Meet the Woman Who Eats Couch Cushions
TLC
Compulsions drive people to do very strange and unusual things. But eating couch cushions? That may very well be the strangest yet. Adele, a 30-year-old woman from Bradenton, Fla., recently came...
Meet Wafaa Bilal: The World's First Internet-Connected, Photo-Taking Cyborg
Brad Farwell
What does it feel like to have a computer webcam surgically implanted in your skull? "It hurts," Wafaa Bilal told AOL News. And who better than he to know? A month ago, he underwent surgery to do...
World's Ugliest Cat a 'Snuggly' Sweetheart
YouTube
He's been on the BBC, CNN and YouTube -- and is now known as "The World's Ugliest Cat" -- but deep down, Ugly Bat Boy is really a sweetheart. "We just had a snuggling episode now," Melissa LaRoche,...
Internet Christmas Aunties Sing Carols (and Rap Songs) by Request
(Dec. 17) -- Thanks to the wonders of live streaming video and the magic of the Christmas spirit, you can watch two British aunties sing Yuletide carols and, oddly, famous rap songs, live. Oh,...
Bugatti Thanks AOL Weird News for Stopping 'Rape Yellow'
www.bugatti.com
(Dec. 16) -- Nobody wants to drive a car that reminds them even the slightest bit about rape -- not even a super cool Bugatti. The Internet was thrown into a tizzy on Wednesday, after the Bugatti...
Bugatti Veyron Available in 'Rape Yellow'
www.bugatti.com
(Dec. 16) -- It's starting to trend on Twitter and Google News: One of the world's most expensive and powerful cars, the Bugatti Veyron, is available in "rape yellow." Of course this raises the...
What Does Facebook Have Against Captain Awesome?
Captain Awesome
(Dec. 15) -- The entire world now knows him as Captain Awesome. The man who was once Douglas Allen Smith Jr., mild-mannered cabinet installer from Eugene, Ore., has undergone a transformation....
The Art of Big Bird: A Puppeteer's Alternative Career Path
ToonSeum
(Nov. 5) -- They're two of the most recognized and beloved characters in American culture -- Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. But did you know that before they made Sesame Street the most well-known...
Transgender Teen Becomes Facebook Superstar After Homecoming Snub
Nick Schrier
(Sept. 30) -- Teens in Michigan couldn't get a transgender student elected homecoming king by playing by the books -- so they turned to Facebook. After school officials at Mona Shores High School in...
Human Billboard Billy Gibby Changes Name to Hostgator Dotcom
Billy Gibby
(Sept. 22) -- Remember Billy Gibby, aka "The Human Billboard"? If not, a little refresher: He's going for a Guinness World Record for the most corporate logos tattooed on a human body. He sponsors...
A Meteorite Sword Is No Fantasy for Terry Pratchett
Oli Scarff, Getty Images
(Sept 20) -- He wrote "Discworld," arguably the finest -- and funniest -- fantasy series in modern literature. He's sold more than 65 million books worldwide. He's a brilliant satirist who wrote...
Guinness Picks World's Longest Nose
Paul Michael Hughes, Guinness World Records
(Sept. 17) -- This nose knows no bounds. According to Guinness World Records officials, Mehmet Ozyurek has the world's largest nose. Measuring 3.46 inches from bridge to tip, the Turkish national's...
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