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Animator Max Gilardi, 38, known for PONY.MOV parodies and Brain Dump analyses, posted on August 2 that he’s not thinking clearly and will reconsider his earlier announced plans. Max Gilardi, animator and YouTuber known online as hotdiggedydemon On August 1,…
A 44-year-old named Galymzhan Abaildayev climbed up the north tower on the Manhattan side of the bridge before stripping naked and jumping into the river on Sunday. View this post on Instagram Galymzhan Abaildayev, the man who jumped from the…
A mother grizzly bear approached a fishing boat, spotted a salmon in the water, and snatched it just a few feet from a fishing charter in Alaska. An Alaska fishing charter got a front-row look at a mother grizzly’s remarkable…
Brendan Ryan, 22, of Garden City, won two gold medals at the 2026 AAU National Taekwondo Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and was named 2026 AAU Para Athlete of the Year. Brendan Ryan, a taekwondo athlete with Down syndrome competing…
A rent control activist held up a sign depicting a guillotine that read, “Your term ends when we say so” at a Santa Barbara City Hall meeting on July 28. During public comment at the Santa Barbara City Council meeting…
A small group of modern-day mystics still command worldwide attention, with followers closely watching their annual forecasts and noting whenever current events appear to line up with what they claimed. Among the most famous is Baba Vanga, the Bulgarian clairvoyant…
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard says she is preparing for another cosmetic treatment, around two years after undergoing rhinoplasty and septoplasty. View this post on Instagram Blanchard left prison in December 2023 after serving about eight years of a 10-year sentence. A few…
A former hotel employee has shared a list of smart checks to make in your room before you start settling in and unpacking. Megan, a YouTuber who has spent the last 10 years staying in hotels across 50 countries, also…
A US man who relocated to the Ecuadorian Amazon to start a life with an Amazonian tribeswoman has shared chilling accounts passed down through his wife’s family, including claims that the once-sacred tradition of making shrunken heads has, in some…
You might want to start digging through old boxes in the loft, as some McDonald’s Happy Meal toys are now fetching hundreds of dollars online. If you’ve ever mocked your child for being ‘too old’ for a Happy Meal, or…
A network of single-viewer microcinemas created by animator Laurie O’Brien in 2013 has become a beloved neighborhood treasure as California residents flock to glimpse the hidden theaters. Laurie O’Brien, animator and artist who created Peephole Cinema Hidden in an alley…
Whitney Lynn, a Florida evangelist with a large social media following, was ordered off an Alaska Airlines flight bound for San Diego after she preached to passengers before the plane left Orlando International Airport. View this post on Instagram The…
Gail Giustino, a 77-year-old mail carrier, was arrested July 20 after authorities found more than 100 animals held in feces-filled cages in her Stuart home. She’d been “collecting cats” she found along her mail route, Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek…
James Westervelt, 38, has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge two years after the death of a 6-month-old infant, according to Marion County court records filed by prosecutors on July 30. Westervelt allegedly told investigators he used a leaf…
Top dogs were riding waves on Saturday, August 1, at the annual World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, California, as hundreds of spectators cheered and barked from the Northern California beach. Sophia Sadlowski, 46, of Huntington Beach, California, first put…
Perfect. I have all the information I need to write a comprehensive article. Let me structure it with the required elements. UCLA ecologist Daniel Blumstein and his “Marmateers” lab launched a free, G-rated OnlyFans account called OnlyMarms to share daily…