Weird / Interesting
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.
29 March 2010 [14:10]
A book exploring the relationship between yarn-based crafts and complex mathematics has won the strangest literary award in Britain - the Diagram Prize for oddest book title of the year.
29 March 2010 [13:12]
According to Sci Fi Wire, the Mars-rover Opportunity has discovered berry-like clusters growing around a crater on the red planet.
28 March 2010 [17:07]
26 March 2010 [13:46]
26 March 2010 [12:45]
26 March 2010 [11:25]
25 March 2010 [14:35]
25 March 2010 [12:55]
Okay, so below is an interesting list of weird facts, some of which may not be true, but it's still a fun read.
25 March 2010 [12:23]
A Chinese historian has recreated what he claims was the first pedal-powered cycle ever invented - which he says was in use over 2,000 years before the first western bicycle.
24 March 2010 [14:19]
Just like a happy youngster, birthday boy Riley wolfs down his cake and pulls a satisfied ‘doggy-smile’ for the camera.
24 March 2010 [13:20]
A cosmetic surgeon has developed a 'boob job' operation without the need for implants.
24 March 2010 [12:28]
A boy in China who has 31 fingers and toes - a world record - is to undergo surgery to remove the extras digits.
24 March 2010 [11:43]
A teenager gave medics a surprise when he walked into casualty with a 10-inch knife stuck right through in his skull - after a row over computer games.
24 March 2010 [10:36]
Joe Biden has reportedly used the f-word to describe the US's new healthcare reform law.
23 March 2010 [12:10]
23 March 2010 [10:44]
It looks so realistic that you would almost expect it to start crying. But it won’t, of course, because it is in fact a hyper-realistic doll based on a newborn baby.
22 March 2010 [12:27]
What’s the most unusual place to get married? At the bottom of Grand Canyon, perhaps?
22 March 2010 [10:38]
Married people are twice as likely to become obese than their single counterparts, scientists claim.
20 March 2010 [15:30]
This woman Josephine Myrtle corbin has 4 leg. and she was known as the four legged woman. Josephene Myrtle Corbin, the Four-Legged Woman, was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1868.
20 March 2010 [13:50]
20 March 2010 [13:31]
Police investigate after a Washington man put his 4-year-old son up for sale on Craigslist, with an asking price of $5000.
20 March 2010 [12:15]
19 March 2010 [19:21]
19 March 2010 [18:44]
Indian man Ashok Kumthekar entered Guinness Book of Records as an Indian equivalent of - Limca Book of Records, whose number of fingers is 26.
19 March 2010 [17:12]
Robot teachers have been given the thumbs up in South Korea, with a government report saying they have been a hit with pupils during a pilot project - and they could be teaching in up to 8,000 schools across the nation in a few years time.
19 March 2010 [16:45]
A barn owl that rides a skateboard has become a hit at its local shopping centre.
19 March 2010 [15:08]
The Playboy channel has accidentally been aired on children's TV for two hours.
19 March 2010 [14:13]
19 March 2010 [13:45]
Employees of the Technological Institute of Karlsruhe in Germany have created a material that makes things invisible in three dimensions.
19 March 2010 [12:23]
A 12-year-old girl has been reunited with her pet Labrador which went missing five years ago.
19 March 2010 [11:00]
At the 2010 New Year World Peace Gala in Chicago, which was held on January 9th, 2010, Jin Linlin amazed the crowd with her impressive hula hoop abilities. And impressive they are.
18 March 2010 [16:15]
Coprolite Dinosaur Poop Watch If you're going to pay more than $11,000 for a watch, you'd probably want it to be made of gold and encrusted in precious gems... not poop.
18 March 2010 [14:12]
18 March 2010 [12:28]
If you've been waiting all this time to see an alpaca riding on a surfboard, then rejoice - your wait is over.
18 March 2010 [11:09]
A British soldier who lost his sight in Iraq is being taught to 'see' with his tongue, using a revolutionary new device.
18 March 2010 [10:34]
17 March 2010 [19:03]
17 March 2010 [15:20]
Donna Simpson might be listed as the fattest woman in the world since she has the ultra big body size. Believe it or not, there are women out there who would love to gain weight, instead of losing it.
17 March 2010 [13:27]
Tiny tourist Manuka is as happy as a pig in... well, the city, as she enjoys her first trip to London.
17 March 2010 [12:24]
The event hosted in Melbourne Australia was gathered around 900 people to lunch together and it could be the world longest lunch event in Melbourne during 2010 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.
17 March 2010 [11:43]
17 March 2010 [10:20]
It looks like 1.83ft-high Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal will grab the crown of world's shortest man, but according to Wikipedia, a man from Manila called Ronjay Eduvas also measures the same height.
16 March 2010 [18:00]
A farmer in China was surprised by a newborn calf - when it turned out to have an extra two legs and a second tail growing out of its back.
16 March 2010 [17:24]
A British pair caught kissing in public in Dubai face up to a month in jail in the Gulf Arab emirate for indecency after an Emirati mother complained her child had seen their indiscretion.
16 March 2010 [16:08]
Regrowing amputated limbs, broken backs and even damaged brains could one day be a reality after scientists discovered a gene that is key to the almost magical ability.
16 March 2010 [14:57]
An award-winning porn director has been selected as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
16 March 2010 [13:55]
An incredible window into the prehistoric past has been opened by the scientific, life-like, reconstruction of the nearly complete remains of an 11-foot long, 67 million year old serpent that was found near a village in Gujarat in western India.
16 March 2010 [12:55]
A Scot is said to have made history after winning the right not to specify gender and to instead have "Sex Not Specified" on his birth certificate.
16 March 2010 [12:23]
Babies are born to dance and find the rhythm and tempo of music more engaging than speech, research has shown.
16 March 2010 [11:40]
16 March 2010 [10:34]
The world's shortest man - who was just over 2ft 5in tall - has died aged 21, the Guinness World Records has said.
16 March 2010 [09:45]
15 March 2010 [19:50]
A homeless man in eastern central China has caused a stir with his movie star good looks and dress sense from the catwalks of international high fashion.
FM Fidan gives insight into Middle Eastern Affairs & Turkiye's strategic role
Azerbaijan, Colombia discuss implementation of joint projects
Armenia becomes number one state for India
Azerbaijan's State Committee holds meeting with Italian architect
Ankara resumes electricity exports to Iraq
Seoul says that Pyongyang is in last stage of creating TNW
In Britain, they are discussing development of missiles with range of 3,000 kilometers