Welcome to Ripley's Sword-Swallowing, Glass-Eating Sideshow Contest

Apr 29th 2011 – 7:35 PM

Check out highlights of Ripley's Unbelievable Talent Show -- a contest that featured one man eating a light bulb, another man walking on a ladder of sharpened swords, and a third man breaking a sharp...

March and April's Most Hilarious Mug Shots (VIDEO)

Apr 29th 2011 – 8:01 AM |AOL News

St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office

When a 92-year-old woman knocks on your door, asks for a kiss, and carries a gun, she means business. That's just one of the many lessons learned as AOL Weird News looks at the most amusing mug...

Elvis Tribute Artist Without Legs and Armless Baseball Player Lend a Hand [VIDEO]

Mar 8th 2011 – 7:00 AM |AOL News

AOL News

This country is filled with Elvis Presley tribute artists, but you'll never forget Danny Frasier, because he has the voice and the moves that will remind you of the King -- and he has no...

In Search of Todd Rundgren's 26-Foot Pyramid [VIDEO]

Mar 3rd 2011 – 7:30 AM |AOL News

Todd Rundgren is famous for such hits as "Hello It's Me" and "Band on the Drum All Day," and producing many great albums, including Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell," one of the best-selling albums of...

The Secrets of Sword Swallowing [VIDEO]

Feb 24th 2011 – 1:13 PM |AOL News

Clear your throat. The fifth annual World Sword Swallower's Day is Saturday, and if it's anything like last year, you'll see 22 performers shove 138 feet of steel down their throats at Ripley's...

Bizarre Mug Shots: The Face of Criminal Incompetence (VIDEO)

Feb 19th 2011 – 7:04 AM |AOL News

Hamilton County

When you've got "Genius" tattooed across your forehead, you've either got a lot to live up to, or you're making a complete fool of yourself. But if you're posing for a police photo, this type of...

At Phil Campbell Convention, Everybody Is Named Phil Campbell, and So Is the Town [VIDEO]

Feb 16th 2011 – 7:14 AM |AOL News

Most people would be happy to go to a party where everybody knows your name. How about a party where everybody has the same name? When a guy named Phil Campbell found a town in Alabama named "Phil...

Ronald Reagan: Funniest President Ever? [VIDEO]

Feb 3rd 2011 – 10:45 AM |AOL News

Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Ronald Reagan may have had to apologize for trading arms for hostages to Iran. He may have driven up the deficit and done a lot of other things that made Democrats wring their hands. But even the...

Sex in Space (Maybe It Won't Be That Great) [VIDEO]

Feb 1st 2011 – 7:51 AM |AOL News

The age of vacations in space is now upon us. The only questions now are, how soon will trips become affordable -- and how will the sex be at zero gravity? Unfortunately, as Dave Brody of Space.com...

An Outpouring of Love for an American Gladiator [VIDEO]

Jan 31st 2011 – 7:36 AM |AOL News

Ryan Repasky for StudioNow

In the days following AOL News' report on Debbie "Storm" Clark, the former "American Gladiators" competitor who had been living on the the streets of San Diego, several people have stepped forward to...

Stephen Hawking Wouldn't Talk to an ET, Would You? [VIDEO]

Jan 27th 2011 – 7:59 AM |AOL News

Getty Images

Hardly a day passes without someone, somewhere claiming to have seen a UFO. In just the last year, Chinese airports were closed down -- not once, but several times -- after the sighting of an...

Jelly Belly Inventor Introduces Blood, Urine and Anatomically Correct Heart Candy (Video)

Jan 12th 2011 – 7:40 AM |AOL News

David Klein

People called David Klein crazy when he introduced a designer jelly bean back in 1976, called the "Jelly Belly," at the outrageous price of $2 a pound. But then Ronald Reagan was hooked, and so was...

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