Be very worried should you ever be assigned the phone number 0888 888 888. Every person who was assigned that number in the past ten years has died, often of premature causes: Vladimir Grashnov, CEO of Mobitel in Bulgaria, died at age 48 of cancer. Konstantin Dimitrov, Bulgarian mafia boss, was shot and killed (surprise) ...
It’s 2010, right? I ask because people have been getting killed over witchcraft lately, and I just wanted to check to see if we are really in the 21st century or if we had warped way back somehow. Earlier this month in the Bangiwada village in Naswadi, India, seven people were arrested for killing a ...
Robin Vanderlip, of Fairfax County, Virginia, fell down the stairs three years ago, knocking herself out. When she woke up, she spoke with a Russian-like accent and has done so ever since. Scientists call this Foreign Accent Syndrome (creative!) and postulate that the change in accent is due to brain injury that causes slight changes ...
Is there such a thing as a national apocalypse? It might just seem that way in Greece lately. In addition to its severe economic problems, Greece also experienced a problem straight out of the Old Testament: a plague of frogs. Masses of frogs swarmed across a highway in Greece last week, forcing closure of the ...
Fierce crows have been attacking the citizens of Berlin recently. No, they haven’t been watching old Hitchcock movies and getting ideas; they’re protecting their nests during breeding season. Despite having valid reasons for the attacks, the crows are still a significant hazard and have caused a few people to require medical attention. The attacks have ...