OFFBEAT NEWS:

Man Gets World Record For Extinguishing Matches On His Tongue

Ashrita Furman has 200 world records to his name so now, he has to get a bit more creative. For number 201, the 61-year-old putout matches on his tongue. A lot of matches.

Furman put out 37 matches in just a minute.  He had to extinguish one match at a time and was prohibited from using his breath to blow them out.

What’s more, Furman has just bested his own record. He previously extinguished 30 matches in his last attempt.

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Woman Tastes Food When She Hears Certain Words

For Kathryn Jackson, conversations can be delicious. The 22-year-old English woman suffers from lexical-gustatory synesthesia, a very rare condition which causes her to taste certain foods when she hears certain words.

“I can taste words when I hear or see them. Sometimes a word sounds like a food item, which can trigger me to taste it,” Jackson explains. “So for example when I hear the name ‘Lola’ I can taste lollipops.” She also tastes carrots when she hears the name “Rory” and stuffing when she hears “impossible.”

But wait, there’s more! Jackson not only tastes the flavor but can also feel a food’s textures and smell the scent.

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STUPID CRIMINALS:

Topless cleaning service owner arrested for stealing underwear:

Police in Bangor, Maine arrested a woman for stealing underwear from stores around town and discovered she was the woman behind a business called Topless Cleaning. The business offers, you guessed it, cleaning services performed by topless women. Authorities saw the irony in the situation. As Police Sergeant Tim Cotton puts it, the unidentified woman “had stolen garments that would fully cover, support, and contain much of what her business title promised her customers.”

Man disguises himself as a senior citizen during bank robberies:

Abraham Maghen is a bank robber who doesn’t act his age. Instead, the 26-year-old Florida man dressed up as a senior citizen while holding up two banks. Maghen really dove into his character during the second heist, where he allegedly told the teller, “My grandson is sick. I need $40,000 now. Hurry up, he’s going to die.” Police eventually tracked the man down to the house where Maghen was renting a room. He’s due in court this week.

Stolen snack truck found:

Nobody panic, the 16-foot trailer containing thousands of dollars’ worth of Little Debbie snack cakes has been found. The trailer went missing from outside a storage unit in Jonesboro, Arkansas and was discovered later that same night during a traffic stop. To no one’s surprise, it’s hard to be stealth when you’re driving a massive stolen truck. Two female suspects were taken into custody. The craziest part? The snacks were untouched.