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We at AOL Weird News have a motto: "We don't make this stuff up. ... And if we could, we'd be making the big bucks in Hollywood." In 2010, a guy actually named Donald Duck was accused of drunken driving, while another named Frankenstein -- with a scar, just as you'd expect, across his forehead -- allegedly threatened to...

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(Nov. 19) -- Except for an annoying horn and a prognosticating octopus, the World Cup is by now a fading memory. When Paul the Octopus passed on in October, months after the sea oracle accurately predicted the outcome of eight World Cup contests, it was an occasion for global mourning. Meanwhile, the world has tried, in...

Psychic Successor? Oracle Octopus Gets Replacement

(Nov. 5) -- Paul is dead. Long live Paul! The famous psychic octopus that predicted the outcomes of eight consecutive World Cup soccer matches over the summer before meeting a sudden end last month has a replacement: Paul II. The Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, says it actually acquired Paul II from waters...

New Paul the Octopus Has Been Named and He's French

Well, that didn't take long. Paul the Octopus, the psychic cephalopod that amazed the world with his prognosticatory powers, died earlier this week. The Oberhausen Sea Life Centre said at the time that a successor would be named, and apparently, two days is enough of a grieving period. Because we have a new Paul and he's...

In Search of a New Psychic Octopus: Central Park Zoo Goes GOP

(Oct. 26) -- During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Paul the Octopus became an international sensation by predicting the outcome of Germany's matches with uncanny accuracy. The eight-armed cephalopod mollusk -- an attraction at Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany -- soon became known as the "Psychic Octopus." Paul...

Background on Paul the octopus

Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus from Weymouth, England. Paul lived in a tank at a commercial attraction, the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany and became internationally famous after his feeding behaviour was used to correctly predict the winner of each of the Germany national football team's seven matches in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as well as the outcome of the final.

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