Started in 1997 by two college students, Winamp gained popularity as the MP3 player of choice for many geeks. Today, thanks to online competition and AOL’s inherent ability to ruin anything it touches, Winamp will be closing down on December 20, 2013. At that time, Winamp web services and website (including Winamp downloads) will cease…
Year: 2013
Cigar-shaped UFO captured in background of photo of Monte Sant’Angelo in Southern Italy
A tourist has captured a strange image of a cigar-shaped UFO while visiting Monte Sant’Angelo, a Catholic sanctuary on Mount Gargano in Southern Italy. After noticing a strange object in the August 17, 2013 photo, the tourist, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent the picture to Italian UFO research organization Centro Ufologico Mediterraneo (CUFOM) who…
Organic Batman mask – take one black cat and…
Family finds someone has been secretly living within the walls of their home.
A teenager has revealed details of a horrifying discovery in the walls of their family residence. The 15-year-old explained that the family had been living in the house for about a year (the home had been vacant for one year prior to that) before the discovery was made. The teen and his younger brother were…
Eh, dead MI6 agent found padlocked inside own gym bag probably a self-inflicted accident?
In a classic WTF moment, the ruling on the death of MI6 espionage agent Gareth Williams has been changed. Originally the secret code breaker’s death was ruled a “unnatural and likely criminally meditated act” after his lifeless body was found stuffed inside his own padlocked gym bag. Now British police say that Williams’ death was…
Military magazine says Iran has been intercepting UFOs with F-14 fighters for decades.
An article in the October 2013 issue of the military aviation magazine Combat Aircraft Monthly has revealed that the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) has been intercepting UFOs with F-4 and F-14 fighter planes for decades and that they believe many of the UFOs they’ve intercepted are top-secret U.S. drones capable of flying…
Cool Russian video shows huge, stick-like creature (like Slenderman) scaling side of building.
Creepy footage coming out of Russia shows a giant, stick-like creature slinking down the walls of a Russian building in Ulyanovsk. In the video we see an huge, insect-like creature with long, stick-like arms and legs clinging to the side of the building. The creature moves down the building and across a corner before scampering…
What’s up with all the bogus Nook book reviews? It’s a kids’ play-by-post role-playing game!
Regular Barnes and Noble customers have certainly run across this “issue” before – bogus book reviews with bizarre book summaries in the comments section that leave you scratching your head – and we’re not talking about sock puppet reviews! Spam such as this is common on many websites but Barnes and Noble’s book reviews take…
The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) – unusual number of supernovas exploding for no apparent reason
NGC 6946 (also known as the Fireworks Galaxy, Arp 29, and Caldwell 12) is a medium-sized, face-on spiral galaxy about 22.5 million light years away from Earth located in the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus. At about 20,000 light years wide, it’s one of about a dozen nearby neighbors to the Milky Way. Since its discovery…
New study kills Supersymmetry theory – electrons are unbelievably, mind-blowing round
Much about our universe remains unknown and scientists admit that their current theory of physics is incomplete. Today we move once step closer (or depending on your perspective, one step further away) as the popular idea for extending physics called Supersymmetry (SUSY) is tittering on the edge of being tossed out the window after scientists…








