OFFBEAT NEWS:

Bartender Is Very Honest About His Lotto Win

Michael Moriarty must not have spent much time day dreaming about what he’d do if he won the lotto. The 56-year-old New York City bartender bought a scratch-off card and ended up winning $7-million.

At the end of the day, Moriarty will walk away with $4-million and he says he’s going to use the cash to take care of his family. After that, the very honest bartender admits he has “no idea” what he wants to do with his sudden expendable income.

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Marathon Organizers Send Runners An Extra Half-Mile

For some runners, the Maine Coast Marathon was bit longer than expected. A group of participants was accidentally sent down an dead end road and had to loop back around, tacking on a half-mile to their route.

An this ended up being more than just an annoyance. The extra distance means some of their times most likely won’t qualify the runners for the next Boston Marathon.

Since not all the runners had to go the extra half-mile, the times can’t simply be adjusted. Instead, those who don’t qualify for Boston Marathon because of the mistake will get a refund.

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This Chili Pepper Is So Hot, It Could Kill You

Mike Smith is a chef from Wales and he’s created a chili pepper so hot, it could actually kill you. To give you a sense, Dragon’s Breath measures more than 2.48m on the Scoville scale (which ranks the heat in peppers). That’s 23-thousand times spicier then paprika.

Smith himself explains the pepper could cause someone to go into anaphylactic shock, causing their airways to burn and close up. Yikes.

So if you can’t eat them, what are we supposed to do with Dragon’s Breath? Use them in medicine. According to Smith, “It was developed because a lot of people are allergic to anesthetic, and this can be applied to the skin because it is so strong it numbs it.”

What’s more, the oils in the pepper are much cheaper than anesthetic, so Dragon’s Breath could be used in developing countries.

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STUPID CRIMINALS:

ICYMI: Man tried to bribe officers with Taco Bell:

Eric Xavier Vela Arriaga was pulled over in Pasco, Washington for a minor traffic violation when the officer noticed white powder in the center console. The 27-year-old admitted it was cocaine then offered the officer a bribe of a “Taco Bell hookup” if he turned a blind eye. The cop politely declined and a further search of the car turned up more cocaine and marijuana, too.

Man poses as Home Depot employee to steal air conditioners:

Bernardo Calana is thinking ahead to much warmer days. The Massachusetts man walked into a Home Depot in Plaistow, New Hampshire wearing an apron from the store posing as an employee. Calana loaded two air conditioners into his pickup truck and went back inside the store. That’s when actual employees noticed his name tag said “Sharon” and had flowers all over it. It turns out no one named Sharon even worked at that store. Police arrested him in the store’s parking lot.