Category: WTF
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Guinness World Record: Most Bench Presses Underwater
In this week’s Spotlight, watch a man complete the most consecutive bench presses underwater — hold your breath!
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Speedo on a Plane Prank Gone Wrong
YouTube star Jerome Jarre (previously) staged a silly prank in which he changed into a Speedo and inflatable turtle pool toy on a flight from Mexico to Miami. In a video that also shows the prank itself, Jarre says he was escorted from the plane by police and interrogated by the FBI who told him,…
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Italian couple get stuck in frolic at sea
Il Mattino reported that the amorous couple were making the most of a warm day, and a practically deserted beach, when they decided to take a dip in the ocean at Porto San Giorgio to express their love. But their lovemaking came to an embarrassing end when the man was unable to extricate himself from…
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Muslim mother turned away from rec center pool over swim attire
A Commerce City woman says she was not allowed to use the pool at the local rec center because her clothing doesn’t conform to pool rules. Jaclyn Allen has the story. Courtesy of 7 NEWS – The Denver Channel
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Standout Niles North Swimmer Shot, Killed
Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Niles North High School student who was fatally shot Sunday night. Max Gadau, 17, and another person were either standing next to or inside a Honda Civic in the 9200 block of Kedvale Avenue when they were both shot. Gadau died in the attack and the…
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Car thief attempts swim to freedom
A teenage boy had two Auckland police officers swimming after him in a short-lived chase that turned aquatic this morning. The youth was reported by members of the public to be driving erratically about 10.30am in the Ellerslie and Panmure area, speeding and weaving in and out of lanes, Inspector Ian Brooker said. Police checks…
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China Swim King Sun Yang Bashes Japan’s ‘Ugly’ National Anthem
China’s controversial swimming superstar Sun Yang has taken a potshot at rival Japan’s national anthem at the Asian Games, describing it as “ugly”. The double Olympic champion told Chinese media he had taken great pleasure in helping the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay team beat the Japanese on Wednesday. He then indulged in a spot of…
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Naoya Tomita ejected from Asiad in disgrace for stealing camera
A Japanese swimmer has been kicked out of the Asian Games and will have to pay his own way back home after being charged by police for stealing a camera from a South Korean journalist. Naoya Tomita, a gold medallist from Guangzhou in 2010 but outside the medals in Incheon, had been captured by video…
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American man caught trying to swim to North Korea
A U.S. citizen was caught trying to cross a river border between South and North Korea, government sources said Wednesday. The man, who appeared to be in early his 30s, was taken into custody by South Korean Marines at around 11:55 p.m. on Tuesday in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province. He had been attempting to swim across…