Let me start out by staying the child in this video reportedly suffered only minor injuries (miraculously) and is fine.

That being said, check out this early contender for 2012 Parental Fail of the Year as a laundromat security camera catches a dad placing his young child inside of an upright washing machine and closing the door as an apparent joke. Mom seems amused as she stands off to the side. But, panic sets in as the washing machine starts up and they are unable to open the door!

33-year-old Desmond Hatchett of Knoxville, TN has been knockin’ some serious boots and in the process has fathered 30 children with 11 different baby-mommas. Read on to find out about the fathering record holder of Knox County and how he’s seeking a break from the child-support demands placed upon him by the courts.

Richelle Zampella is an 11-year-old spelling machine reminder that we all should probably quit our belly aching! On May 30, the Oklahoma native will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. She’ll join the other 275-odd participants at the Bee but her experience is an extremely unique one. The fifth-grader who in March won the Eastern Oklahoma State Spelling Bee, is legally blind. She’s been learning to read and write in Braille since the tender age of five. See a video report about Richelle and find out how you can help her father and sister fly to D.C. to cheer her on.

Real life is always stranger and more amazing than fiction! Check out an incredible photo of a flock of Starlings that formed in the shape of a giant bird after being threatened by a peregrine falcon.