What is "oddities"

oddity \odd"i*ty\ ([o^]d"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Oddities ([o^]d"[i^]*t[i^]z).

1. The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.

   That infinitude of oddities in him.
   --Sterne.

2. That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.

n. (plural of oddity English)

Oddities is a compilation album by American goth rock band London After Midnight. It features unreleased tracks and live acoustic songs recorded while touring to promote Psycho Magnet. It was released in 1998 by Trisol Records, and was the band's last studio album for 9 years until the release of Violent Acts of Beauty in 2007, although a new song entitled "Fear" appeared on the soundtrack for Saw II in 2005.

Oddities is a half-hour documentary/ reality television program which follows the operation of an East Village, Manhattan shop which trades in antiques and other rarities. The show premiered on November 4, 2010, and airs on the Discovery Channel and its sister network, the Science Channel.

Oddities focuses on the day-to-day operation of Obscura Antiques & Oddities, and stars co-owners Mike Zohn and Evan Michelson and buyer Ryan Matthew, with appearances by other employees and customers. The store's employees search flea markets, personal collections, auctions, and antique shows for unique and unusual artifacts. Odd items bought and sold by the shop or featured on the show have included a mummified cat, a rhesus monkey skull, art made from nail clippings, and a straitjacket.

Celebrities appearing on the show have included Jonathan Davis of the band Korn, Whitey Sterling, singer for the New York band Stiffs, Inc., musician Genesis P-Orridge, actress/comedian Amy Sedaris, actor Matthew Gray Gubler, artist Ann Hirsch, actress Chloë Sevigny, musician Natalia Paruz ('Saw Lady'), video game designer and commercial space flight enthusiast Richard Garriott, director Lloyd Kaufman, nerdcore rapper Schaffer The Darklord, musician Voltaire, musician Moby, artist Cynthia von Buhler, actor/comedian Paul Dinello, burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese and "High Pitch Eric" of The Howard Stern Show. New York playwright Edgar Oliver has appeared on the program multiple times and appears in the show's title sequence admiring a straitjacket.