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Weird News on Tuesday, October 20, 2026
5 stories, newest first, each credited to the outlet that reported it. Everything BBN aired that day.
- UP THERE TONIGHT
Brock Declares a Sky Emergency Over a Kp of 4.67
NOAA puts the Kp index at no more than 4.67 for the night of October 20, so any northern lights stay up in Alaska and northern Canada; Yorkshire can relax.
Reported by ll.thespacedevs.com - EARTH, TODAY
A Whole Planet, Photographed Mostly for Hank's Benefit
NASA's EPIC camera on NOAA's DSCOVR satellite shot the sunlit Earth from about 1.54 million kilometres out, roughly four times the Moon's distance; the planet declined to pose.
Reported by NASA - WEIRD NEWS
Skateboarder waited five days to beat his own record
Diego Poncelet's first test day reached about ninety-one miles an hour on a road with an eighteen percent gradient; he still wanted better weather.
Reported by wandtv.com · with a Short - FLORIDA MAN MINUTE
Hunters catch Puerto Rico's largest python on record
Hunter Kevin Pavlidis worked with the group Proyectos Retic, which collects data on invasive pythons, and the snake was found after a twenty-minute jungle search; the snake pleads innocent.
Reported by Fox News · with a Short - PET OF THE DAY
Blount County Animal Center Dog of the Week: Leroy
Leroy, also called KJ, bolted from his foster home on day two after a raccoon and was ready to come home five days later.
Reported by The Daily Times