Weird BUT true

A young couple thought it might be entertaining to find out about their ancestors — so they ordered Ancestry.com DNA kits to check their family trees.

“We were having a lot of fun with it, but then I found something out about one of my ancestors that has now caused me to lose my girlfriend,’’ the man posted on Reddit.

It turned out, he said, that “one of my ancestors was an infamous serial killer.”

His family had never told him. The names of the couple, both in their 20s, were not released — nor was the identity of the killer.

These people want to be caught sleeping on the job.

Three international space agencies, including NASA, are looking for women between 24 and 55 who agree to stay in bed 24 hours a day for 60 straight days as part of a study.

The job, in Cologne, Germany, will pay just under $13 an hour. They’ll have to eat their meals in bed, exercise in bed and, even less enticing, use a portable toilet in bed.

This teen is a real swinger.

Charlie O’Brien, 16, of Napier, NZ, is the latest Guinness World Record holder for going back and forth on a playground swing 33 consecutive hours.

He topped the 2013 record, also set in New Zealand, by an Auckland woman who swung for 32 hours.

This is nothing to turn your nose up at.

The Eastern Hellbender — sometimes called the snot lizard — is Pennsylvania’s new official amphibian. They grow to more than two feet, making them the biggest amphibians in North America.

They’re also known for being ugly — maybe that’s why they live under rocks.

Maybe he got tired of eating homework.

A dog in Scotland was taken to a vet when he stopped eating.

The doctor operated and extracted a Nintendo game.