This week's top ten of weird includes the smallest (and maybe cutest?) dog in the world and also wiener weddings...
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❿Headline: How short is Pearl, the Chihuahua is shortest dog in the world?
Notes:
- from the ground up, Pearl the pooch is 3.59 inches tall.
- a little bit taller than three quarters, or half a one dollar bill, or a credit card.
- Also helpful... a can of soup is taller than this pooch.
- Pearl is also about as long as a dollar bill (5 inches)
- weighs a little bit more than a pound.
- see (https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/4/pocket-sized-chihuahua-certified-as-worlds-shortest-dog-743720) for a whole bunch of photos of Pearl standing next to everyday items for shortness reference
Notes:
- from the ground up, Pearl the pooch is 3.59 inches tall.
- a little bit taller than three quarters, or half a one dollar bill, or a credit card.
- Also helpful... a can of soup is taller than this pooch.
- Pearl is also about as long as a dollar bill (5 inches)
- weighs a little bit more than a pound.
- see (https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/4/pocket-sized-chihuahua-certified-as-worlds-shortest-dog-743720) for a whole bunch of photos of Pearl standing next to everyday items for shortness reference
Notes:
- 32 year old guy in Connecticut has 2000 pairs of Crocs.
- his name is Doogie but they call him the Croc King and he wants recognition from the the Guinness World Records folks.
- at first, Doogie didn't like Crocs... then some kind of switch got flipped.
- First Doogie wants to get in the Guinness Book then he hopes to open up a Crocseum to share his thousands of Crocs with the rest of us... so we can visit them and be inspired... or uninspired #CrocsLife #CrocsGoals
Link/media: (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/04/06/Croc-king-collection-Crocs/1071680809402/) and Doogie's Insta (https://www.instagram.com/doogielish/?hl=en)
Notes:
- is it a young person's game do you think?
- Bonnie Gooch is in the news, facing charges in a bank robbery...
- she was convicted of robbing a California bank in 1977... then again in 2020 (that one was in Kansas City)...
- She's 78 yeas old.
- this latest incident happened at a bank in Missouri...
- according to reports, her robbery note said: “13,000 small bills,” also “thank you sorry I didn’t mean to scare you.”
- article also notes that Bonnie "smelled strongly of alcohol when officers stopped her" a couple miles away, cash money on the floor of her car.
Link/media: (https://apnews.com/article/bank-robbery-missouri-fcaa66a6c78eefc0e7bdf1df4a88c8c2)
❼Headline: imprisoned by art balls!
Notes:
- in Edmonton they have this art installment that looks like a giant stack of silver balls called the Talus Dome...
- this is a $600,000 work of art that was installed in 2011...
- on the night of Easter Sunday a 26 year old man climb up on the art and found a way inside the giant steel ball sculpture... and then he couldn't get out...
- he had to be rescued and now that 26 year old guy is facing charges of mischief... they had to take apart a section of the art to get the guy out...
- he had to be rescued and now that 26 year old guy is facing charges of mischief... they had to take apart a section of the art to get the guy out...
- do you think that if you get caught doing something like this you have to serve your sentence inside the art installment?
- i think this guy will be scared of art for the rest of his life... museums will never be enjoyable... and also balls will be triggering probably...
Link/media: (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/talus-dome-sculpture-edmonton-man-trapped-1.6806168)
❻Deep Dive on the most-expensive Sandwich on the planet (Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day 2023)... A restaurant in New York brought back their $214 grilled cheese sandwich that's in the Guinness book of World Records as the most expensive sandwich.
Notes:
- restaurant is named Serendipity 3
- sandwich is named the Quintessential Grilled Cheese
- available for a limited time (brought back for National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day)
- sandwich has to be ordered 48 hours in advance
- sandwich features champagne bread made with Dom Perignon
- cheese used is Caciocavallo Podolico
- after grilling the sandwich is gilded in 23-karat gold (edible)
- served with a side of South African Lobster Tomato Bisque
- sandwich is named the Quintessential Grilled Cheese
- available for a limited time (brought back for National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day)
- sandwich has to be ordered 48 hours in advance
- sandwich features champagne bread made with Dom Perignon
- cheese used is Caciocavallo Podolico
- after grilling the sandwich is gilded in 23-karat gold (edible)
- served with a side of South African Lobster Tomato Bisque
- the restaurant also has the World Record for most expensive French fries and most expensive milkshake.
More... History...
According to Days of the Year (https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/grilled-cheese-sandwich-day/), the modern grilled cheese sandwich came about after two food breakthroughs... processed cheese and sliced bread (in 1916 James L Kraft patents his processed cheese method reducing cheese cost and making it more accessible to people... In 1927 Otto Frederick Rohwedder designs a bread slicing and wrapping machine... let's throw in the introduction of Wonder Bread in 1930 also... and when US Navy cookbooks recommended American Cheese sandwiches during World War 2.)
According to Days of the Year (https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/grilled-cheese-sandwich-day/), the modern grilled cheese sandwich came about after two food breakthroughs... processed cheese and sliced bread (in 1916 James L Kraft patents his processed cheese method reducing cheese cost and making it more accessible to people... In 1927 Otto Frederick Rohwedder designs a bread slicing and wrapping machine... let's throw in the introduction of Wonder Bread in 1930 also... and when US Navy cookbooks recommended American Cheese sandwiches during World War 2.)
Notes:
- the Mayor of New York City has done it... he has appointed the city's first rat czar!
- former school teacher Kathleen Corradi is now in charge of brokering peace between the people of New York City and the rats of NYC.
- Good luck and God speed!
Link/media: (https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/04/13/new-york-city-rat-czar-appointed/3941681357193/)
❹Headline: "Mysterious creature caught on camera swimming at New Orleans park"
Notes:
- Headline courtesy of Ben Hooper at United Press... and that headline says it all... watch the video and decide for yourself... this is legit a weird-looking swimming thing...
- most comments say it's a fish swimming upside down... possibly in medical distress...
Link/media: (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/04/12/mystery-creature-New-Orleans-City-Park-lagoon/7861681314048/)
Notes:
- Headline courtesy of Ben Hooper at United Press... and that headline says it all... watch the video and decide for yourself... this is legit a weird-looking swimming thing...
- most comments say it's a fish swimming upside down... possibly in medical distress...
Link/media: (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/04/12/mystery-creature-New-Orleans-City-Park-lagoon/7861681314048/)
Notes:
- this weekend the folks at Oscar Meyer are opening up a Wienermobile wedding chapel in Las Vegas.
- the giant hot dog car is scheduled to be parked outside the famous Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas on April 15 and 16 and they're calling this the "Wienermobile of Love" event.
- Oscar Mayer did a "win an all-expenses-paid wiener wedding" contest... so this isn't a new business for them, it's just a love-filled publicity stunt.
- they say that the company gets a lot of requests for wienermobiles at weddings every year.
Link/media: (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/04/12/Oscar-Meyer-Wienermobile-of-Love-chapel-weddings-Las-Vegas/5441681311381/)
❷Headline: We're going on a Space Rock Expedition!
Notes:
- last weekend people in northern Maine and here on the East coast of Canada saw (and heard) a fireball fall to the earth during daylight hours.
- NASA said it was the first meteorite in Maine that was seen on radar. That's kind of wild, right?
- now there's a bounty on that meteorite! The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum posted this on their social media: "As you may have heard, on Saturday April 8th, there was an extraordinary event that happened in Washington County (ME). A fireball was spotted streaking through the sky-during the day! ... Reward is open to our Canadian neighbors as well. The Museum is offering a $25,000 reward for the first 1 kilogram specimen found from the event." *note that you might find a meteorite, but the wrong meteorite, ineligible for the prize! I call that a meteorong©*
- the article says that some meteorites are literally worth their weight in gold.
- How to tell if the rock you found is a meteorite... (via University of Alberta)
A) unusually heavy for its size, B) a fridge magnet sticks to it, C) has holes and/or bubbles, and D) outer layer has thin, black crust like an eggshell.
- if you're going hunting meteorites this weekend good luck and be safe!
Story Link: (https://www.npr.org/2023/04/13/1169668802/meteorite-maine-museum-reward) and Mineral Museum Facebook post (https://www.facebook.com/mainemineralmuseum/posts/986454059147506)
Notes:
- last weekend people in northern Maine and here on the East coast of Canada saw (and heard) a fireball fall to the earth during daylight hours.
- NASA said it was the first meteorite in Maine that was seen on radar. That's kind of wild, right?
- now there's a bounty on that meteorite! The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum posted this on their social media: "As you may have heard, on Saturday April 8th, there was an extraordinary event that happened in Washington County (ME). A fireball was spotted streaking through the sky-during the day! ... Reward is open to our Canadian neighbors as well. The Museum is offering a $25,000 reward for the first 1 kilogram specimen found from the event." *note that you might find a meteorite, but the wrong meteorite, ineligible for the prize! I call that a meteorong©*
- the article says that some meteorites are literally worth their weight in gold.
- How to tell if the rock you found is a meteorite... (via University of Alberta)
A) unusually heavy for its size, B) a fridge magnet sticks to it, C) has holes and/or bubbles, and D) outer layer has thin, black crust like an eggshell.
- if you're going hunting meteorites this weekend good luck and be safe!
Story Link: (https://www.npr.org/2023/04/13/1169668802/meteorite-maine-museum-reward) and Mineral Museum Facebook post (https://www.facebook.com/mainemineralmuseum/posts/986454059147506)
❶Headline: Weird Cave Creature!!
Notes:
- the article is about a scientific discovery of this creature in a cave in India, but it's written in such a dramatic way...
"For over a century, spelunkers in eastern India reported seeing a cave-dwelling creature. The reports persisted, usually as passing mentions or brief observations of the unknown creature. No one studied it in depth — until now." If every scientific discovery was written up like that I'd be more smarterer.
- The write-up is so mysterious and thrilling, but basically the researchers went deep into this cave and found some new frogs.
- Frogs are described as olive green and between 2 and a half inches and almost 4 inches.
Link/media: (https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274211790.html)
Notes:
- the article is about a scientific discovery of this creature in a cave in India, but it's written in such a dramatic way...
"For over a century, spelunkers in eastern India reported seeing a cave-dwelling creature. The reports persisted, usually as passing mentions or brief observations of the unknown creature. No one studied it in depth — until now." If every scientific discovery was written up like that I'd be more smarterer.
- The write-up is so mysterious and thrilling, but basically the researchers went deep into this cave and found some new frogs.
- Frogs are described as olive green and between 2 and a half inches and almost 4 inches.
Link/media: (https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article274211790.html)
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