Here are the stories which are true but really odd...

December 8, 2021

Elon Musk says 'civilization is going to crumble' if people don't have more children (cnbc.com) 22:53


Local man arrested for threatening to blow up urology clinic (8newsnow.com) 20:36


Jaques Tits, the mathematician behind Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the Tits metric, has died at 91 (boingboing.net) 20:00


Large California school districts eliminate ‘D’ and ‘F’ grades (fox2now.com) 19:42


Fox News Christmas Tree Catches Fire in Manhattan (nytimes.com) 18:24


Sanna Marin: Finland's PM sorry for clubbing after Covid contact (bbc.com) 17:29


Better.com’s Boss To Employees “Happy Holidays… You’re Fired!” (popoff.us) 16:55


Fox News Christmas tree set on fire in Midtown Manhattan; suspect identified (abc7ny.com) 15:43


Veteran courtroom sketch artist says Ghislaine Maxwell has been her 'sketching buddy' during the trial (yahoo.com) 15:40


Mel Brooks says his only regret as a comedian is the jokes he didn't tell (npr.org) 15:30


Pakistani train driver who stopped to get yoghurt suspended (english.alaraby.co.uk) 15:13


Scientists Developed a Questionnaire to Identify Whether Your Cat Is a Psychopath (sciencealert.com) 13:48


Botox injections and other artificial touch-ups bar dozens of camels from Saudi Arabian camel beauty contest. (abcnews.go.com) 13:47


Dozens of camels barred from Saudi beauty contest over Botox (apnews.com) 13:32


Suicide pod you can 3D print yourself approved in Switzerland (euronews.com) 11:35


Audiences are tiring of superhero movies. Will Hollywood care? (qz.com) 03:25


US billionaire surrenders $70m of stolen art (theguardian.com) 03:09


Only true zero COVID country? Sealand 'micronation' stands proud (dailysabah.com) 03:07


You can now play video games on a Tesla screen when the car is in motion (arstechnica.com) 00:42