Dom's Weird News
News of the weird and strange from around the world
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Balloon priest's body found
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The body of a Brazilian priest who floated out over the ocean suspended by hundreds of helium-filled party balloons, has been found off the ...
Ruff Justice
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A dog has appeared in court in the eastern Indian state of Bihar accused of breaching the peace. Police demanded severe action against the d...
Got change for $10bn?
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Zimbabwe's central bank has said it will introduce a new currency on 1 August as part of efforts to fight the effects of hyperinflation....
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Cute
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Dwarf in suitcase stunt
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Swedish airport staff were not amused when a team from a TV comedy show tried to check in a suitcase with a dwarf inside. Employees at Bromm...
Chocolate tart wins Edible boat race (Update)
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An edible boat race which is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK has been won by a chocolate tart. About 30 contenders sent their...
Piggin' marvelous!
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Two men on a tandem towing a giant blue pig are due to end their epic ride from Glasgow to London at 1200 BST today. Steve Hunt, from Chippe...
Man shoots mower
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A 56-year-old man from the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin has been arrested after shooting his lawn mower in his garden because it would n...
Friday, July 25, 2008
Scrabble champ disqualified
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A young Scrabble champion from Senegal has been stripped of his title at the Francophone World Championships (French Scrabble) for lying abo...
Oldest bible goes online
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The oldest known surviving copy of the New Testament gets the modern touch Thursday when parts of it go online for the first time. The Briti...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Bug-ger!
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A New Jersey man trying to exterminate insects in his apartment blew it up instead, the New York Daily News reported on Monday. Isias Vidal ...
Plane Stupid
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A campaigner against Heathrow Airport's third runway has attempted to glue himself to Gordon Brown at a Downing Street reception. Dan Gl...
Sand Castle Hotel
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The world's first ever sand hotel has been made in Dorset and is accepting its first guests for £10 a night. It took 1,000 tonnes of san...
Bridge opens after 55 yrs
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Driving along India's eastern National Highway 31 got easier last week when a bridge was opened across the Torsha river near the Ghoksad...
Friday, July 18, 2008
Heavy Metal Monk
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At first glance, Cesare Bonizzi looks like the archetypal Capuchin monk - round-faced, stout, with twinkling eyes and a long flowing white b...
NEW York maze
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A recreation of the Statue of Liberty 10 times bigger than the original has been unveiled in North Yorkshire. Farmer Tom Pearcy cut the imag...
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Trashy prize
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A French air hostess will become one of Europe's pioneer space tourists after picking a chocolate wrapper out of the rubbish and finding...
Cardboard Gandhi
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An American artist has made a 17ft cardboard statue of Mahatma Gandhi – and published step-by-step instructions on the internet to help othe...
Burnt lot
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The first guitar to be burnt by Jimi Hendrix onstage is set to fetch £500,000 at auction. Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster, which was ...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
From Here to There
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