mysteries
Is Beyonce Wearing a Fake Baby Bump in This Interview?
Matt Cherette · 10/10/11 06:39PMIn an interview that aired on Australian television last night, Beyonce revealed that she's due to give birth in February.
Miracle Message-in-a-Bottle Unites Old Acquaintances
Lauri Apple · 10/08/11 12:59PMSwiss Couple Claims Mysterious Wild Boy, Who Wants Nothing to Do With Them
Maureen O'Connor · 10/07/11 02:19PM
An elderly Swiss couple who saw a picture of the "forest boy" who wandered out of the woods and into Berlin's City Hall claim to be his grandparents, and have submitted to a DNA test to prove it.
Brooklyn UFO Sighting Caught on Tape: 'Shiiiiit'
Maureen O'Connor · 10/07/11 01:12PMUpdated. Bushwick resident and YouTube user TheFallGuy53 was minding his own business, sitting on his front stoop, when suddenly, an apparition of light. A UFO, lurking in the north Brooklyn sky!
Did the New iPhone Break the Internet?
Adrian Chen · 10/05/11 10:26AMMysterious White Powder Terrorizes America Anew!
Hamilton Nolan · 10/04/11 08:02AM
Have you been under the impression that now, a decade after 9/11, you could stop fearing the ubiquitous Mysterious White Powder that could—at any moment—come spilling out of a nearby envelope, forcing you to evacuate your office? Wrong!
Book: Puffy Had Tupac Killed, Suge Knight Had Biggie Killed
Hamilton Nolan · 10/03/11 10:38AM
Internationally famous rap star Tupac Shakur was shot dead in an extremely public fashion in 1996. Internationally famous rap star Biggie Smalls was shot dead in an extremely public fashion in 1997. Still, no one has ever been charged with their murders. That is some bullshit. However! A new book from a former LAPD investigator on the case has very interesting story to tell.
Are Nicolas Cage and John Travolta Undead?
Seth Abramovitch · 09/29/11 12:08AM
There were those who laughed off a recent eBay listing claiming to offer a Civil War-era photograph of Nicolas Cage (he went by Jack Mord back then, but that was probably just an anagram) for the cool asking price of $1 million. "Personally," the seller wrote, "I believe it's him and that he is some sort of walking undead/vampire, etcetera, who quickens/reinvents himself once every 75 years or so."
Man's Death Ruled a Case of Spontaneous Combustion
Lauri Apple · 09/23/11 06:49AM
Is human spontaneous combustion a real thing? Damned if I know. But some coroner in Ireland has just ruled that a 76-year-old man who burned to death in his home died after catching on fire without external provocation, so according to that coroner, the answer is YES.
Here Are Photos of the Mystery 'Arabic' Graffiti Terrorizing Southwest Airlines
Hamilton Nolan · 09/22/11 04:04PM
This morning we told you about the rash of mysterious "Arabic" graffiti appearing on the underside of Southwest Airlines planes recently, which has prompted an FBI investigation. Now, a tipster has sent us actual photos. Cower in fear!
Wild Child Wanders Out of Forest: 'I Don't Know Who I Am'
Maureen O'Connor · 09/20/11 03:19PM
A mysterious "forest boy" presented himself at Berlin City Hall two weeks ago. The first words he spoke were English: "I'm alone in the world. I don't know who I am. Please help me." He is believed to be 17, and to have spent the last five years sleeping on the ground in a forest. His identity is a mystery.
Hot Dog Statue Mystery Solved
Lauri Apple · 09/16/11 01:05AM
The hot dog statue seen lurking about Council Bluffs, Iowa has been reunited with its owner, who proved his ownership by showing the statue's arms to police. Teens who were "creeped out' by its leer" stole it, the man said.
Mysterious Light in Southwest Sky Just a Comet, Says NASA Cover-Up Specialist
Seth Abramovitch · 09/15/11 01:26AMRecondite Hot Dog Statue Unnerves Council Bluffs, Iowa
Hamilton Nolan · 09/13/11 04:50PMWe Now Know Why Fingers Wrinkle in Water
Maureen O'Connor · 09/12/11 12:45PM
One of the great mysteries of humankind—Why do my fingers get all wrinkly during baths?—has maybe-possibly been solved. Says science: "Much like the tread on a tire, [raisin fingers] improve traction." Sure, that sounds reasonable. Apparently the nervous system controls the wrinkle response, and it has nothing to do with bloating or water absorption. [Well, BrainBehavior&Evolution, Image via Afronova/Shutterstock]
Ron Paul: Rick Perry Did Not Beat Me Up
Jim Newell · 09/09/11 11:02AMRon Paul's online army was terrified yesterday to see a Reuters photo from a debate commercial moment in which Rick Perry puts his hand on Paul's arm, points his finger at him, and appears likely to eat his face off. So did Rick Perry beat the crap out of our noble Doctor Congressman while the television cameras were off? According to Ron Paul... no, obviously not.
The Creepy Secret Sex Den and Gynecological Center of Tripoli
Maureen O'Connor · 09/07/11 12:09PM
The legacy of Qaddafi's Libya keeps getting weirder. The new president of Tripoli's prestigious Fateh University recently discovered a mysterious subterranean complex under Green Theater, a center for studying Qaddafi's political manifesto the Green Book. The complex contains a bedroom, jacuzzis, mood lighting… and a fully equipped gynecological operating theater with klieg lights and an observation deck. So that's, uh, creepy. Take it away, horrified new university president:
National Guard Trucks Can Drive Underwater?
Maureen O'Connor · 08/29/11 01:29PMWha—? Maybe—? No, I have no idea, I'm not going to bother trying to evaluate. This surreal video apparently shows a pair of National Guard trucks driving down the street in Manville, NJ, fully submerged in water. At the end of the video, camo-uniformed guardsmen climb out the windows and onto the vehicles' roofs. As the increasingly annoying cameraman wonders, "How is that possible?"
Sad, Dead Hurricane Beast Spotted on Long Island
Lauri Apple · 08/28/11 05:26PM
Behold the sight of this poor Irene victim, whose bloated, furry body was spotted by this blogger on the sands of Long Beach, New York. What do you think it is? Don't say it's a "Montauk monster," because that guy was irreplaceable.