Weird News Compilation

[fresh_42]

For decades, the papyrus fragment lay unnoticed in the Hamburg State and University Library.​

Papyrus experts have deciphered a manuscript fragment as the earliest surviving copy of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. They dated the manuscript to the 4th or 5th century, as the Institute for Christianity and Antiquity at the Humboldt University (HU) in Berlin announced on Tuesday. The gospel tells of the childhood of Jesus and is one of the so-called apocryphal writings. These were not included in the Bible, but their stories were very popular and widespread in antiquity and the Middle Ages.

According to the information, the papyrus fragment with the inventory number P.Hamb.Graec. 1011 had been lying unnoticed in the Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky State and University Library for decades. The discovery was made by papyrus expert Lajos Berkes from the Berlin Institute and his colleague Gabriel Nocchi Macedo from the University of Liège, Belgium.

Spoiler: Source

https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/5...-des-evangeliums-ueber-kindheit-jesu-entdeckt

 

[Borg]

Once again I'm reminded that average IQ means that half the population is below average. Some people work extra hard to check that box.

EDIT: It's since been revealed that the person wasn't driving with a suspended license. Instead, there was a clerical error in his file that the judge was reading. Still, it's not legal in Michigan to drive during a Zoom call.

There is more to this story.
Claim: The Viral Story About a Defendant Driving With a Suspended License Was Fake News
https://www.yahoo.com/news/viral-story-defendant-driving-suspended-202015577.html

And the saga continues. Turns out he *never* had a driver's license in Michigan or any other state. It's a bit difficult to have your license suspended if you don't have one to suspend.

 

[Borg]

I just happened to read the very first post in the thread and wondered what actually happened. That post was from 2016 and the case was finally resolved in Jan. 2023. The artist who didn't paint the painting, ended up being awarded 2.5 million.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/20/artist-peter-doig-lawsuit-painting

The acclaimed painter Peter Doig has won a multimillion-dollar judgment against a former correctional officer who claimed he owned a bona fide Doig work – and that Doig was just lying that he never painted it.

On Wednesday Doig was awarded $2.5m by an Illinois federal court after more than a decade of litigation.

I'm always finding weird things in the news and thought it might be fun if we all shared odd stories we came across. Please feel free to post odd, funny or unusual stories in this thread.

Turns out that Zoobyshoe beat me in posting about this in another thread, so he will officially be known as the starter of this thread.

Here's one where a man appears to have a painting that is not painted by a famous author, but is suing the famous author for saying it's not his and a judge is actually letting it go to court even though the famous author has proof it wasn't painted by him. (only in the US).

Artist sued for $5M over painting he insists he didn’t paint

continued...
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/artist-sued-for-5m-over-painting-he-insists-he-didnt-paint/

 

[Hornbein]

I just happened to read the very first post in the thread and wondered what actually happened. That post was from 2016 and the case was finally resolved in Jan. 2023. The artist who didn't paint the painting, ended up being awarded 2.5 million.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/20/artist-peter-doig-lawsuit-painting

As if a former correctional officer turned scam artist failure has got $2.5 million. I guess they'll garnish any wages he may earn until Peter Doig has mercy on his soul. Or maybe Mr. Fletcher will fake a new identity and move out of Illinois. Can you still get away with that?

 

[Hornbein]

Cedar Point camel escape.

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...traightjacket-not-believing-was-fo-rcna156608

Four Tops singer says hospital put him in straitjacket after not believing he was in Four Tops
Alexander Morris alleges in a lawsuit that he told staffers about security concerns due to fans and stalkers but that they thought he was mentally ill, restrained him and ordered a psychiatric evaluation.

The restraint jacket was finally removed, and Morris was placed back on oxygen after being restrained for “approximately an hour and a half or 90 minutes,” the complaint says.

Morris was offered a $25 gift card to Meijer as an apology, which he refused, it says

What a sad incident. I can't believe someone could be so upset as to turn down a Meijer gift card just like that ...

 

[Astronuc]

New Jersey couple just sitting in their backyard when massive object falls from sky 'out of nowhere'​

https://news.yahoo.com/news/jersey-couple-just-sitting-backyard-211346119.html

The roof of a New Jersey home was severely damaged in a chilling incident when a large chunk of ice fell from above on Wednesday.

Paul and Sabrina Gomez were sitting in the backyard of their Patterson home at around 9:30 p.m. when the projectile came out of nowhere and left a gaping hole in the roof, the New York Post reported. The couple were seated at a table less than 12 feet from the impacted area.

The chilling incident comes nearly a year after a chunk of ice weighing between 15 and 20 pounds struck a Massachusetts home, according to the Associated Press.

Jeff Ilg said he and his wife, Amelia Rainville, suspect the ice fell off an airplane traveling to Boston Logan International Airport. The ice chunk, which Ilg said was initially estimated to be 15 to 20 pounds and hit their home in Shirley, 50 miles west of Boston.

https://news.yahoo.com/large-chunk-ice-crashes-jersey-182532005.html

Seems like some folks on a flight path need flight insurance.

Are commercial arilines doing bombing practice on the side?


Meanwhile, further NW,

SpaceX Pays for Rocket Parts That Fell to Farm of Canadian, Who Vows to Use Money to Pay for Hockey Rink​

https://news.yahoo.com/news/spacex-pays-rocket-parts-fell-190639799.html

Earlier this year, massive pieces of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that had delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station came crashing down on a farm in rural Saskatchewan, Canada.

Farmer Barry Sawchuk, who stumbled upon the chunks of space junk, promised at the time to sell the unusual treasure to raise money for a hockey rink that's being built in the town of Ituna, Saskatchewan, where he was born and raised.

And as the CBC now reports, Sawchuk can now make good on his promise. Two SpaceX employees showed up at his farm in a U-Haul truck to cart the pieces away, without offering any comment.


While Sawchuk didn't reveal how much money he had gotten in return, he's still excited to share the proceeds with his community.

 

[Astronuc]

Porsche Crashes Off Rooftop Parking Garage, Wads of Cash Found Atop Wreck
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/porsche-crashes-off-rooftop-parking-154100059.html

Well, there's something you don't see every day: a Porsche Panamera lying in a field besides a parking garage, having apparently flown off the roof, with wads of $100 bills and a cell phone left atop (or rather, on the bottom of) the overturned vehicle. Yet that was the sight officers from New York Police Department came across in the Bronx on June 16th, according to news reports . . . .

Yes, it is an unusual, not-every-day event.

The car crashed through a concrete wall at approximately 5 a.m. on Sunday and landed on its roof about 15 feet below the parking deck, according to the police. No occupants were found at the scene; however, police say a trail of blood was located near the wreck.

Meanwhile, Vehicle falls off upper deck of parking garage in the Bronx: NYPD
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vehicle-falls-off-upper-deck-191039094.html

THE BRONX (PIX11) — A vehicle fell off of the top deck of a parking garage in the Bronx on Sunday, according to police.

The vehicle fell through the wall of the upper deck by 10 W 225th St. Deegan Expressway and Broadway around 11:30 a.m., according to police.

I'm not sure falling through a wall makes grammatical sense. Falling is usually down in the vertical, as in the direction of the local gravitational field. It would seem the car drove through the wall, for whatever reason, and the falling began as the front wheels no long made contact with horizontal surface.

 

[fresh_42]

Porsche Crashes Off Rooftop Parking Garage, Wads of Cash Found Atop Wreck
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/porsche-crashes-off-rooftop-parking-154100059.html

Yes, it is an unusual, not-every-day event.



Meanwhile, Vehicle falls off upper deck of parking garage in the Bronx: NYPD
https://www.yahoo.com/news/vehicle-falls-off-upper-deck-191039094.html


I'm not sure falling through a wall makes grammatical sense. Falling is usually down in the vertical, as in the direction of the local gravitational field. It would seem the car drove through the wall, for whatever reason, and the falling began as the front wheels no long made contact with horizontal surface.

Down is easy. The real artists go up!

https://www.freiepresse.de/nachrich...adtkirchendach-artikel1441799#google_vignette

 

[Astronuc]

Down is easy. The real artists go up!

That is impressive.

Runner up, or honorable mention for trying.
https://abc11.com/jurupa-valley-ca-crash-news-caught-on-video/14663022/

JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. -- A driver who was attempting to make a turn on a residential street in Southern California ended up crashing into the garage of a home.

Making a turn at a high rate of speed.

Same video on youtube.

 

[fresh_42]

That is impressive.

Runner up, or honorable mention for trying.
https://abc11.com/jurupa-valley-ca-crash-news-caught-on-video/14663022/

IIRC then the incident with the church was similar: speed about 100 mph, a small roundabout followed by a small wall around the churchyard. Both worked as a ramp. Maybe the car performed a summersault in the air.

Whatever had happened, it was definitely weird news.

 

[jack action]

Runner up, or honorable mention for trying.
https://abc11.com/jurupa-valley-ca-crash-news-caught-on-video/14663022/


Making a turn at a high rate of speed.

Same video on youtube.

Woah! At the very least, someone needed a change of underwear.

 

[nsaspook]

 

[Borg]

Chinese 7 foot 3 inch teenager towers over competitors

 

[nsaspook]

'motherlode' of graffiti​

Really smart, make a video detailing your criminal activity.
HUF?

 

[Hornbein]

 

[nsaspook]

 

[nsaspook]

"They called off the chase so no one would get....MOWED DOWN"