38 Items Tagged

Prank

A rough day for Mrs. Tottenham.

Knock Knock. Who’s There? 2,500 Raspberry Tarts

The "Berners Street Hoax" took a common prank to extremes.

Cara Giaimo March 27, 2018

Snazzy.

The Great Oxford Poop Prank

Don't you guano know what happened?

Cara Giaimo March 26, 2018

An altered sign in Didcot, England, directs drivers to Middle Earth.

Mysterious Road Signs to Fictional Places Have Appeared in Didcot, England

This way to Narnia!

Natasha Frost March 20, 2018

Alfred Hitchcock, master of suspense ... and dinner?

Alfred Hitchcock’s Contentious Relationship With Dinner Parties

Sometimes the food was all blue.

Anne Ewbank March 15, 2018

She has proper form, but will her haggis survive the fall?

Haggis Hurling

One of Scotland’s quirkier sports involves tossing stuffed sheep stomachs.

The pumpkin on the tower.

31 days of halloween

More Than 20 Years Later, Cornell's Great Pumpkin Mystery Remains Unsolved

Who put a gourd on top of this 173-foot bell tower?

Cara Giaimo October 11, 2017

Don't worry. Those cracks aren't real.

China's Cracking Glass Bridge Prank: Funny or Cruel?

Some people aren't cracking up over a stunt at 3,800 feet.

Eric Grundhauser October 11, 2017

A tempting directive.

A Phantom Labeler Is Menacing a New Zealand Museum

"GO ON TOUCH IT."

Cara Giaimo October 3, 2017

A close-up of the Brooklyn Bridge Elephant Stampede Memorial.

The Best Memorials to Disasters That Never Happened

What, you've never heard of the Brooklyn Bridge Elephant Stampede?

Cara Giaimo September 28, 2017

The <em>Dreadnought</em> hoaxers in their Abyssinian regalia, with Virginia Woolf on the far left.

When Virginia Woolf Dressed Up as an 'African' Prince to Fool the Royal Navy

The irony of a racist prank that sought to show up the British Empire.

Natasha Frost August 29, 2017

The Spitting Boy

Koblenz, Germany

Schängelbrunnen

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

Mmmmm, potato chips.

Strawberry-Flavored Potato Chips Are Real Now

Give the people what they want!

Cara Giaimo June 14, 2017

Who Keeps Putting Soap in This Chicago Fountain?

Giddings Square is getting sudsed nearly every week.

Cara Giaimo June 7, 2017

Could you keep shopping if you ran across something like this in a parking lot?

Found: A Lot of Snakes in a Walmart Parking Lot

There was a minor panic.

Eric Grundhauser April 27, 2017

Red "Ronnies Sex Shop" lettering

Breede River DC, South Africa

Ronnie's Sex Shop

“The oddest pub in South Africa,” inspired by a practical joke.

Goldfield, Nevada

Paste Eater's Grave

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The remainder of the instructional booklet, complete with a helpful quiz.

31 days of halloween

Digging Through the Archives of Scarfolk, the Internet's Creepiest Fake Town

Haunted TV shows, surveillance owls, liver-based children's toys—nothing is too weird for Scarfolk.

Cara Giaimo October 17, 2016

Winters, California

The Lonely Parking Meter

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.