Weird / Interesting

11 May 2010 [17:36]

Pear Scare: woman gets demonic surprise

A woman has spoken of her shock after opening a tin of pears only to find that one slice looked like a demonic face.
11 May 2010 [15:27]

Man dressed as Snoopy in 'worst attempted jail-break ever'

A man who tried to break into prison to free an inmate while dressed as the cartoon character Snoopy is being held under the Mental Health Act.
11 May 2010 [13:44]

Children banned from having birthday cakes

A string of nurseries have banned children from having sweets or cake to celebrate birthdays under a new healthy eating initiative.
11 May 2010 [13:17]

Skiing down an escalator, Budapest style - PHOTO

A stuntman known only as ‘Szenty’ made his way down a set of escalators in Budapest in his own style – on skis.
11 May 2010 [12:42]

Peru moms celebrate their day in the boxing ring

Sports promoters in a Peruvian city are honoring its mothers by inviting them to slip on gloves and head protectors and try to punch each others' lights out.
11 May 2010 [08:17]

Painful passion: most common sex injuries - LIST

Hundreds of thousands of embarrassed Britons are suffering in silence every year after injuring themselves during sex.
10 May 2010 [10:53]

Belly Dancing For Men: Why Not? - PHOTOS

Why can’t men learn to belly dance? They have bellies, don’t they?
08 May 2010 [13:10]

Record Beaver Dam spotted from space - PHOTOS

An ecologist claims he spotted the super-size rodent den whilst using satellite technology throught the internet site google earth.
08 May 2010 [12:36]

Britain's rarest flower given high profile police protection? - PHOTO

Britain's rarest flower is to be protected by extra police patrols and thousands of pounds worth of CCTV cameras to prevent it from being stolen when it flowers this month.
08 May 2010 [12:18]

Woman who passed driving test on 960th try, attempts to buy car

A South Korean woman who took 960 attempts to earn her driver's license is now planning to buy a car and get behind the wheel.
07 May 2010 [12:29]

BMW tombstone with parking ticket marks grave of car fan Steve Marsh - PHOTO

The grave of a car fanatic has been turned into a tomb in the shape of a BMW – complete with personalised registration number.
07 May 2010 [11:30]

President of the Republic of Kalmykia claims he met aliens in Moscow

A senior Russian politician claims to have met aliens on the balcony of his Moscow apartment, prompting critics to question his suitability to head up the World Chess Federation and run an internal Russian republic.
07 May 2010 [10:35]

"Worst Face" celebrity announced

Iggy Pop, the punk rock star, is the celebrity with the 'worst face', according to a poll.
06 May 2010 [11:31]

Boy saved from death..by his own ears - PHOTOS

This is the horrifying moment a six-year-old boy was left dangling millimeters from death outside a high rise apartment block - saved only by his ears.
05 May 2010 [16:26]

Star Wars Day: Fans pay their tribute to the cult films - PHOTO

Star Wars fans on Tuesday said “may the fourth be with you” in tribute to the Hollywood films, on the unofficial day honouring the cult movies.
05 May 2010 [13:28]

Largest ever gathering of pirates sets new record

More than 1,700 people in fancy dress have set a new world record for the largest ever gathering of pirates.
05 May 2010 [12:52]

A painter whale surprises the art world - PHOTO

Can whales paint pictures? Think before you respond, as at the Qingdao Polar Ocean World oceanarium in China the answer might surprise you.
05 May 2010 [11:49]

Blackberry was 'predicted a century ago' by pioneering physicist

The BlackBerry was first predicted more than a century ago, by Nikola Tesla, the electrical engineer, it has been claimed.
05 May 2010 [11:40]

Meeting beautiful women can raise stress levels

Meeting beautiful women can be bad for your health and increase levels of the body's stress hormone cortisol, according to a survey by the University of Valencia.
05 May 2010 [10:30]

Australian Prime Minister enjoys watching porn online

The Australian prime minister has been following porn sites online - all because of an inadvertent setting on his Twitter account.
04 May 2010 [14:42]

Real-life Spider-Man prevents comic robbery

Comic book shoppers in Australia could only marvel as Spider-Man swooped to prevent an in-store robbery.
03 May 2010 [13:23]

Meet chinese man, who eats...light bulbs

A Chinese man has eaten more than 1,500 light bulbs since he was aged 12.
03 May 2010 [11:09]

Hundreds of people strip naked "in the name of art"

Hundreds of people shed their clothes and their inhibitions, baring all in the name of art.
01 May 2010 [12:42]

Blind boy learns how to 'see' using "dolphin technique"

A blind boy has learnt how to "see" again after being taught a technique used by dolphins to detect where objects are.
01 May 2010 [10:17]

Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to join Twitter?

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has asked Cuba's Fidel Castro and Bolivian leader Evo Morales to join him in using the social networking site Twitter.
30 April 2010 [17:16]

Meet Big Jake - the world's tallest horse - PHOTO

He's officially the Guinness World Record holder for world's tallest living horse - but his owner says that Big Jake is really just a gentle giant.
30 April 2010 [15:04]

Schwarzenegger for president? He would if he could

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would love to run for president — if he could.
30 April 2010 [11:16]

LITTLE GIRL SURPRISES THE WORLD, REWRITES MEDICAL HISTORY - PHOTO

A 10-year-old girl stung by the world's most venomous creature - the deadly box jellyfish - may have rewritten medical history, an expert has said.
29 April 2010 [21:00]

Russian hunter claims to have saved a giant sasquach

Hunter Afanasiy Kiskorov from the Senzansky Kichi village (South of Kemerov district, Russia) claims to have not only seen a living sasquach (aka big foot), but also saved him from death.
29 April 2010 [13:15]

Man claims to have had no food or drink for 70 years

Indian military scientists are studying an 82-year-old who claims he has not had any food or drink for 70 years.
29 April 2010 [11:33]

Bomb discovered outside George Clooney's house

An unexploded Second World War bomb has been discovered outside George Clooney's Lake Como villa.
29 April 2010 [10:30]

Jesus appears on Google Maps - PHOTO

Not content with merely appearing on dogs, in frying pans and a Marmite lid, Jesus has moved into the 21st century and found himself a spot on Google Maps.
27 April 2010 [15:03]

Two-time world champion insured his thumbs for $13 million

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso gave a 10 million euro ($13.33 million) thumbs-up to future Formula One success with Ferrari Monday.
27 April 2010 [14:25]

World's smallest foal 'gallops' Into the Record Books

A tiny stallion just 14 inches high is thought to be a record breaker as the world's smallest foal.
27 April 2010 [14:04]

Brazilians to have more sexual intercourse to avoid illness?

Brazilians can fight off chronic illness by engaging regularly in physical exercise, and particularly in sexual intercourse, the country's health minister said.
27 April 2010 [13:08]

Police officer claimed that existence of Loch Ness Monster was 'beyond doubt'

A senior police officer claimed that the existence of Loch Ness Monster was "beyond doubt", in letter to a Government minister that has come to light after 70 years.
26 April 2010 [11:25]

Hero dog saves owner's house from fire - VIDEO

A German Shepherd named Buddy saved his owner's home by guiding emergency services to the blazing building.
24 April 2010 [12:56]

Indonesian police barred from penis enlargement?

An applicant "will be asked whether or not his vital organ has been enlarged," said Papua police chief Bekto Suprapto.
23 April 2010 [18:16]

Son saves his burning father with cola bottle - PHOTO

A man who accidentally set himself on fire while using petrol to light a bonfire was saved when his teenage son sprayed him with a bottle of Coca Cola.
23 April 2010 [17:47]

Thousands of women to strip for one Iranian cleric?

An Iranian cleric bizarrely claimed that women in sexy clothes cause earthquakes, so thousands of ladies in Facebook's 'Boobquake' campaign will show off their assets this Monday to prove him wrong.
23 April 2010 [17:05]

Lenin exhibit returns to Ukraine after 2 decades - PHOTOS

Vladimir Lenin's moth-eaten socks have gone on display in Ukraine's capital.
23 April 2010 [16:12]

Bolivian president Evo Morales blames sex problems on chickens

Bolivian President Evo Morales has drawn controversy after he said that men should avoid eating chicken if they want to maintain their virility and stop going bald.
23 April 2010 [15:30]

A man "returns the stolen cakes" 50 years later

A 65-year-old man who has spent 50 years feeling guilty after he stole a packet of Jaffa Cakes from work has now tracked down his former boss to reimburse him.
23 April 2010 [13:46]

Frozen bodies to be retrieved from Everest

A team of mountaineers are planning to retrieve the bodies of climbers who have lost their lives on Mount Everest.
23 April 2010 [12:55]

Two-headed bobtail lizard found in Australia - PHOTOS

It's been a while since we've had a decent two-headed animal on these pages. So, without further ado, we proudly present… the two-headed lizard.
21 April 2010 [16:30]

Crazy goat invades Australian nursing home

Three people have been hospitalised after an angry goat invaded a nursing home in Melbourne, Australia, and went on a rampage that ended only when it was caught by police.
20 April 2010 [16:44]

Sheep & Pig hybrid caused confusion among the zoo visitors - PHOTOS

The arrival of three curly coated creatures has caused confusion among visitors to a zoo.
20 April 2010 [16:15]

Funeral urns with human ashes found at bottom of Swiss lake

Divers searching for a boat sun-shield that had fallen in Lake Zurich on Sunday instead discovered thirteen funeral urns containing human ashes, Swiss police said.
20 April 2010 [14:56]

John Lennon's lost LSD stash found?

Builders digging up the garden at John Lennon's old house have stumbled upon what is believed to be his long-lost LSD stash.