home.social

#oddnews — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #oddnews, aggregated by home.social.

  1. 🤔 📃
    You Might Want to be Cautious When Saying, "After I Die, Donate Everything" ? 🙃

    Human Skull Apparently Donated to Goodwill. Authorities Are Now Trying to Track Down the Woman Who Brought It There

    #OddNews

    people.com/human-skull-apparen

  2. 🤨 Man Puts New Spin on Definition of House Cleaning

    Man uses robot vacuum to catch cheating wife, wins $16,000 affair case, then gets jailed for secretly filming her

    The husband's unusual evidence won the case, but also led to a fine and five months behind bars

    #OddNews

    techspot.com/news/113677-man-u

  3. 📄 ✈️ 🏆 Watch. 👁️‍

    Rush said the record-keeping organization's rules required him to follow a strict 7-fold process to create each paper plane.

    He managed to fold 415 qualifying paper airplanes in the 60-minute time frame, an average of 8.67 seconds per plane.

    #OddNews #PaperAirplane #News

    newsbreak.com/upi-news-510013/

  4. NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

    NOW PLAYING == The Stuph File Program with Peter Anthony Holder #0891 - The Stuph File Program: Peter Samuelson & Stuart Nulmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDOKScGhqjo#news #strangenews #oddnews #funny #comedy #arts #canada #PeterAnthonyHolder #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

    mastodon.social/@VerdantSquare

    #news #arts #left #commentary #radio #publicradio #community #progressive #green

  5. Pasta Garofalo factory uncovers 2,600-year-old necropolis in Italy

    NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A pasta factory expansion in Italy took an unexpected turn when archaeologists uncovered a 2,600-year-old city of the dead, filled with ancie…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Italiancooking #Archaeology #Food&Drink #history #Italia #Italian #italiancooking #italiano #italy #oddnews
    diningandcooking.com/2783192/p

  6. Construction workers find $10 million in gold while building sewer under brewery

    NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Construction workers in Belgium this week uncovered $10.4 million in…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Europe #Lifestyle #oddnews #Travel #World
    newsbeep.com/691822/

  7. Yale researchers used ancient DNA to debunk Medici poisoning theory

    NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Researchers at Yale University believe they’ve solved a centuries-old mystery…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #archaeology #Europe #history #italy #oddnews #travel
    newsbeep.com/us/789387/

  8. NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

    NOW PLAYING == The Stuph File Program with Peter Anthony Holder #0883: David Bertolino; Juliet Faithfull; & Andrew Fazekashttps://youtu.be/Yr3I9Bn0XCk?si=02kYMmB_AuqoUsum#news #strangenews #oddnews #funny #comedy #arts #canada #PeterAnthonyHolder #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

    mastodon.social/@VerdantSquare

    #news #arts #left #commentary #radio #publicradio #community #progressive #green

  9. Experts reveal how a Ryanair flight passenger was nearly sucked out of window

    NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After a passenger was nearly sucked out of a Ryanair…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Business #Airlines #Europe #oddnews #travel #Travelsafety #vacationdestinations
    newsbeep.com/us/770654/

  10. Metal detectorist finds 2,700-year-old bronze sword upright in Poland

    NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A metal detectorist recently spotted a 2,700-year-old bronze sword in…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Archaeology #Europe #Heritage #historicsites #History #oddnews #Travel #World
    newsbeep.com/646226/

  11. NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

    NOW PLAYING == The Stuph File Program with Peter Anthony Holder #0881: Ryan Ray Vinentl Mark Farrington; and Marc Hartzmanhttps://youtu.be/1FcwJbdci38?si=rtvzRbDIzMKVgw8l#news #strangenews #oddnews #funny #comedy #arts #canada #PeterAnthonyHolder #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

    mastodon.social/@VerdantSquare

    #news #arts #left #commentary #radio #publicradio #community #progressive #green

  12. NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

    NOW PLAYING == The Stuph File Program with Peter Anthony Holder #0879: Jason Klamm; Russell Van Brocklen; & Stuart Nulmanhttps://youtu.be/UH-aL11hWJI?si=qUvCn5IvN94rIsx7#news #strangenews #oddnews #funny #comedy #arts #canada #PeterAnthonyHolder #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

    mastodon.social/@VerdantSquare

    #news #arts #left #commentary #radio #publicradio #community #progressive #green

  13. NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

    NOW PLAYING == The Stuph File Program with Peter Anthony Holder #0879: Jason Klamm; Russell Van Brocklen; & Stuart Nulmanhttps://youtu.be/UH-aL11hWJI?si=qUvCn5IvN94rIsx7#news #strangenews #oddnews #funny #comedy #arts #canada #PeterAnthonyHolder #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

    mastodon.social/@VerdantSquare

    #news #arts #left #commentary #radio #publicradio #community #progressive #green

  14. Chile’s most ambitious anti-drug dog audit went straight for a vice admiral’s pocket

    A trained anti-drug dog unexpectedly lunges at a naval officer during a ceremonial event in Valparaíso, Chile

    Dear Cherubs, what was meant to be a tidy Navy ceremony in Valparaíso turned into a very public example of “the mission comes first, hierarchy later.” A drug-sniffing Belgian Malinois, freshly graduated from an anti-narcotics training course, launched itself straight into a vice admiral’s trouser pocket and instantly became the main character.

    It is the sort of clip the internet adores: formal uniforms, solemn faces, and then one dog arriving with the energy of a staff member who has found a typo on page one of the report. As noted by thisclaimer.com, ceremony and chaos are often separated by exactly one highly motivated dog.

    TRAINING DAY, THEN WHAT?

    According to Chile’s Customs service, the event marked the end of the second canine training course for the Armada. Over more than a month, Customs trained five Maritime Police officers and four Belgian Malinois dogs, with the course running for 356 hours and involving theory, practice, and exercises in places such as the Port of Valparaíso and even on vessels.

    BioBioChile reported that the ceremony took place on May 7, and that the dog in question made a beeline for the vice admiral’s pocket while officers and canines were on stage. The video later spread widely, because of course it did: if a dog turns a formal graduation into slapstick, the internet will not let that go quietly.

    The vice admiral involved was identified by the Navy as Arturo Oxley, who according to the Armada’s official biography is the Director General of the Territory and Merchant Marine and was born in Valparaíso in 1969. So yes, this was not just any pocket. It was a pocket with rank, history, and now a tiny bit of embarrassment attached.

    THE POCKET SAYS IT ALL

    The Navy later said the dog’s behavior was linked to its age, temperament, and activation level. Oxley was not injured, though his uniform did not entirely survive the encounter, and the dog was reported to be in good condition and undergoing re-training under the supervision of the Maritime Police.

    That response is almost impressively calm. No drama, no scandal, no dramatic courtroom soundtrack — just a working dog doing what working dogs do, only with a little too much enthusiasm and a terrible sense of timing. In another universe, this is how every anti-drug message ends: with a dog that takes the assignment so literally it tries to frisk the brass.

    The real punchline is that the ceremony was designed to showcase disciplined coordination between Customs and the Navy, and instead the dog delivered the most memorable compliance check of the day. Honestly, that is one way to make sure nobody forgets the training program. Mission accomplished, pocket not so much.

    Sources:
    BioBioChile — https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-de-valparaiso/2026/05/29/can-antidrogas-entrenado-por-aduanas-se-lanza-directo-a-bolsillo-de-vicealmirante-en-ceremonia-oficial.shtml
    Servicio Nacional de Aduanas — https://www.aduana.cl/aduana-dicta-segundo-curso-de-formacion-de-binomios-caninos-dirigido-a/aduana/2026-03-30/085920.html
    Armada de Chile — https://www.armada.cl/la-armada/ca-arturo-oxley-lizana
    Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belgian_Malinois_Male_Puppy.jpg
    thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com

    The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #animalFail #belgianMalinois #chile #customs #drugDog #navy #oddNews #valparaiso #viceAdmiral #ViralVideo