Weird BUT true

Turns out tumbleweeds are more than just old Western movie props.

“Multiple tons” of tumbleweeds rolled through Eagle Mountain, Utah.

Tumbleweed-blasting windstorms are a regular occurrence in the Rocky Mountain town. Residents cope with the tumbling vegetation with heavy equipment, burning, or selling them on Etsy to interior designers.

Chicagoans are taking dramatic new measures to combat subway crime.

The Violence Interrupters are riding the rails looking to defuse violent situations before they start. The volunteers include martial artists, Army airborne Rangers and at least one Navy SEAL.

Group rep Tio Hardiman said, “If we see somebody that wants to assault somebody, we are just going to intervene.”

The Gilroy Garlic Festival will no longer flavor the California countryside.

Gilroy is known as the Garlic Capital of the World and the state grows 90% of all the garlic in America.

Four people were killed during a 2019 shooting at the festival. The 2020 event was canceled amid COVID and a 2021 drive-thru Garlic Festival failed to generate interest. Officials canceled it permanently this week.

A Florida family found itself on both sides of the law.

Kristen Kent, 38, was arrested Monday on suspicion of trafficking meth by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. Her dad, A.J. Smith, is the Franklin County sheriff. He’s known for his hard line on drug offenses.

KiwiCo., which creates toys for children interested in science, created the largest-ever elephant toothpaste explosion this week, according to Guinness World Records. The mixture of common household chemicals explodes into a giant surge of gooey white foam that looks like toothpaste.

The record-setting reaction grew to more than 12,000 cubic feet — shattering the previous record of 461 cubic feet.