Near-Death Experience

Monica Deyanira Cabrera Barajas, 26, of Mexico, is just happy to be alive after a mishap with her nose ring, Oddity Central reported on April 14. Bothered by a monthlong cough that wouldn’t resolve, she finally headed to the doctor for an X-ray, which revealed the cough culprit: her nose ring. “The only theory I have, which I told the pulmonologist, is that I fell asleep, the little ball fell out, and that was it,” Deyanira said. “I was lying on my back, I didn’t realize, and that’s how I messed up.” The tiny circular metal barbell was found just half a millimeter from her aorta, and she had to undergo not one but two procedures to extract the ring safely. Its placement put Deyanira at risk of puncturing a lung or major blood vessel, which doctors say would have likely led to her death. Deyanira plans to steer clear of nose rings from now on. “I love piercings, and I really liked my septum piercing, but in my case, I wouldn’t get it again because of the terror I experienced,” she said. [Oddity Central, 4/14/26] 

No, Thank You

Meanwhile, in Greece, a 58-year-old woman sneezed, and worms came out of her nose, Metro News reported on April 10. “The patient … worked outdoors on a Greek island, adjacent to a field with grazing sheep,” Dr. Ilias Kioulos, a medical entomologist at the Laboratory of Pesticide Science, Agricultural University of Athens, said. “It was September, during hot and dry weather, and she noticed numerous flies swarming around her face.” About a week later, the woman developed pain and coughing, which persisted for several more weeks. After the worm-sneezing episode, the woman sought medical attention for the parasites. An otolaryngologist extracted 10 larvae and one pupa from her sinuses. “She was treated with nasal decongestants and made a complete recovery,” Dr. Kioulos said. “None of her co-workers reported similar symptoms.” [Metro UK, 4/10/26]

Fine, Have It Your Way

I’munique Clark, 33, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was arrested on April 8 after tearing up a Subway restaurant near her home, The Smoking Gun reported. Clark, who placed her order online with her real name and phone number, used Sub Club points to make the purchase, paying nothing out of pocket for her meal. Yet, reportedly upset by the peppers on her sandwich, she went to the store, where a Subway employee told her that the sandwich had been made according to the online order, and they would not be providing a freshly made sub to replace the original order. Security camera footage shows Clark responding by pushing a cash register and printer off the counter and destroying 37 cookies along the way. She was charged with criminal mischief, arrested, and released after paying a $500 bond. Her prior convictions include grand theft at a department store and attacking her children’s father with a knife, though prosecutors dropped that charge.
[The Smoking Gun, 4/10/26] 

Wait, What?

How does a car from a 1980s action-adventure TV series end up with a speeding ticket in Chicago in 2026? That’s what officials at the Volo Museum — home to a replica of KITT, the car from Knight Rider, starring David Hasselhoff — would like to know. On May 13, the Associated Press reported that the museum recently received a $50 speeding ticket for a car matching KITT’s description going 36 mph in a 25 mph zone in Brooklyn on April 22. The black Trans Am even had the California license plate KNIGHT, the same as KITT on the show, and the museum’s replica, which is unregistered. “The fact that we’re legally tied to a movie prop is interesting,” said Jim Wojdyla, the museum’s marketing director. “We’re known for having our Hollywood cars from TV and movies, but I have no idea how we got registered from a ticket in New York to the plates in California to the Volo Museum in Illinois. We’re still trying to figure it out.” Amateur replicas of KITT are not uncommon — a Facebook group for people who own one has about 19,000 members — and five original KITTs remain out of the 20 built for the show. Volo Museum officials are challenging the ticket but haven’t lost their sense of humor over the situation. “Does anyone have Hasselhoff’s number?” they posted on social media. “He owes us $50!!!!” [AP, 5/13/26]

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