Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - April 23, 2025 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.

This is the Wednesday night ONT.

[Top photo: 14th century bell tower from Curon, an Italian village that was flooded in 1950 to create Lake Resia in Italy]

Unclaimed Baggage, the US company that resells items from unclaimed airline luggage, has released its Found Report for 2025.

The strangest items? A Goonies movie script, glass eye, toilet seat, sheet of $2 bills, 1944 letter signed by Elanor Roosevelt, antique French book on performing exorcisms, Roman soldier helmet, glow in the dark drumsticks, toilet brush shaped like a cherry, and more.

Anyone ever go shopping at the company's outlet in Scottsboro, Alabama? They're located about 40 miles east of Huntsville.

Challenge for Doof:

Pickleball enthusiasts play 36-hour marathon to break world record

A team of four pickleball enthusiasts broke a Guinness World Record in Texas by playing 36 consecutive hours of matches.

The team, who call themselves The Pickle Breakers, took on the record for the longest marathon playing pickleball at Pickler Universe in Carrollton, and ended their attempt at 36 hours.

Norm Macdonald:

Musical interludes:

Worth watching (or re-watching) - Bob Uecker's Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech:

Wasn't expecting this to be a regular feature, but the Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving:

Not saying that TRex could do this, but spinning on stilt skates is the stuff of Guinness Book of World records?

Nancy Sinatra for our big ONT finish:

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posted by Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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