A man crowdsourced his escape route after a bank robbery!

How did a bank robber use Craigslist? The robber posted an ad on Craigslist asking construction road workers for a road maintenance project. To insure many would respond, he posted an hourly wage of $28.50! All he asked was that whoever came to the job must wear a yellow reflective vest, safety goggles, a blue shirt, and a respirator mask.

Sure enough, the robbery took place at a bank in Seattle and the thief left the premises with a duffle bag of cash. When the police were called, there were a dozen or so people that matched the crook’s description!

What’s the weirdest thing YOU’VE ever seen on Craigslist? Tell us in the comments below!

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A man built an exact replica of the house from “Up” and it’s on the market for $400,000!

A man named Blair Bangerter designed and built a full scale replica of the home from the Disney movie, “Up". The 2,800 square feet home is in Utah, and features a gabled roof, scalloped siding, and even helium balloons tied to the chimney.

These are all details found on the house from the Disney hit movie. The house is even painted the same as the house in the movie. Click on the link and watch a news piece on the house!

Rumor has it that the film's director fought with Disney so that they wouldn't sue Bangeter

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There were cars developed to run on wood!

During World War II, Europe converted its cars to a more cost-effective, ecological alternative to gasoline! But how does it work? The wood must be heated to 1400 °C (2550 °F), which converts the wood into a combustible gas!

The wood gas vehicles were widely popular during WWII but surely died down by the end of the 1950s. However, due to rising oil prices, a lack of resources, and global warming, many people are turning back to the more eco-friendly and cheaper gas!

Learn more about the wood gas car by clicking the Source!

A woman created a baby cage that suspended out of windows to give infants in yard-less apartments sunlight and fresh air!

Who would suspend their baby in a cage from a building? In 1923, Emma Read of Spokane, Washington patented the baby cage to add space to small apartments for babies and give them light and fresh air. It was finally built in 1937 the cage and it distributed to members of the Chelsea Baby Club.

The cage was also to be used as a potential bed with curtains to keep out any draft! Would you use a baby cage?

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One of the fathers of modern computers committed suicide by eating a poisoned apple!

Alan Turing, was a successful British mathematician, credited with creating the building blocks for computer algorithms and cracking the enigma code. He was also gay.Turing was able to keep this a secret for most of his life until his boyfriend got in trouble with the law.

His boyfriend, Arnold Murray, attempted to break into Turing’s house and when the police found out the men were in a relationship, they were arrested for gross indecenc, because homosexuality was illegal in the UK at the time.

The country gave Turing a choice between jail and chemical castration and he chose castration. Unfortunately, depression got the best of him and Alan Turing was found dead on June 8th, 1954. Snow White was his favorite fairy tale, so he committed suicide by eating a poisoned apple!

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