from Zimbabwe and it'll be sorted easy:

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Proud owner of one of these. In fact, I have Z$100,011,500,000,507.

 

[Touring Mars]

Eh, no biggie. Just take out a small loan from Zimbabwe and it'll be sorted easy:

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Not quite as easy as you might think.

Even with bills of "100 trillion" denomination, you'd still need a stack of bills so high it would reach 1/16th of the way to Proxima Centauri, or about 1.5 trillion miles.

 

[GBO Possum]

Not quite as easy as you might think.

Even with bills of "100 trillion" denomination, you'd still need a stack of bills so high it would reach 1/16th of the way to Proxima Centauri, or about 1.5 trillion miles.

Would the guy who stopped at Mars actually know this stuff?

 

[UKMikey]

Surfer bitten by shark again at same beach 11 years apart

He was 16 in 2013 when a blacktip reef shark bit his hand

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Sprite]

Guess the shark came back to fin-ish the business.