Offbeat & Unusual

The race winner, Steve Butler, says he hasn’t run a foot race since he played high school football 50 years ago.

There are more than 500 specialty license plate designs available to Texas drivers, but just one mishap could have landed a Dallas woman in jail.

A British man vacationing in Jamaica died after trying to drink 21 cocktails on a bar's menu, according to reports out of the U.K.

The soda king announced Tuesday that it has unveiled a new condiment in soda-infused ketchup called "Colachup."

The man robbed the woman at gunpoint and later messaged her on Facebook to ask her out.

So if it looks like pizza, smells like pizza, and tastes like pizza – why isn’t it pizza? Take a look at this 2,000-year-old painting at Pompeii that shows pizza’s “distant ancestor.”

Back by popular demand, the listing for Barbie’s Malibu DreamHouse has returned to AirBnB.

Ulko-Tammio Island, off the coast of Finland, is what's believed to be the world first phone-free island.

Officials say a bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it “almost still shines” has been unearthed in Germany.

Neighbors in Kutztown, Pennsylvania were told not to approach a cow that had broken loose Monday night.

Police in one New Jersey town took to social media to warn a driver they say is illegally dumping adult diapers and urine pads on area roadways.

Owning sex toys can put a woman in prison in Zimbabwe. Sitabile Dewa, who is a women's rights activist, calls the law “archaic" and an infringement of her freedom.

The janitor is accused of damaging at least $1 million in scientific research.

Van Leeuwen, the ice cream company known for wacky flavors, is celebrating its 15th birthday with a contest that could land you the role of LICT: lead ice cream taster.

Scooter, a Chinese Crested, was the winner of this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog Contest, held in Petaluma Friday. The 7-year-old pup with wispy hair, deformed hind legs, and a hanging tongue narrowly escaped being euthanized after he was born.

Iranian state media says 10 people died after drinking home-made liquor made with methanol at a party.

Wild video shows the moment a dingo moved in on a group of beachgoers and bit a French tourist's backside.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine wrote to the president of the Georgia collegiate team urging him to change its name.