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Odd News Weekly Roundup, Apr 19th 2024

A look back at the week’s most peculiar stories from around the world. Whether your interests lie in skeletons, goats, alligators, golden toilets, an angry Gordon Ramsay, or zombie cicadas, then look no further.

By Richard Cole · April 19, 2024

Odd News Weekly Roundup - April 19, 2024

A look back at the week's most peculiar stories from around the world. Whether your interests lie in skeletons, goats, alligators, golden toilets, an angry Gordon Ramsay, or zombie cicadas, then look no further.  Odd News Show

Shame Of Thrones: Man Pleads Guilty To $6 Million Gold Toilet Theft

The guy really had to go - to jail - after stealing an 18-carat crapper from Winston Churchill’s palace.
Full story on MSN here.  Canva

Smoking Joints? Stolen Skeletons Being Ground Up to Make Drugs

Coffin up a Lung? Skeleton thefts have rattled local cemeteries after a drug made from ground-up human bones has gained popularity.
Full story on MSN here.  Canva

Florida Woman Finds Alligator in Home; A Stunned Nation: “How is This Newsworthy?”

When the nearly 8-foot reptile appeared in the house in Sarasota County, Florida, locals called it everything from “pretty normal” to “business as usual.” One neighbor told a reporter, “Frankly, I’m surprised you’re here at all.”
Full story on MSN here.  judygva/Wikimedia Commons

Abusement Park: Raccoon Assaults Guests In Line For Roller Coaster

This Kung Fu trash panda didn’t make its way to Hersheypark for the chocolate - it had a taste for human blood.
Full story on MSN here.  David Slater/ Flickr

Catch ‘Em If You Can: Italian Mayor Gives Away Free Goats

If there’s one thing we know about goats, it’s that they’ve got a lotta kids. And for the mayor of Alicudi island where goat overpopulation’s become a problem, there’s only one solution: free goats for all!
Full story on MSN here.  Jorge Salvador/Unsplash

The Crawling Dead: Fungus-Infected Cicadas Coming This Spring

Get ready for the Cicada-pocalypse! Cicadas, some possessed with a zombie-like fungus, will be emerging from under our feet this springtime in numbers not seen for generations.
Full story on MSN here.  Ashlee Marie/Unsplash

Ice Ice Maybe: Kansas Baker Thinks She Lost Diamond in Dough, Asks Patrons for Help Finding It

If that raisin or chocolate chip seems especially hard to bite through, don’t force it - it might be a diamond that recently fell out of a baker’s wedding ring at a Midwest cookie shop.
Full story on MSN here.  Canva

No Reservations: Professional Squatters Occupying Gordon Ramsay’s Restaurant

A group of bougie bums have taken over celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s temporarily unoccupied London restaurant, “York & Albany.” The new occupants’ special of the day is chaos, with a heaping side of disorder.
Full story on MSN here.  The Muppets/Creative Commons