CURIOUS TRADITION Animal Help Now, a group that assists in "animal emergencies," has gathered almost 160,000 signatures on a petition to repeal legislation allowing "Possum Drops" in North Carolina. In a number of communities in the state, the custom of putting an opossum in a transparent box, suspending it in the air and then slowly lowering it to the ground is a feature of … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: A special hotel deal for exhibitionists, perks of a deep belly button, and more