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News of the weird and strange from around the world

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

In a Zone of their own

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Venezuela creates its own unique time zone on Sunday, putting the clock back half-an-hour on a permanent basis. President Hugo Chavez says t...
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Lennon's hair auction

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A lock of John Lennon's hair is being put up for sale. Lennon gave Betty Glasow, the Beatles' hairdresser, the lock of hair in a cop...
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No Miracle Button

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PLYMOUTH, England -- A British woman who believes prayer healed her damaged hip had trouble getting her benefits stopped because the governm...
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Text Trick

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NZ - It was a case of love's labour's lost, 21st-century style. The man thought he was in for an early Christmas present when he got...
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Santa Paws

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While many art fans hang Van Gogh or Michelangelo prints on their walls, a local doggie daycare hopes Winnipeggers prefer the likes of Guin...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Human Calculator

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The world's fastest human calculator today broke his own record for working out a 200-digit number using nothing but brain power to prod...

97yr old arrested in crack raid

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Portland, OR -- A 97-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday after police in Portland raided a suspected drug house located across the street fr...
Monday, December 10, 2007

Icelandic prankster

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A 16-year-old Icelandic prankster, VĂ­fill Atlason, called the Presidential Office of the White House the first weekend in December and reque...

Loo ordeal

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A man spent four days trapped in a toilet after the door handle broke. David Leggat, 55, was unable to raise the alarm after becoming stuck ...

Cracker-less

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The "snaps" have had to be removed from more than 650 Christmas crackers being sent to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan because of...

Toronto Santa Speedo Run

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Wrapped in teeny tiny Lycra suits, Santa's packages made a nippy jaunt through Yorkville yesterday. A few dozen brave athletes took part...
Sunday, December 09, 2007

Eel Christmas tree

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KAKAMIGAHARA, Gifu -- An aquarium filled with exotic fish in Japan is using an electric eel to power lights on a Christmas tree. Each time t...
Saturday, December 08, 2007

Magna Carta for sale

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It is a single parchment sheet, filled with handwritten medieval Latin and dotted with a fragmentary royal seal resembling a chewed toffee. ...
Friday, December 07, 2007

Violin playing robot

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Toyota unveiled on Thursday the latest two creations from its robot project, including one that can play the violin, and said it is targetin...

Most expensive perfume

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Can't decide on a present for someone who has everything? If money is no object a British company may have the answer - a $215,000 bottl...

Drunken theft

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MADISON, Wis. - A man accused of stealing several blow-up dolls from an adult novelty store says the burglary was a "drunken, stupid th...

Christmas letters lost for a year

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Thousands of Christmas letters lay undelivered in a Royal Mail depot for a year, it has emerged. About 4,000 items were found in an area of ...
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Golf marathon

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GOLD COAST, Australia - After playing 650 holes of golf over 40 hours, Adam Engel didn't expect his marathon charity round to end with a...

Police chief banned

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A top British policeman who was the country's chief officer in charge of traffic has been banned from driving after pleading guilty to s...

1-800-OOPS

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US homeowners who could face crippling mortgage payments will have a hard time getting help if they call a telephone number President George...
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