Meet the real-life Russian Tony Stark
Alex Burkan, a 29-year-old man is an engineer and a well known YouTuber, has been recently getting attention from the public for his creations he makes in his basement.
Burkan has been spending the last six years in his basement creating a real life Iron Man suit with boxes of scraps.
Burkan has spent so much time on the Iron Man suit that he has added repulsor blasters that shoots flames from the palm of the suit.
Burkan has other creations that the public finds interesting. He mas made hydrogen-fueled pitbikes and a Batman toy car that shoots flames out the back of the car.
He has tons of other creations that can be found on his YouTube channel like Nerfguns and miniguns.
Burkan uploads the blueprints to his YouTube channel membership sections where members of the channel can pay a monthly subscription to gain access.
(Staff Report/IndianExpress.com)
The case of the missing golden toilet
Four men have been found guilty of stealing a golden toilet valued at $5.4m from the Blenheim Palace after a overnight raid happened.
The toilet had been installed as an artwork at the Oxfordshire palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
Maurizo Cattelan’s artwork “America,” which he created in 2016, was an 18-karat-gold fully functional toilet.
“America” was originally displayed in Soloman R. Guggenheim Musesum in New York City. The golden toilet was moved to Blenhiam Palace in 2019 due to a exhibition; it was later stolen while on display.
The heist took place on Sep. 14, 2019 when a group of men used sledgehammers and and crowbars to remove the toilet from the plumbing system. It was reported that it took them under five minutes to get the toilet out of Blenhiam Palace.
The golden toilet “America” has not been found, and police believe the thieves sold the parts or melted it down to sell.
The men were found guilty as of March, 20, 2025.
(Manuela Lopez Restrepo/NPR.org)
Squishmallow vs. Build-A-Bear: Who shall win the battle of fluff
The owners of Squishmallows, a popular stuffed animal brand, filed a intellectual property lawsuit against Build-A-Bear on Monday, claimings its new “Skoosherz” stuffed toys is a knock-off version of its Squishmallows.
Build-A-Bear struck back with its own legal complaint, claiming “Skoosherz” mode is based on its own Build-A-Bear models.
Squishmallows creator Kelly Toys and its owner Jazwares filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District in California on Monday.
Build-A-Bear has been around for more than 25 years. It has launched an online store called “the Bear Cave” that only customers aged 18 and up can access.
Buyers can purchase bears with bottles of champagne, collaborations with brands like “Star Wars” and “Pokemon,” and its trademarked “Skoosherz.”
The lawsuit claims that Build-A-Bear has been trying to trick customers with obvious knock-offs, stealing potential customers and sales from Squishmallows.
During the lawsuit, Build-A-Bear’s request was to be sent 3,000 Squishmallows as apart of the lawsuit deal.
The intellectual property lawsuit is still active.
(Nicole Carpenter/Polygon.com)
Six people arrested for climbing famous German cathedral
Five Frenchmen and a Belgian woman were detained in Cologne, Germany after they had tried to climb a famous Cathedral.
Police say they were informed by the Cathedral’s private security after security seen the suspects in the middle of the night with headgear that had headlamps and cameras.
Police officers in heavy-armor gear surrounded the cathedral, with a helicopter hovering waiting for the men and woman to exit the Cathedral.
Police breached the cathedral and detained five men and one woman, the men who aged 18 to 27 years old and the woman was 26 years old.
Their identities were not revealed due to German privacy rules.
From the five men and one woman, police confiscated a camera, lockpick and a cellphone. During the search of the building, police found climbing equipment that was going to be used to get to the northern part of the dome and broken doors showing signs of break-in.
The doubled-dome cathedral is a tourist attraction and considered Germany’s most famous house of worship.
(Staff Report/TexOmasHomepage.com)
Kanye West “Ye” in the news for outburst on X
Kanye West, also known as “Ye,” recently had a public social media outburst of antisemitic comments and unfiltered tweets.
Ye has recently been expressing himself on X (formally known as Twitter), making racist and antisemitic remarks.
Ye is facing accusations for being ableist towards make-a-wish kids in wheelchairs after denying pictures with them saying on X “I TURNED DOWN 3 PHOTOS THIS WEEK WITH MAKE A WISH KIDS IN WHEELCHAIRS.”
Ye has recently been posting Nazi comparisons, saying that he is a Nazi himself and posting his own Nazi merch. Ye has been wearing Klu-Klux-Klan robes to interviews and also seen wearing “White Lives Matters” shirts in public.
After his rant on social media, Ye thanked Elon Musk (CEO of X) for allowing him to “vent” on his platform and expressing himself. Shortly after, Ye deactivated his X account.
Ye has reactivated his account after the social media outburst, but X users need to change the account settings to allow sensitive content due to his past post.
