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Weird News on Friday, October 30, 2026
8 stories, newest first, each credited to the outlet that reported it. Everything BBN aired that day.
- WEIRD NEWS
Jags' home winning streak against Indy is a long shot to end Sunday
Indianapolis is two and five and a ten-point underdog at EverBank Stadium on Sunday, where it hasn't won since twenty fourteen; even the Jaguars call the streak quirky.
Reported by Newsday - VIRAL WATCH
Celebrating National Cat Day with Contra Costa Animal Services
Contra Costa Animal Services says its Martinez shelter is at capacity and has been urging the community to adopt, especially cats and kittens.
Reported by KTVU - PET OF THE DAY
Feral deer could become Australia's next feral pig problem
The unreleased national report, dated July 2026, estimates feral deer cost Australia more than ninety-one million dollars a year; the plan's own deadline has passed.
Reported by The Guardian - FLORIDA MAN MINUTE
Wexford revives Rossini opera banned in 1811
Audiences from thirty countries voted to bring back Rossini's comic opera for Wexford Festival Opera's seventy-fifth anniversary, the first production chosen by popular demand.
Reported by Slipped Disc - GOOD NEWS
Firefighters celebrate rain during Indonesia wildfires
Volunteers in Palangkaraya got months-overdue rain after El Niño-fueled fires, though Indonesia's weather agency says dry conditions will dominate for a while; the ground was kissed anyway.
Reported by BBC - WEIRD NEWS
Inside the Nuremberg trial 'witness house' shared by Nazis and…
The house in Nuremberg's Erlenstegen suburb was run by a 36-year-old Hungarian countess, and its guests were all witnesses at the trial; the seating chart must have been something.
Reported by The Times of Israel - VIRAL WATCH
Zoo welcomes capybara triplets after 'steamy' love triangle drama
Luna and Rodney's three pups arrived overnight, and their older brother Bru is reportedly grumpy about it; the zoo's pool also had a viral moment earlier this year.
Reported by New York Post · with a Short - UP THERE TONIGHT
Kp 5 Forecast: Brock Meets a Very Small Aurora
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center forecasts a G1 geomagnetic storm that could show northern lights along the Canadian border and in Alaska; the Moon is 83 percent lit.
Reported by ll.thespacedevs.com, Wikipedia · with a Short