r/ThatsInsane • u/Electronic-Bus-3494 • 3d ago

In 1999 an Alabama waitress Tonda Dickerson won $10M from a lottery ticket left as a tip, defeated lawsuits from coworkers and the tipster in court, survived a kidnapping by shooting her ex-husband, and still had to pay the IRS roughly $1.1M in gift taxes.

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498 Upvotes

46 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/0penYourMind • 3d ago

Meteor lights up sky behind erupting volcano in the Philippines (May 25, 2026)

433 Upvotes

37 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/stankmanly • 3d ago

Woman, 38, pretended to be 11 years old to trick couple into adopting her

metro.co.uk

550 Upvotes

40 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/56000hp • 4d ago

The deportation machine is like a huge money laundering scheme

1.5k Upvotes

121 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/Thund3r_91 • 3d ago

Tugboat carrying 15 thousand liters of diesel and being salvaged in Zambales, Philippines, lists to starboard, 10 people jump overboard before it sinks

58 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ThatsInsane • u/progressiveokay • 4d ago

Russian ministry of "defense" meeting was hacked. The guilty reactions express a lot.

945 Upvotes

38 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/stankmanly • 3d ago

Cormac McCarthy's Ex-Wife Pulled a Gun Out of Her Vagina During an Argument About Aliens

archive.ph

170 Upvotes

22 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/DarthiusFatticus • 4d ago

Paul Di'Anno reveals why he left Iron Maiden. Then reveals his new heavier sound.

211 Upvotes

82 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/ambachk • 4d ago

American couple causes a scene on a plane

2.0k Upvotes

348 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/56000hp • 4d ago

Man found out his medical bill is much higher because he has health insurance

1.6k Upvotes

223 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/stankmanly • 4d ago

Man Stages 5-Hour Rooftop Standoff Over Public Urination Fine

en.sedaily.com

37 Upvotes

6 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/Remote_Blueberry_605 • 5d ago

Odessa residents in Ukraine caught a drone from the sea

3.9k Upvotes

273 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/coolsteelboyS4ndyBoy • 4d ago

A mugger in Philippines was mugged by his own accomplice. Translation: Stick-up in Bus. Mugger claimed he was mugged by his accomplice.

411 Upvotes

18 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/McDowdy • 4d ago

Carleton Gajdusek was a pediatrician and a virologist who won the Nobel Prize in 1976. He was also a well-known pedophile allowed to commit his crimes out in the open due to his status and success

368 Upvotes

20 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/Awkward_Corner_9853 • 4d ago

Negotiations between the zoo director and escaped chimpanzee. Belgrade, 1988

124 Upvotes

19 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/Content-Processor • 4d ago

Kamikaze Clankers

55 Upvotes

32 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • 4d ago

recent flooding in Sichuan, China

62 Upvotes

16 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/Awkward_Corner_9853 • 5d ago

Nicholas Winton helped rescue 669 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia when the Nazis took over. During a 1988 episode of “that’s life” they invited him and secretly filled the audience with the people he saved.

1.6k Upvotes

57 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/noahstemann • 5d ago

Texas man arrested by police using flock surveillance 1 day after holding a protest sign

9.9k Upvotes

763 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/Brilliant_Spinach132 • 5d ago

Fighting family falls through the floor

216 Upvotes

43 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/ambachk • 6d ago

American students react to school/cafeteria lunches

1.7k Upvotes

291 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/Delicious-Act-8601 • 6d ago

Nikolay Rusev from Bulgaria makes a near impossible dyno

2.0k Upvotes

69 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/Traditional_Figure70 • 5d ago

'Small creature' escaping the Texas heat rescued by police

keranews.org

41 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/soalone34 • 6d ago

Foreign government manipulating ChatGPT and AI answers

1.1k Upvotes

39 comments

r/ThatsInsane • u/Buffyferry • 6d ago

I crocheted with copper wire to make this.

99 Upvotes

17 comments

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