Weird / Interesting
15 April 2010 [14:07]
An animal hypnotist claims to be the country's first "rabbit whisperer", treating pets behavioural problems.
15 April 2010 [13:25]
A French couple miraculously walked away from a horrific accident in Switzerland despite their car being sliced in half after being dragged more than 50 yards under a lorry.
15 April 2010 [12:33]
A rare sketch of Adolf Hitler playing chess with Vladimir Lenin, the then Soviet leader, is expected to fetch thousands of pounds at auction.
14 April 2010 [16:16]
14 April 2010 [15:04]
A town in Malta is facing calls from its own mayor to remove a 'phallic' sculpture which would be seen by the Pope as he drives past when visiting this weekend.
14 April 2010 [13:55]
It has been a bit of a drama but the future of the world’s largest banana museum has finally been secured.
14 April 2010 [13:15]
An 'evil' clown who stalks and threatens kids is being hired by parents as a birthday treat.
14 April 2010 [12:42]
A 13-year-old Croatian girl who fell into a coma woke up speaking fluent German.
14 April 2010 [12:13]
14 April 2010 [11:43]
13 April 2010 [16:12]
A new study shows that there is a link between high affluence and living longer.
13 April 2010 [15:05]
13 April 2010 [13:44]
A pornographic magazine for the blind has been launched - complete with braille text and raised pictures of naked men and women.
13 April 2010 [12:36]
A US military doctor has removed a live round of ammunition from the head of an Afghan soldier in an unusual and harrowing operation.
13 April 2010 [12:15]
13 April 2010 [11:37]
The wider you grin and the deeper your laughter lines, the more likely you are to have a long existence. Broader smiles and wrinkles around your eyes point to a positive outlook on life which translates to better long-term health.
13 April 2010 [09:58]
Want a raise? Better don your stilettos and stand up straighter.
12 April 2010 [13:08]
12 April 2010 [11:08]
12 April 2010 [10:34]
China and Nepal have settled a 150-year-old dispute over the height of Mount Everest, agreeing that the "snow height" of the world's highest peak is 29,029 feet.
10 April 2010 [13:10]
Troy, the tawny owl gets in a fearful flap when he takes to the sky – because he is scared of heights. The nervous flyer has ‘forgotten’ how to be a bird after being hand-reared almost from birth.
10 April 2010 [11:45]
Postmen are boycotting deliveries to a house in Leeds because they are afraid of an old cat they say lies in wait ready to attack them.
10 April 2010 [10:34]
Aliens are living on earth disguised as humans, according to one fifth of adults in a new global survey.
10 April 2010 [09:08]
09 April 2010 [17:25]
The boss of a furniture store has reacted angrily after a four-foot tall stone penis was seized from his shop in a police raid.
09 April 2010 [14:28]
09 April 2010 [13:40]
09 April 2010 [11:52]
08 April 2010 [16:41]
The Supreme Court of Philippines issued a decree permitting the Party of Gays to participate in the parliamentary elections.
08 April 2010 [12:48]
The US army are reportedly using music by Metallica and Thin Lizzy to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan.
08 April 2010 [11:15]
A 102-year-old woman has reportedly become the world's oldest first-year pupil when she started at a primary school in China.
07 April 2010 [18:48]
07 April 2010 [18:09]
A German man apparently angry over high petrol prices staged an unusual protest - by buying his petrol completely naked (except for a pair of shoes).
07 April 2010 [17:19]
This amazing rainbow eucalyptus was painted by nature. it’s not painted by human, this amazing rainbow eucalyptus can be found in New Guinea, New Britain and the Philippines.
07 April 2010 [14:24]
A new giant species of monitor lizard has been discovered in the forests of the Northern Philippines.
07 April 2010 [13:39]
Police have arrested two women at an British airport after they reportedly tried to smuggle a corpse onto a flight.
07 April 2010 [12:37]
07 April 2010 [11:36]
06 April 2010 [18:27]
A family has claimed to have seen the image of Jesus in a discarded piece of chewing gum.
06 April 2010 [17:55]
Even the most mundane things in life sometimes happen with a twist. Consider the case of a soft-shelled egg laid by a hen in China in the shape of a figure eight.
06 April 2010 [17:36]
06 April 2010 [16:54]
Doing aerobic exercise during pregnancy can reduce the chances of giving birth to an oversized obesity-prone baby, a study has shown.
06 April 2010 [16:14]
05 April 2010 [18:14]
The prudish reputation of Victorian women has been challenged by a long-forgotten sex survey, which reveals intimate details of the bedroom habits of 19th Century wives.
05 April 2010 [17:47]
Feathers have been flying around the world as thousands of people took part in mass pillow fights.
05 April 2010 [16:23]
05 April 2010 [15:35]
About two dozen women drew a crowd of onlookers when they shed their shirts and marched downtown in Maine's largest city to promote what they call equal-opportunity public toplessness.
05 April 2010 [14:58]
Turkish pop-singer Metin Senturk became the world's fastest unaccompanied blind driver on Friday and said he felt he had danced with death.
05 April 2010 [13:33]
A Thai police force has begun taking a monkey dressed in officer's uniform on patrol each day to help improve relations with Muslim separatists.
05 April 2010 [12:14]
A man with only half a body has become the subject of a new documentary.
05 April 2010 [10:34]
A road sign warning of prostitutes is confusing motorists in an Italian town.
02 April 2010 [16:20]
02 April 2010 [13:21]
Air hostesses employed by Spanish firm Air Comet have stripped naked for a calendar to protest against unpaid wages.
02 April 2010 [11:52]
Low-slung trousers give their wearers a bad image, according to a US state senator who is behind an advertising campaign telling people to "raise your pants".
02 April 2010 [11:06]
A tech-savvy sheriff's deputy in Florida used an unexpected tool to track down a suspect alleged to have illegally dumped a boat - he found him on Google Earth.
01 April 2010 [15:44]
Robots might not yet be at the stage where they can replace humans in every meaningful task - but in Egypt and several other Arab countries, they are replacing human jockeys after being taught how to ride camels.
01 April 2010 [14:53]
Three baby squirrels who were left homeless after the tree they lived in was chainsawed have found a foster mother in the shape of a poodle called Pixie.
01 April 2010 [13:33]
01 April 2010 [12:20]
Saddam Hussein made his palaces a desert paradise, but now his hometown is seeking foreign investors to turn the late dictator's playground into a tourist mecca.
01 April 2010 [11:39]
France has begun another attempt to prevent the invasion of English words in its language by creating new words to replace common Anglicisms.
31 March 2010 [18:17]
Elephants have a 'four-leg-drive' system of walking that work much like the wheels of a Land Rover, scientists have found.
31 March 2010 [17:55]
31 March 2010 [16:57]
31 March 2010 [16:40]
These birds of a feather always flock together - in sickness and in health.
31 March 2010 [16:12]
Saturn moon Mimas looks just like the computer character Pac-Man in a thermal photo taken by a Nasa spacecraft.
31 March 2010 [16:00]
What looks like a strawberry, but is white and tastes like a pineapple? A pineberry, of course.
30 March 2010 [17:51]
30 March 2010 [16:28]
A South African woman was so moved by the plight of the local white lion population that she has decided to live with two of them for a fortnight.
30 March 2010 [16:12]
A 74 year-old has become Britain's oldest father.
30 March 2010 [15:40]
A 13 year-old prodigy studying at an American university is threatening to sue his school after being told he is too young to take part in a field trip to South Africa.
30 March 2010 [14:55]
Bats which have evolved to avoid having their echo signals blocked by interference could help scientists develop more efficient sonar and radar systems.
30 March 2010 [13:40]
Russia has abolished two of its time zones in a bid to boost waking hours, communications and industrial productivity.
30 March 2010 [12:43]
A row has been sparked in China over plans to revive an ancient custom for naked men to drag boats through a local beauty spot.
30 March 2010 [12:19]
Police say 67 sheep died when a pair of dogs attacked them and sent them fleeing into the path of a freight train in southwestern Germany.
29 March 2010 [16:43]
Doctors in China have reportedly said that they will not act to reduce a male patient's chest size until they know the cause of his enlarged breasts.
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