Earth Oddity Podcast

News Links for the Week: A woman was bitten while using an outhouse near Haines. It turned out to be a bear: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2021/02/18/woman-gets-surprise-bite-while-using-outhouse-near-haines/ Danish woman says she won’t shave mustache or trim unibrow just to land a man: https://nypost.com/2021/02/20/danish-woman-says-she-wont-shave-mustache-trim-unibrow/ Feds seize $2.8...

News Links for the Week: Warren police search for man who pooped in unlocked cars at auto shops: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2021/02/13/serial-pooper-warren-auto-shop/4473316001/ Man arrested after attempting to rob exactly three tacos from an Akron Taco Bell: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/akron-canton-news/man-arrested-after-attempting-to-rob-exactly-th...

News Links for the Week: Six arrested after changing Hollywood sign to ‘Hollyboob’: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-01/hollywood-sign-hollyboob-six-arrested Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle: https://apnews.com/article/world-news-jamaica-kingston-coronavirus-pandemic-marijuana-2d9e9c6dbc4d311e7b7085708eca0571 Scientists develop transparent wood that is stronger...

News Links for the Week: China uses anal swabs to test for COVID-19: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/536197-china-uses-anal-swabs-to-test-for-covid-19 Billionaires are blaming the GameStop surge on Covid stimulus checks: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gamestock-stimulus-check-jeffrey-gundlach-b1795274.html Completely tattooed man who wants to become a 'black alien' has had his...

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News Links for the Week: This man owns $321M in bitcoin — but he can't access it because he lost his password: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.5875363/this-man-owns-321m-in-bitcoin-but-he-can-t-access-it-because-he-lost-his-password-1.5875366 Horned D.C. protester makes first court appearance, refuses to eat in detention: https://www.abc15.com/news/state/horned-...

News Links for the Week: US intelligence agencies have 180 days to share what they know about UFOs, thanks to the Covid-19 relief and spending bill:https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/10/us/ufo-report-emergency-relief-bill-trnd/index.html Pharmacist accused of spoiling COVID-19 vaccine believed it would change people's DNA: https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/pharmacist-accused-of-spoiling-covid-19-vacci...

News Links for the Week: Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized following his blockage of $2,000 stimulus checks: https://amp.courier-journal.com/amp/4112137001 Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco Home Vandalized With Graffiti, Severed Pig’s Head: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/01/02/report-pelosi-san-francisco-home-vandalized-graffiti-apparent-pigs-head/ Child labor in palm oil industry ti...

News Links for the Week: 'Balloon boy hoax' parents pardoned in Colorado: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55436883 Mysterious gingerbread monolith appears in San Francisco: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/mysterious-gingerbread-monolith-appears-in-san-francisco-1.5245216 Man pulls 19 hand grenades out of river while magnet fishing:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/birmingham-ri...

News Links for the Week: Amazon driver dumped packages in woods, claimed was tossing feces: https://www.nj.com/crime/2020/12/amazon-driver-dumped-packages-in-woods-claimed-was-tossing-feces-cops-say.html South Africa's chief justice unrepentant for linking Covid vaccines to satanism: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/south-africa-chief-justice-unrepentant-link-vaccines-satanism-coronav...

News Links for the Week: Mysterious monolith similar to one found in Utah appears in California: https://abc3340.com/news/offbeat/mysterious-monolith-similar-to-one-found-in-utah-appears-in-california California dog owner punches 350lb black bear in the FACE to save his rescue pitbull Buddy from its mouth during vicious attack: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9021647/California-man-punche...

News Links for the Week: Utah monolith- Has the mysterious metal object disappeared?: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55119940 'All we could do was run': the strange story of Gerald, the turkey who terrorized a city: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/25/oakland-turkey-gerald-attack-rose-garden Czech hunter reports rifle-stealing deer to police: https://in.reuters.com/article/cz...

News Links for the Week: Grow-your-own human steaks meal kit is not 'technically' cannibalism, makers say: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/human-steaks-meal-kit-design-award-not-cannibalism Zoo Separates 5 Parrots After the Birds Were Caught Encouraging Each Other to Swear At Guests: https://people.com/pets/5-parrots-separated-for-swearing/ Man tried to burn down his mother's home after she ref...

News Links for the Week: Suspect in custody for Rick Moranis assault: https://nypost.com/2020/11/14/suspect-in-custody-in-rick-moranis-assault/ Portland politician who called 911 over Lyft spat blames ‘white supremacists’: https://nypost.com/2020/11/15/politician-who-called-911-over-lyft-spat-blames-white-supremacists/amp/ Fight club in New York City with over 200 people broken up by authorities:...

News Links for the Week: Kanye West concedes election defeat, gives one-word concession speech: https://ew.com/celebrity/kanye-west-concedes-election-defeat/ Woman accused of impersonating prosecutor, dropping criminal charges against herself: https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/woman-accused-of-impersonating-prosecutor-dropping-criminal-charges-against-herself/article_1fdb1551-147d-53dd-ad45-...

News Links for the Week: Costco pulling products allegedly made with forced monkey labor: https://nypost.com/2020/10/28/costco-pulling-products-allegedly-made-with-forced-monkey-labor/ Man mauled by leopard behind Davie home; animal’s owner charged: https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/10/28/man-mauled-by-leopard-behind-davie-home/ Lane Kiffin wants to pay $25K SEC fine with pennies, but isn't...

News Links for the Week: President Trump’s Twitter accessed by security expert who guessed password ‘maga2020!’: https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/22/dutch-hacker-trump-twitter-account-password/ Seattle libraries implement racial segregation in the name of social justice: https://thepostmillennial.com/seattle-libraries-implement-racial-segregation-in-the-name-of-social-justice Facebook demands academ...

News Links for the Week: Woman calls off wedding with ghost after he ‘kept disappearing’: https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/woman-calls-off-wedding-with-ghost-after-he-kept-disappearing/ Ikea in Spain has its own Boaty McBoatFace moment: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ikea-spain-valladolid-street-name-change-calle-me-falta-un-tornillo-boaty-mcboatface-b1036936.html A man flying in a j...

News Links for the Week:  Tennessee Man Tries to Resurrect Dead Grandmother, Causes $30,000 Damage to Cemetery: https://www.newsweek.com/tennessee-man-resurrect-dead-grandmother-damage-cemetery-police-1537425 Peruvian Shamans Use Ancestral Ritual To Predict Winner Of U.S. Election: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peruvian-shamans-predict-trump-or-biden_n_5f6294ffc5b61845586615b0 ‘Beast of a snake’:...

News Links for the Week: Elderly woman (71) is the suspected getaway driver for burglar gang: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elderly-woman-71-is-the-suspected-getaway-driver-for-burglar-gang-39583999.html Meet 'Lady Ninja,' the 67-year-old who beat up a man attacking her friend — and saved her life: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/02/lady-ninja-67-year-old-california-woma...

News Links for the Week: This 25-ton Gundam robot in Japan can move its arms and legs: https://www.cnet.com/news/new-25-ton-gundam-robot-in-japan-can-move-its-arms-and-legs/ Instagram model who poses as Catwoman jailed for masked robberies: https://nypost.com/2020/09/22/instagram-model-who-poses-as-catwoman-jailed-for-masked-robberies/ Three railroad workers built a 'man cave' under New York's Gra...

News Links for the Week:  Tesla owner in Canada charged with ‘sleeping’ while driving over 90 mph: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/18/21445168/tesla-driver-sleeping-police-charged-canada-autopilot Jerry Falwell Jr. allegedly got drunk and fell down stairs amid pool boy sex scandal: https://nypost.com/2020/09/17/jerry-falwell-jr-allegedly-got-drunk-and-fell-down-stairs-amid-scandal/amp/ Severed han...

News Links for the Week: Scientists baffled by orcas ramming sailing boats near Spain and Portugal:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/13/killer-whales-launch-orchestrated-attacks-on-sailing-boats Postcard stamped in 1920 delivered 100 years later: https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/michigan/postcard-stamped-in-1920-delivered-100-years-later Thick clouds of mosquitoes kill li...

News Links for the Week: Pilots report mysterious man with jetpack flying near planes: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pilots-report-mysterious-man-jetpack-flying-planes/story?id=72755638 Flat Earthers End Up in Quarantine After Sailing to the 'End of the World': https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/g5pnz4/flat-earthers-lampedusa-lost-quarantine FBI worried that Ring doorbells are spying on police:...

News Links for the Week: Elon Musk's brain implant is working -- in pigs: https://www.engadget.com/neuralink-pig-implant-tma-131802027.html Hurricane Laura topples Confederate statue, two weeks after officials voted to keep it: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hurricane-laura-confederate-statue-louisiana-lake-charles/#app Michigan woman discovered alive at funeral home was in body bag for two hour...