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Welcome to another entry in our column, The Week’s Weirdest World News. The world, you might have noticed, is a very strange place — so every seven days, we’ll be rounding up the most bizarre things that have happened across the globe, purely for your enjoyment.
From a Phish fan facing punishment for a bong rip to Elon Musk’s Starlink exposing an isolated tribe to porn, these stories are sure to inspire wonder — or, at the very least, befuddlement — at the weird ol’ world around us.
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A Phish fan who went viral for reportedly ripping the first ever bong hit in the Las Vegas Sphere said Madison Square Gardens Entertainment has now banned him from all of their venues.
Instagram user @acid_farts, who has not shared his real name with the press, posted a video on April 20 that shows him taking a hit from a water bong at a Phish concert at the $2 billion Las Vegas venue.
In the caption, the user bragged about taking the “first bong hit to ever be ripped” at the Sphere. The post got more than a thousand likes, and received almost five thousand more after being reposted by another Instagram account.
Now, the unnamed man says he has received a letter from an attorney for MSG informing him that he is barred from any of the entertainment giant’s venues for the forseeable future.
“You knowingly violated the guest code of conduct by visibly smoking inside the venue,” Christopher Schimpf, an associate general counsel at MSG, purportedly wrote in the letter.
“In light of your conduct, you are hereby indefinitely banned from Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall … and any other MSG venue.”
China’s tallest waterfall has become the subject of controversy after a hiker discovered that the flow of water was actually coming from a pipe protruding from the rock face.
A video shared to Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, on Monday shows water gushing from a pipe at the top of the Yuntai Mountain Waterfall, which is billed as the country’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall.
“The one about how I went through all the hardship to the source of Yuntai Waterfall only to see a pipe,” the hiker wrote in the caption.
The post has received 74,000 likes and has sparked controversy on social media, prompting local government officials to investigate the popular scenic spot.
Operators of the Yuntai tourism park later admitted in a social media post that the pipes were introduced to improve how the waterfall looks during the dry season.
“As a seasonal scenery I can’t guarantee that I will be in my most beautiful form every time you come to see me,” the park wrote in the voice of the waterfall.
“I made a small enhancement during the dry season only so I would look my best to meet my friends.”
The owner of the world’s biggest fossilized poop collection has opened a museum in Arizona to show off his collection.
George Frandsen, who holds the Guinness World Record for his collection of corprolites, or fossilized feces, has amassed a total of 8,000 ancient poops over the years.
After touring his exhibit virtually and around various museums, Frandsen has now opened up a permanent location in Williams, Arizona, where people can get up close and personal with dinosaur droppings and other fossilized waste.
Frandsen said he was inspired to open the aptly named Poozeum after noticing “a glaring absence of coprolite representation in mainstream sources and museum exhibits.”
Entry to the Poozeum will be free to all visitors, with most of the museum’s money being made through its “dinosaur-themed gift shop.”
Amazon Tribes got addicted to Porn and Games after they got introduced to Elon Musk’s Starlink. 😭 pic.twitter.com/clb7J8YYRp
A remote Amazon tribe given internet access through Elon Musk’s Starlink service has ended up hooked on porn and social media.
According to the New York Times, the Marubo, who live along the Ituí River in the upper Amazon basin, were happy when they were first brought online — but things since have taken a turn, the tribe’s elders say.
Alfredo Marubo, leader of a Marubo association of villages, has expressed concern at members of the isolated tribe being exposed to pornography. Young men have been sharing explicit videos online, he told the NYT, while some Marubo leaders have noticed young men exhibiting more sexually aggressive behavior.
The elder added that he is “worried young people are going to want to try” the graphic sexual acts depicted in the videos.
And it’s not just porn that has become a problem — some Marubo have complained that people are spending excessive amounts of time on social media, prompting leaders to impose limits on how long the internet is switched on for each day.
“Young people have gotten lazy because of the internet,” 73-year-old Tsainama Marubo said. “They’re learning the ways of the white people.”
“But please don’t take our internet away,” she added.
[Image credit: NY Times]
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Typical. Primates that we are we just can't wait to compete with each other and look at people boning. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
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