Odd headlines, improbable events, and local stories that escaped into the wider world.
Tiangong Ultra won a robot-only 100-meter heat in Beijing in 9.39 seconds, a number faster than the human world record but not a like-for-like athletics comparison.
Airport authorities reportedly discovered approximately 200 lizards stuffed inside 22 pairs of socks. Suddenly, paying extra for checked luggage seems perfectly reasonable.
Prosecutors won permission to show jurors disputed social-media material as both sides finished arguing over evidence before Monday’s jury selection.
Deputies spent hours trying to move a bull off a Bay Area highway before calling the person every strange-news story eventually needs: a rancher.
Come back when the internet does something embarrassing again. It won’t be long.