Students at Medomack Valley High School in Waldoboro, Maine, were fed potting soil at a community dinner fund raiser to fight hunger. Students had conducted an experiment in science class where they baked a batch of potting soil to determine the effect of sterilized soil on plant growth. Afterwards, the soil was placed in a…
A 27-year-old Ohio inmate, charged with felony assault charges, asked a judge to lock him up longer. Kenneth Newton stunned the judge in his case by asking for an 18-month sentence instead of the 12 months outlined in a plea deal. Mahoning County Judge Scott Krichbaum said, “This isn’t like an April Fools’ joke or…
James Prigioni makes gardening videos on YouTube. He wanted to see if he could grow a whole tomato plant by planting the seeds from a tomato on a McDonald’s burger. He picked up a Deluxe Quarter Pounder, with cheese, pulled out a tomato slice, and removed two seeds. After rubbing the seeds on a paper…
A British woman whose prosthetic leg was swept out to sea is amazed after it was found washed up on a beach 10 months later. Brenda Ogden, 69, lost her custom-made titanium blade leg before her first ever open-water swim in Bridlington last April. Brenda was posing for a photo before her first swim when…
A man was rescued from the river near Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after taking off his clothes and jumping in. He also brought a full-sized harp, valued at $30,000, to the riverbank. Emergency crews were able to pull him from the water and he was taken to a hospital in stable condition. Authorities…
A Pennsylvania man is facing hundreds of charges after “over 100 full or partial sets of human and skeletal remains” were found in his home and a storage unit. Jonathan Gerlach, 34, of Ephrata, Pa., is the suspect in a string of burglarized graves and mausoleums at the Mount Moriah Cemetery on the outskirts of…