The Strange News Thread

[Master]

I do not know if people watched it over the weekend but the Ethiopian Eliud Kipchoge broke the two-hour marathon mark which was an incredible feat. He did have runners with him to keep pace, there was a green laser light which marked his pace, road markings and the conditions were good for running in Vienna. It was not classed as an official record but the fact that it was done is an amazing feat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/50025543

Yeah, that's amazing. Just finishing one of those damn things is hard enough. Averaging just over 4.6 minutes per mile is just incredibly insane.

I think they are querying his trainers to see if they gave him an unfair advantage which is ridiculous considering all the other help/aid he was getting.

Roger Bannister, when he did his under 4 minute mile, had pace makers with him so whilst it is not an official record showed that it was achievable.

[Fatboxingfan]

Green laser = unfair advance, for who IN a marathon gets the luxuries of getting guides like that?

[TitoFan]

https://news.yahoo.com/man-ate-120-0...ity&soc_trk=ma

Man who ate $120,000 banana at art show says 'I'm not sorry'



That's why some art is such a joke. Some bozo duct-tapes a banana to a wall..... calls it "Comedian"..... and sells it for $120,000.

Hopefully the guy who ate the banana isn't liable for the whole thing.

He could always collect his next dump..... claim it contains the digested remains of the banana..... duct-tape the feces back on the wall..... and maybe only have to pay back half of the $120k.

[El Kabong]

Sackler-owned opioid maker pushes overdose treatment abroad
https://apnews.com/6751b84767e8a1ebbaea6cb628ac2a11

LITERALLY the plot of 'A Scanner Darkly'

[TitoFan]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/de...id=mailsignout

"Deputy tases woman, 70, while trying to make arrest at her home"


That's one bad ass old lady.

Oh well....... you resist arrest..... you get your ass tased. No time to check for ID's.

[TIC]

so the pentagon can't account for over 21 trillion and the national debt level of the united states is over 21 trillion. strange

[Fatboxingfan]

so the pentagon can't account for over 21 trillion and the national debt level of the united states is over 21 trillion. strange

Perfectly balanced books