Weird BUT true

A Tampa theft suspect taunted cops on Facebook with a picture of a poster for the movie “Catch Me if You Can.”

“Challenge accepted,” Tampa police responded.

And in two weeks, Cameron Cox, 24, was in custody and charged with numerous crimes, including dealing in stolen property, giving false information to a pawnbroker, burglary, grand theft and petty theft.

Cops gloated, “When he is done serving his time, maybe Cameron Cox should update his profile photo with his mugshot.”

A Minnesota woman pulled off a highway Tuesday, parked her car on the shoulder and jumped out.

She was afraid of an unwanted passenger — a mouse, say police, who waited for the rodent to exit the car before escorting the woman safely back behind the wheel on Highway 212.

Students at a Maryland high school have dethroned their homecoming queen and king — and installed gender-neutral royalty.

Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS students will vote for two classmates — no matter their gender or orientation — ahead of the Oct. 7 homecoming game.

A Michigan State University professor’s idea for passing kidney stones has its ups and down.

David Wartinger proposes sitting in the last car of a roller coaster to pass kidney stones that are 4 millimeters or smaller.

In a pilot study, sitting in the last car “showed about a 64 percent passage rate, while sitting in the first few cars only had a 16 percent success rate,” he wrote.

A Houston pizzeria owner is sick of this beef.

When Lee Ellis of Pi Pizza posted signs saying firearms are not allowed inside, he was deluged with bad online reviews and boycott threats.

A defiant Ellis responded, “You know what guns are good for? They’re good for killing people.”