Category: WTF

It’s not a bellyflop competition, it’s called dødsing which kinda translates do “deathing”. The idea is that you spread out as you would for a bellyflop, but tuck into a sort of folded-in-half-dive right before hitting the water. The contestants are scored based on style and how long they wait before tucking in. I’m pretty…

Three laptops and items of clothing were stolen from the Australian apartments in the Olympic Village when the team was evacuated due to fire last week, it was revealed today. Around 100 athletes and staff were forced to evacuate their building on Friday (July 29) after a small fire started in a litter bin in…

Two skydivers have fallen to their deaths while performing an Olympic Rings aerial routine in Brazil. A group of 28 skydivers had attempted to recreate the five Olympic rings while in freefall over Boituva, a town 72 miles west of São Paulo. Boituva Fire Department told G1 the two men collided mid-air when it is believed…

The American Red Cross has apologised after a poster it produced featuring safety advice for public swimming pools drew complaints that it was racist. The poster, headed “Be Cool, Follow the Rules,” depicts several children playing around a pool, with labels identifying their behaviour as “cool” or “not cool.” The poster became the subject of…

A fast moving mango, weighing 454 grams, fell into a Calgary family’s backyard on Tuesday afternoon. It narrowly missed Lisa Egan while she was rolling up the cover on the family’s pool. “All of a sudden, out of nowhere, something hits the top of the blanket – approximately in the centre – (it was) extremely…

This is the moment a diver narrowly misses being impaled by a swordfish in the deep sea off the coast of Brazil. Frightening underwater footage shows the menacing fish charging at the scuba diver before piercing through his equipment, and narrowly missing his body. The video shows the 1.5 metre fish thrashing about in attempt…

M’Baye Niang has only recently regained full fitness after a prolonged spell out of the game due to injury. So when the AC Milan forward posted footage of his balcony antics on social media it didn’t go down too well. Read Daily Star https://youtu.be/X-oxpDn4xfk