Weird News Tuesday: Wednesday Edition

I really am beginning to regret making the titles of segments include days because whenever I post it on a different day it becomes all the more obvious. Anyway, sorry for missing out on this post yesterday but Mum was on the computer for the majority of the day and I never got the chance to write a full-sized post. If you do not already know, this segment is where I go on a news site (a different one each week) and find some of the weird things that people have considered news-worthy enough to write a story on. This week I will be using The Australian (online website). We all know how dangerous using a phone while driving is  but many people do not fully understand the dangers of using a phone and walking. Sadly (for the woman), a lady walked off St Kilda Pier because she was to focused on her Facebook news feed. Luckily she is still alive but oh, that would have been great to have seen occur. What would you have done? What could you have done? It just goes to show that "walking and social media is no LOLing matter" (apparently that is what Victoria Police said but I doubt it). I really thought The Australian was a little more sophisticated.

Source: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/texting-while-walking-claims-another-victim-woman-falls-off-pier/

The next story talks about two of the most searched topics on Google as well as a third which, ironically, are all concerned about life and death. The first two are for deceased actors Cory Monteith (best known for his role as Finn Hudson on Glee) and the more recently deceased actor Paul Walker (best known for his role in the Fast and Furious franchise). The third is of the royal birth of baby George to his parents William and Kate. It really is wonderful in this age that we can just search whatever we want (and I mean whatever we want) on Google and receive a number of results. In other news, there is a "raging" debate on whether children who misbehave in school should have to say "sorry". Some are even going as far to say that they should not actually use the word because they have no idea what it means but rather use it as a means of escaping a worse punishment. I never knew that this "raging" debate was going on but apparently it is, and it makes the news! You may have realised by now that it is a lot harder to find odd news stories that are not on the home page when there is no tab marked "odd-spot" or something similar. It does make finding the stories harder but I will not give up on it yet. New extremes of entertainment are emerging with a 20km endurance challenge called the Tough Mudder becoming increasingly popular around the World. It is basically a 20km obstacle course challenging common fears such as heights, claustrophobia, fire and electricity (oh, you better be scared because that electricity is coming to get you). It really does seem gruelling and very tough yet many people are flocking to it by the week. It began in Harvard all the way over in America and already has arrived at our shores in a very short space of time. In 'exciting' (and somewhat selfish) news, Australian scientists have reason to believe that the New Zealand Kiwi bird may have been descended from an Australian animal. As the story says, Australia is giving New Zealand "the bird". It has also been discovered that perhaps female scientists are 'more creative' when it comes to science meaning that they are more likely to be at the forefront of innovation. All this because of the way women view abstract art. I am just going to say that it was probably a female who carried out this investigation. There really is a lot of weird things going on in our world these days.

It is very hard to find weird stories on The Australian (plus I could barely read any of it because of their stupid digital subscriptions). See you tomorrow!