How did that get there? Nearly 300,000 American adults wind up in the emergency room every year for having a “foreign object in body” — making it the ninth leading cause of unintentional injuries that land people in the hospital, according to a new analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. In 2021, … Read more
A paranormal investigator has claimed that a doll played spooky games with her. Yvonne Hydes from Glasgow, Scotland, said was gifted a doll during a ghost investigation and has been plagued by strange happenings ever since, The Mirror reported. Hydes works for a company called The Scottish Ghost Company, which has “80 years of experience … Read more
People need food to live — but one man is afraid if he eats, he’ll die. John Junior, 34, from Manchester, England, is terrified of eating food with his hands, so he always carries three pairs of metal tongs with him. He uses the tongs to eat everything, including soup. His phobia is a form … Read more
LaKeith Stanfield’s new show “The Changeling” is a stylish and unnerving odyssey through several generations – all while strange happenings are afoot. Premiering on AppleTV+ on Friday, Sept. 8, the show (starring and executive produced by Stanfield) is a fantasy-horror that’s captivating, even if the story is all over the place. Based on a novel … Read more
She wants to get weird men out of her hair for good. Sofia Black, a 31-year-old archeologist and tech support employee from Bulgaria, is a real-life Rapunzel with locks that measure 44 inches long. Black has spent a decade growing her hair and has found herself entangled in uncomfortable scenarios with strangers who reportedly offer … Read more
It’s a fish (and chips) out-of-water experience. An American expat in the UK has become an unexpected star on TikTok after sharing aspects of English living that would baffle the average Yankee. Andrea Celeste, a Californian who relocated to London in 2015, has clocked up 184,000 followers on the social media app with comedic clips … Read more
Cue a world in which a couple’s breakup coincides with the dissolution of their favorite band, there’s friction/jealousy over a workplace promotion and someone is reassessing their life after turning 25 — and is deflated by its seeming lack of motivation. They’re just like us — if we were beings that resemble blue light bulbs … Read more
A couple from England is warning other parents about the subtle signs of a brain tumor in children. Parents Miriam and Colin Eckworth, noticed that their son, Zac, then 14 months old, had what looked like a “wobbling eye,” meaning that it was moving in an unusual way. They took him to the doctor, where … Read more
Fans keep giving Pink strange items during her concerts — and they just won’t give her a reason. The 43-year-old singer has been on her Summer Carnival 2023 Tour — including a recent stop in London — and some of her fans have decided to give her some bizarre presents. While singing her hit song … Read more
“Star Wars” and nudity are a dangerous combo. Give a nerd both Tatooine and girls in tassels, and who knows what untold havoc will be wrought? Yet that’s what “The Empire Strips Back,” a funny sci-fi burlesque show in the East Village, has on offer: A gung-ho evening for ticket-buyers who know what made the … Read more
King Charles III apparently has some food-related quirks – and they’re coming to light ahead of this weekend’s coronation ceremony. In a recently resurfaced tidbit from Tom Bower’s 2018 book about then-Prince Charles, titled “Rebel Prince,” the author wrote that the monarch didn’t know what cling wrap was, and he allegedly was quite taken aback … Read more
Meghan Markle has “a strange relationship to objective reality,” Vanity Fair writer Vanessa Grigoriadis said. The reporter concluded that the way Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have portrayed the press as this “enormous monster” they must battle is too convenient. Grigoriadis, who profiled Markle in 2018 with a focus on her parents Doria Ragland and … Read more
Donating blood is a charitable gesture that saves lives and conjures up images of Red Cross drives and good Samaritans doing their part. Selling plasma — the watery, yellowish protein component of blood — is something else entirely. In a sign of just how desperate some members of America’s working poor are for money, they sell their … Read more
Pat Sajak didn’t have the GOAT response to a “Wheel of Fortune” contestant who revealed her lucrative hobby on Monday’s episode of the game show. The 76-year-old host was getting to know the contestants when he arrived at a woman named Laura, whose fun fact was that she makes nearly $92,000 milking her three goats … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. The loop is about to close. 2022’s Tony Award-winning meta-musical “A Strange Loop” will end its short but impactful run at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre on Jan. 15. And … Read more
The new animated Disney movie “Strange World” is underperforming at the box office and is estimated to ultimately lose $147 million. The film also features the first openly LGBTQ+ teenaged Disney character, who discusses his crush in the movie. Film critic and author Christian Toto said of the film bombing: “Hollywood doesn’t fully grasp the … Read more
Disney is peerless when it comes to building extraordinarily detailed, original and bold animated environments. Now add to that list of descriptors a new word: strange. For the House of Mouse’s latest adventure film “Strange World” certainly lives up to its title. Our unfamiliar land is Avalonia and our heroes are the Clade family, famed … Read more