Weird But True

Weird but true

Someone’s going to be grounded for a long time.

Dozens of officers from 19 police departments descended on a home in Fox Chapel, Pa., to clear out what may have been the biggest house party ever — with some 700 revelers ages 18 to 24 in attendance.

“I’ve never seen anything like that on this street — or any place,” a neighbor said.

Yes, there was booze at the bash — but no arrests.

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Now, this is a museum for dummies.

Fort Mitchell, Ky., is home to the world’s only museum of ventriloquism — with 800 dummies on display.

The Vent Haven Museum was founded by the late William Berger, a fan of the puppetry art form who bought his first ventriloquist dummy in New York City nearly a century ago.

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Cape Cod cops have tracked down the ketchup bandit.

James Madden was busted after allegedly spraying ketchup all over windows and business awnings in the tony town of Hyannis.

The Irish national had allegedly stolen the ketchup from a bar.

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At this chicken joint, the white meat is, er, extra pure.

A fast-food restaurant called Hitler Chicken has opened in Bangkok, Thailand, featuring a logo similar to KFC’s but with the name Hitler — and an image of history’s greatest monster superimposed over Colonel Sanders’ face.

KFC is suing the wing joint in Thai court.

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It’s not the trucking-industry ports that criminals in Northern Ireland are trying to shake down — it’s the bouncy-castle business.

Michael Darcy, who has been called a “bouncy-castle baron,” says the profits from renting the inflatable play structures to children’s parties have been so high that criminals are now trying to extort cash from him.

The thugs — who he insists are former terrorists — even tried to set off a bomb outside his home, he charges.