Here are a few images from some of our favorite "News Of The Weird" stories! But before scrolling down....remember, MANY of these images are extremely disturbing!! Are you sure you really want to look?? Got a story suggestion or a News Of The Weird Tip?? Drop me an email! mitch@1051thebuzz.com!!
According to Italian Shark experts, if you find yourself unexpectedly swimming with a shark...don't panic! You can easily hypnotize almost any shark (according to the researchers....not me!!) simply by rubbing their ampullae of Lorenzini: the name given to hundreds of jelly-filled pores around the animals nose and mouth.  The sharks apparently love it and will fall into a deep trance for as long as you rub this area.  Of course you will eventually have to stop rubbing to come up for air and then the shark may eat you, but it will be cool to balance a shark on your fingertips at least for a little while!
Look at the photo of these local children from a small village in the Amazonian Rainforest. Now look at the rear of the photo....what is that bright light...is it spacecraft? And what is that creature?? This area has been the focus of a Brazilian government operation for years to investigate hundreds of UFO sightings. Is this proof the aliens are here?
This is what happens when you leave out a decimal point when ordering slippers. Tom Boddingham meant to order a 14.50 inch slipper, but instead he ordered and received a 1,450 inch slipper!! And now I want one too!!
So we have this to look forward to when we are elderly: a robot that will lift us from bed to bed. His name is Riman and he is going to be used in nursing homes to assist the staff when a patient needs to be lifted out of bed.
Who says all robots are evil? What could possibly be scary about a robot that plays the piano better than any human? It has a slight advantage over us: Teotronica has 19 fingers!
Don't be surprised if you see one of these sweet faces smiling back at you on your next visit to the hospital!  They are called Actroids and they are being placed in hospitals in Japan to monitor patients. They basically sit in your room and stare at you to make sure you are doing OK.  Pleasant dreams.
What would you do if you were swimming in the ocean and found yourself face to face with a ONE-EYED SHARK??? Check out this little fella that was caught off of the coast of Baja, California!
This is a video of Tel-Aviv University researchers showing how quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field can actually make an object levitate!
So, once upon a time......back in the 80's, Heather Locklear went on a date with Tom Cruise. While on the date, he did something that ensured it would also be their LAST date. Click play to hear what it was......OMG, I would have died of...
Oregon took the 8th spot on the list with its natural salt water fountain!
Which of these places would you want to visit the most in your lifetime?
Which would you actively try to avoid?
Check out the whole list here!
We all have that friend who has been "trying out" online dating for a while and is getting discouraged because they just aren't getting much interest. An online women's magazine did a survey of their readers and came up with these...
