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Down in Florida, residents have been haunted by a super-dense fog that allegedly smells like metal and is making people sick.

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People in Florida Say Dense, Mysterious Fog With Chemical Smell Is Making Them Sick

By Noor Al-Sibai

Florida Man in Trouble for Shooting Walmart Drone With 9mm Handgun

Florida Man in Trouble for Shooting Walmart Drone With 9mm Handgun

By Frank Landymore

A 72-year-old man in Florida has been arrested after shooting a Walmart delivery drone with his 9mm handgun.

Elderly Florida Man Arrested for Shooting Walmart Delivery Drone

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists trying to find out why fish are spinning and dying in Florida may have discovered the culprit: poisonous algae.

Science & Energy

Scientists Ponder Why Fish Are Spinning Themselves to Death

By Sharon Adarlo

A particularly head-strong alligator had a hell of a time climbing a fence, as seen in a video making its rounds on Reddit.

Science & Energy

You Haven’t Lived Until You’ve Seen This Alligator Clumsily Try to Climb Over a Fence

By Victor Tangermann

51-year-old Reza Baluchi was arrested last week while attempting to traverse the Atlantic Ocean via rigged-out hamster wheel.

Science & Energy

Florida Man Arrested for Trying to Cross Ocean in “Hamster Wheel”… Again

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A Florida man named Joshua Hughes has taken Florida's worsening problem with invasive cane toads into his own hands.

Science & Energy

Florida Man Shoots 100 Poisonous Toads

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Florida has had a recent surge of leprosy cases and the disease may have become endemic to the state, according to the CDC.

Very Normal! Leprosy Cases Surging in Florida, Government Says

By Sharon Adarlo

A Florida sheriff's office is apparently fed up with folks calling them about groups of manatees having group sex in public.

Science & Energy

Florida Sheriff Begs Public to Stop Calling About Manatee Orgies

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Florida Senate has passed a bill that would allow new roads to be paved with a radioactive mining byproduct.

Science & Energy

In Bid to Become a Comical Hellscape, Florida Considers Roads Paved With Radioactive Byproduct

By Noor Al-Sibai

PSA for anyone planning a trip to Florida: massive, smelly globs of seaweed and algae calle Sargassum are currently headed toward the state's shores.

Science & Energy

Huge Blobs Headed Toward Florida

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The brown basilisk, known as the "Jesus Christ Lizard" for its ability to run on water, is expanding its "army." Scientists are ringing the alarm bells.

Science & Energy

Florida Scientists Concerned About Army of Invasive “Jesus Christ” Lizards

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The war between Floridians and invasive iguanas continues. Unfortunately for some Floridians, one iguana laid its life on the power line this week.

Science & Energy

Saboteur Iguana Causes Mass Power Outage, Then Dies

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Beach erosion caused by Hurricane Nicole and Ian has caused a massive mysterious object to poke out of the sand at Daytona Beach Shores in Florida.

Mysterious Object Emerges From Beach in Florida

By Victor Tangermann

You simply can't make up Florida, as evidenced by a viral video of a bonafide Florida Man taking a bong rip as Hurricane Ian wreaks havoc behind him.

Science & Energy

We Must Respect This Florida Man Ripping a Bong During an Actual Hurricane

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hurricane Ian destroyed the causeways that connect Sanibel Island, along with several other barrier islands off the Florida Coast, to the mainland.

Science & Energy

Entire Islands Severed From Florida by Hurricane Ian

By Maggie Harrison Dupré