A purple squirrel captured in Pennsylvania was released back into the wild this week after it was trapped by a couple trying to stop the animal from eating birdseed. Scientists are baffled as to why the squirrel is purple, but this likely means Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is now non-fiction ...
While runners getting sick isn't a strange sight at most races, it's almost an assured consequence of North Carolina's Krispy Kreme Challenge. Runners run 2.5 miles to a Krispy Kreme location, eat a dozen donuts and then race the 2.5 miles back to the starting line. Whereupon they are presumably filled with regret ...
China's heaviest baby ever was just born. Named Chun Chun (which can't be kind, no matter what language you speak), the baby boy weighed 15.5 pounds. The mother of the child told reporters she could tell the baby would be big because her "body felt clumsy" ...
Dodgeball is likely the best game in the world, making every child's PE class slightly more bearable. Apparently the staff, faculty and students at the University of Alberta agree because they just set the world record for the largest dodgeball game ever. The video is below, and it's as chaotic as you'd imagine 4,979 people playing dodgeball would be ...
If you've ever wondered what the purpose of a leap year like 2012 is, this handy, detailed infographic could help you out. It will also teach you everything you didn't know about "leaplings" (people born on leap day) and just how weird our calendar would be without its leaps ...
If you're a fan of Parks & Recreation (and you should be), you agree that Galentine's Day should be a national holiday on February 13. Here's a guide—provided by Leslie Knope—for a proper celebration ...
A Montana man recently got into a high-speed chase with police, reaching speeds over 100 miles per hour. But the man hadn't committed a crime—a high-speed chase was just something he "always wanted to do" ...