John Moore

RMI Journal

Animals do the darnedest things: mew institute

The Better Business Bureau of Central Georgia used a cat named Oreo in an experiment to expose online diploma mills. The results will give you paws.

World’s largest cupcake dethroned

Only four weeks after a 150-pound cupcake was crowned the “world’s largest” at Minnesota’s Mall of America, Guinness World Records has handed the frosty scepter to a 1,224-pound monster in Michigan. It’s a real cup d’etat.

Crime doesn’t pay: Busted by burglars

Two thieves in England were so disturbed by the child pornography they found on a laptop computer they had stolen that they reported the owner to police.

Crime doesn’t pay: Bringing in the thieves

Two quick-thinking nuns helped police chase down a burglary suspect in Missouri. Let’s just hope this puts an end to any of the man’s bad habits.

Food for thought: doughnut brigade

A former Army doctor who fights for better nutrition says he was forced to surrender his county health department post in Florida. What put a hole in his career? Doughnuts, of course.

Animals do the darnedest things: penguin suit

If you feel like you’ve read this story in black and white before, it isn’t the first time one of the birds has been ducked, uh, decked out in a wetsuit.

If it can go wrong, it will: Crystal pall

Maybe it’s time to start insuring against crystal-ball-related disasters. A fire blamed on one in Britain isn’t the first time that one of the glassy orbs has turned out to be an unforeseen peril.

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John Moore

A history buff, science fiction fan and occasional guitar player, John Moore has worked as a reporter or copy editor at the Rocky Mountain News; the Omaha World-Herald; and the Wichita Falls, Texas, Times Record News. He is one of the site’s editors and covers general news and stories of the bizarre.

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