Weird BUT true

Irish fishermen said they will try to reel in the Russian military when it conducts a training exercise off Ireland’s coast in February.

An organization that represents the seamen said it wants to “peacefully disrupt” the exercise to protect the area’s important marine life.

Free gloves, but no hugs. The Beijing Olympics will be providing athletes with condoms, despite asking them to socially distance and avoid embraces. Providing prophylactics has been an Olympic Village tradition since the 1980s, and Beijing is continuing the practice,

meaning the tightly sealed “bubble” to protect against COVID-19 isn’t the only way organizers are trying to keep athletes safe.

A pro-choice activist was on Detroit news to discuss the new regulations surrounding abortion pills when she stopped mid-segment to take one herself.

The woman told the shocked anchor that she was indeed pregnant and wanted to take the pill on air to show how safe they are.

In case you needed another reason not to get close to a hippo, a study conducted by researchers in Mozambique says the animals often respond to strangers by moving their tails while defecating to create a “poop tornado.”

Scientists previously observed hippos unleashing fecal vortexes to mark their territory, but now believe they do it to combat strange danger too, especially when they hear the call of a nearby hippo that they don’t recognize.

A Missouri family was billed $1,012 for an emergency-room visit, although the doctor never showed.

Dhaval Bhatt took his toddler to the ER after the boy burned his hand, but left after waiting for more than an hour. An insurance company negotiated the bill down to $858.92.