Condom Machine Kills Thief

Man attempts to rob machine and dies in the process

If you're ever desperate for condoms, please ask a friend, a clinic, anyone for help. Most people would jump at the chance to help prevent overpopulation and many clinics give out condoms for free already. Your own life is at stake: you may be killed by the condom machine you are trying to rob!

Don't believe me? In Germany, a 29-year-old man died on Christmas Day after blowing up a condom machine. True, anytime you mess with explosives there's always the danger of possible death, but this man wasn't blown up. He and his accomplices attempted to blow up the machine to extract condoms only to be hit in the head with shrapnel, which killed him. The accomplices lied and said the man had fallen down the stairs (funny how everyone uses that for anything they had a hand in doing!). Perhaps they didn't want the condoms but to destroy them instead? 

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Facebook Knows All

But it's really not as freaky as you think

Everyone is jumping ship from Facebook as if it's about to sink (and indeed, it might be) because of an enormous privacy breach. The company has been collecting all of your call history and SMS data, which, while obviously alarming and disturbing, really shouldn't surprise anyone. It's in the contracts we sign, the user agreements and in the words of everyone who's ever quit the site, even for a little while: Facebook owns it all. Your photos, your shares, your updates, your words... it's the price we pay for free access to the site.

Sure, many of us miss the langauge that allows them to collect our call history and data by using their apps, but if watching Parks and Recreation has taught us anything, it's that our privacy isn't our own anymore. Whether you're using Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Spotify or any other free service, the price to pay is your privacy.

Do you think we should all do something about this? What do you think will happen to Facebook?

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Stephen Hawking Warned Us

But will we listen?

The probability of a computer-run world has long replaced the possibility of the concept, and the rapid rate with which we are approaching the days in which robots run the place is disturbing. It's so disturbing that Stephen Hawking even warned us to leave the planet before it happens! As funny as Hawking was, it's not likely that he was trolling mankind with his warning but being very serious.

Our tech has developed at such an alarming rate that it's inevitable. A robot has already been given citizen status in one country and people are using robots for everything from driving to sex. Robots may already be acting against their humans' wishes based on their own programming; all it will take is a robot to be programmed to make the world a better place before The Terminator happens.

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Jupiter's Jet Streams are Freaky

The stuff of nightmares

When you hear about jet streams on the weather report, you never picture anything fancy, and definitely not scary. Earth's jet streams look casual, and sometimes pretty, without causing much alarm on most days. That's not the case with every planet, though.

The jet streams on Jupiter are out of your wildest nightmares. Nasa's Juno just collected some images of the jet streams and it looks like something out of Dante's Inferno. You'll have to click the link to truly witness how amazing and scary these appear. The findings also give us much more information about Jupiter as a planet, which is also just cool to read about.

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Why is there so much puke on this plane?

Air sickness at it worst

You may have felt the powerful winds on Friday, but if you weren't in the sky count yourself lucky. Even roller coaster lovers wouldn't be up for this challenge.

The skies were so windy on Friday that one plane experienced so much turbulence that it made people neauseous--so nauseous, in fact, that most of the people on board threw up. It was a literal mess. Luckily they all landed safely, but that's a Stand by Me worthy story to tell right there. Could you imagine not only being up in the sky with all of that turbulence but also surrounded by all of that vomit? Ugh.

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Flashlight Eye Fish

It comes in handy...

The triplefin fish is really cute. Slim, small and not a whole lot to look at, it doesn't seem like it's that dangerous to other fish. But not only are the fish carnivorous, but they have the ability to turn their eyeballs into massive powered flashlights and turn them on and off as they need to do!

Just as some animals use echolocation, these fish use photolocation to help navigate and find prey. Their eyes also turn colors in front of prey, glowing blue or red in the process. It's such an amazing adaptation from a seemingly benevolent creature. You'd never guess that they'd have demon eyes.

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The Easy World of Gun-Buying

It's the freakiest thing in the West

Just how easy is it to get a gun in America? You know you can get one when you buy a car, open up a bank account or engage in another promotion from various sellers in different states. But did you know that it's easier to get a gun than an exotic dancer license in Tennessee? 

Getting a gun is so easy a child could do it. It's too bad that that's not even funny, but a true statement proven every week in this country. In many states, it's easier to get a gun than go fishing, hunting or driving, which all require at least a permit. It's definitely easier than getting an abortion in many states, too, ironically enough. 

What else is harder to do than get a gun? We're on a roll, here. Post your thoughts and links in the chat!

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Watch Musk's Car

It's freaky but it's cool

By now you've probably heard that entrepreneur, engineer and inventor Elon Musk has sent his Falcon Heavy into space. Did you know that you can follow its travels online? At the website Where is Roadster? you can watch its progress (along with its Starman!). This is SO much better than watching "Santa's trip" on Christmas Eve night because it's, you know, real.

The site is in real time so you can watch the stats change every second. If you're doing a report about this for college (or the kids are for school), use this resource to find out more information about the car. Or just use it for fun! The site also has some goofy goodies, from patches to t-shirts, to commemorate the event.

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Creepy Space Pics

Would you become an astronaut and head to any of these places?

Interstellar may have vanquished your dreams of becoming an astronaut already, but if you still have the desire to head into space, these photos may make you think again. Some demonstrate just how dangerous it is to be an astronaut working in the field, so to speak, while others sort of look like Hell incarnate. 

Take the black hole photo, for example. It doesn't make space look like a very friendly place. Bowie may have wondered if there was life on Mars but lots of people wouldn't want to find out after seeing the Sith-like image of the Dark Planet. It almost screams, "Run away and never come back!" 

What do you think of the space pics? Have you seen any scarier images of space? Tell us about them in the chat!

 

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Paw Socks

The weird footwear you never knew you needed

Paws, claws, talons... if you ever wanted feet that were more reptilian, avian or just plain furry, you might want to check out these weird animal feet socks. Not only can you keep your feet warm but you can do so while looking like a cat, lizard, eagle, zebra or another animal! You could even buy multiple pairs to mix and match your breeds. Not into animal feet? They'd make a great gift for someone who is.

The website that sells these socks, Oddity Mall, is totally new to me and there are all kinds of--you guessed it, oddities!--there. If you're not into animal print socks you can check out their universal lids, solar system underwear, geode rock floor rugs and other weird items of interest.

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