I love weird but true stories. Something is fascinating about discovering things happening in the world that sound almost too strange to be true. Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re incredible, and sometimes they make you stop and think about how people live.   Today, I have three stories to share. We’re talking about German detectives investigating employees who might be faking sick days, an artificial heart powered by technology similar to that used in high-speed trains, and a man who is on track to father 100 children through sperm donation. Let’s get into it!   Here's the video version    1. Germany’s Sick Leave Detectives Are Having a Field Day Imagine building a business around investigating people who call in sick. It might sound like something out of a comedy, but for German private investigator Marcus Lentz, it’s becoming a lucrative business. According to an article published on MSN, Lentz’s detective agency has received as many as 1,200 reque...

    Video Version   Evil Dead Burn Review: Bloody, Brutal, and Fun — But Does It Live Up to Evil Dead Rise? By Paul Perez   What happens when you take everything people love about Evil Dead — gore, chaos, dark humor, and relentless violence — and put it into another new setting? You get   Evil Dead Burn . And while the latest entry delivers plenty for franchise fans, my reaction was a little more complicated. I arrived late to the theater and missed roughly the first 30 minutes of the movie. Jason had only missed the first few minutes, so after we finished watching, I had an unusual thought: I wanted to go back into the theater and watch the beginning. That’s something I seldom do. Usually, if I miss part of a movie, I’ll accept it and move on. But I’m currently going through   Ash vs Evil Dead , and I’ve been in a serious   Evil Dead   phase lately. I wanted to understand the story and characters I’d missed. So Jason & I went back. And those ...