Archive for the 'Wierd News' Category

A Hot Real Estate Market for the Next 100 Years

This Centralia post was originally published on February 7, 2006.

Looking for a hot real estate market? This one’s been hot for the past 43 years and looks to keep on smoking for a hundred more.
Located in central Pennsylvania, Centralia is the home of the world’s largest underground mine fire, burning since 1962. A few […]

BMW to Shock Dogs That Pee On It

Attention all dogs. Do not pee on the new BMW cars. The German automaker has developed a shock technology that will deliver 200 volts through any canine who raises a leg in defiance. Wonder if it works on people too? Oh, the marvels of technology.
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How to Sell the Worst House in Town

Ten months on the market and still not sold.  And despite 3 price reductions, not a single offer.
What’s an owner to do? Well, Angela & Dave Hruby decided to create a website called the worst house in Edina in the hopes that accentuating the negative can’t hurt this listing. It’s a […]

Good Deed May Make Baseball Pitcher A Billionaire

LA Dodger pitcher Matt White’s good deed may make him a billionaire. An elderly aunt needed money for a nursing home. Matt paid $50,000 for her 50 acres of raw land in western Massachusetts. While clearing the land to build a house, he discovered a lot of rocks. How many? […]

The Ultimate Blogger Office

Roto-Rooter calls this $5,000 customized toilet the “Pimped Out John” but we think you could do a lot of blogging in this baby.  It’s real and you can win it in a sweepstakes here. We’re in.

Source: New York Post (h/t: AVC)