Think you’re having a bad day?

A man who robbed a Darien, Conn., bank wrecked his getaway car and then took a bus and a taxi home, only to find his roommate dead from an apparent suicide, police said.

David Maksimik, 59, was busted after he called 911 to get help for his pal, and responding cops found the money he allegedly stole.

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A Tennessee man who had a stroke and thought he was minutes from death confessed to a 1977 murder. But James Brewer didn’t die, and now faces a slay rap.

Brewer had changed his name and become the head of a Bible-study group in the interim.

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A minor-league team in Grand Rapids, Mich., has added a 4-pound, 4,800- calorie monster burger to its stadium menu.

Called the Fifth Third Burger, the enormous sandwich costs $20, and includes five beef patties, five slices of cheese, a cup of chili sprinkled with salsa, and corn chips. Anyone who finishes it gets a free team T-shirt — probably an extra-extra large.

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German twin brothers spent nine years and $12 million to build the world’s largest train set. Their “Miniatur Wunderland” covers nearly 3,500 square feet and has six miles of track.

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China has a serious problem with gerbils getting jiggy with it.

Forestry officials have begun scattering abortion pills near gerbil burrows in a bid to check an out-of-control rodent plague.

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