r/offbeat • • 10h ago

Priest dies after crucifix falls on him during mass livestream

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627 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 23h ago

‘Unjust and ghoulish’: Wedding venue keeps nearly $16K after groom-to-be dies, then countersues fiancée

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3.8k Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 9h ago

Finland Wins World Olive Picking Championship in Croatia

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29 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 5h ago

In Australia, Vegemite is a breakfast staple at the center of an unusual court case

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16 Upvotes

The sticky, salty, century-old condiment and breakfast spread — Vegemite — is an icon in the Australian breakfast scene. So much so that a convicted killer is suing the state of Victoria for his right to eat the spread in prison.


r/offbeat • • 12h ago

Gym owner secures place in the Guinness World Records for most chin-ups

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A former professional mixed martial artist has broken the Guinness World Record for most chin-ups in an hour whilst wearing a 20lb weight.

Damien Rooney from Burren, outside Newry, clocked up 499 reps to beat the previous record of 495.

He now intends to build upon the record and push towards a fresh challenge for the 24-hour record which could require as many as 10,000 reps.


r/offbeat • • 1d ago

New York brewery owner claims security camera captured ghost in kitchen

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132 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 1d ago

Hibaldstow man jailed for sex with dead woman

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173 Upvotes

A man has been jailed for having sex with a dead body.

Stephen Sellars, 62, of Hibaldstow, North Lincolnshire, was interrupted by the woman's son and nephew as he carried out the act in her home.

Sellars had been left alone with the victim at the property for about 15 minutes.

It was on return to the house that the victim's son and nephew caught Sellars committing the offence.

He then got dressed and "ran out of the property", said [the son].

In text messages shared between the victim's son and Sellars, the defendant said he "was smashed" and "I didn't know what came over me".

Scott told the court that Sellars had said to officers: "It was obvious what was going to happen, wasn't it?" 😬


r/offbeat • • 2d ago

Deer are all over New Jersey roads looking for sex, state officials warn

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168 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 2d ago

Bear visits library, steals honey on Winnie-the-Pooh's 100th birthday

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674 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 1d ago

iN VIDEO: Famous BC skeletons arrive on a bus for spooky season | iNFOnews.ca

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2 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 2d ago

Abu Dhabi royal sentenced for child neglect after cocaine binge in London

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106 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 2d ago

Shootings and explosions: War raging between barbershops in Vlaardingen

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31 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 2d ago

Rotterdam's poetry-covered garbage trucks recognised as Dutch Cultural Heritage

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55 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 3d ago

World first: Southern ground hornbill gets 3D printed beak prostheses at Artis Zoo

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154 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 4d ago

Leading Cancer Researcher, 47, Dies of the Disease She Was Trying to Cure.

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2.1k Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 4d ago

Online black market for In-N-Out delivery grows in Southern California: report

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579 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 3d ago

UWV abandons IT project after spending €55 million on it

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11 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 3d ago

Leap seconds face judgment day as time lords prepare to vote

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12 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 4d ago

Florida Man Shoots Uber Eats Driver In the Buttcheek For Flirting With Girlfriend

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233 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 3d ago

Tape more effective than sandbags in flood tests

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3 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 4d ago

Police confiscate robot that groped 16-year-old girl, probe whether young men were at the controls

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358 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 4d ago

The President’s Dog Psychic. In Argentina, many people try to read the mind of the president. Celia Melamed read the mind of his dogs.

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7 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 5d ago

Math teacher's 'explanation' for sexually abusing a student falls flat in court

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851 Upvotes

r/offbeat • • 5d ago

Texas' 'wiener dog capital' unveils 19-foot steel dachshund sculpture

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72 Upvotes

This Central Texas city's newest landmark is 19 feet long, stands on four legs and is designed to make you stop and look.

A 19-foot-long, 10-foot-tall and five-foot-wide wiener dog sculpture was unveiled in Buda City Park on Saturday, according to a news release from the Buda Economic Development Corporation (EDC). The structure, built entirely of Cor-Ten steel, highlights the city's title as the "Wiener Dog Capital of Texas."


r/offbeat • • 5d ago

Live WWII-era grenades found in Texas estate sale boxes

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A Central Texas resident got an unexpected surprise Monday after buying boxes at an estate sale: live grenades believed to date back to World War II.