Friday, May 24th, 2013

Offbeat

Serbians get vampire warning

Residents of the western Serbian village of Zarozje had been given a public health warning recently by the town's mayor who said a vampire was on the loose.
November 30, 2012, 10:15 am
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Bald grandmother opts for tattoo solution

A British grandmother has taken the unusual step of solving her baldness by getting her head tattooed with an eleborate design.
December 4, 2012, 9:24 am
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Sex change woman seeks manhood again

A 75-year-old woman, who had gender reassignment decades ago, wants to return to being a man, according to a British news website.
November 28, 2012, 10:02 am
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Passenger helps to land 747

'Ladies and gentlemen, is there a pilot on the plane?'
November 21, 2012, 7:06 am
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Teen survives stepping on rattlesnake nest

A California teenager who survived falling into a nest of rattlesnakes has described the pain after she was bitten six times.
November 15, 2012, 8:08 am

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Max meets his 16th century doppelganger

At first Max Galuppo, university student, of Bloomsbury, New Jersey, didn't believe it.
November 14, 2012, 9:42 am

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Kiwi netballers show Gangnam Style

New Zealand's top netballers performed Gangnam Style before their crucial Fast5 netball final match last night.
November 12, 2012, 11:01 am

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The year's 'shonky' products panned

A children's medicine, smartphone coating and Toblerones have made a list of the year's shonky products being sold in Australia.
October 30, 2012, 1:05 pm
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Shark falls from sky, lands on 12th tee

US golf club employees have rescued what is believed to be a young shark that dropped out of the sky and flopped around on the 12th tee.
October 26, 2012, 11:46 am
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Heard the one about the mobile phone and the cow?

Heard the one about the mobile phone and the cow?
October 26, 2012, 10:32 am
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Longest flight goes to Aussie airline

Singapore Airlines is cancelling the world's longest commercial flight, giving the title to the Qantas flight between Sydney and Dallas.
October 25, 2012, 9:09 am

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Whale 'mimicking human speech'

Marine biologists puzzled by human-like sounds coming from the whale and dolphin tank of an aquarium have concluded they were actually coming from a whale.
October 23, 2012, 9:51 am
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Poisoned and buried - but Ethan fought back

A dog in France has had a miraculous escape after it was posioned and buried alive.
October 23, 2012, 7:53 am

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Motel plan for historic morgue

A Tasmanian developer wants to turn an historic morgue into a motel, complete with pull-out fridges for beds.
October 22, 2012, 1:23 pm
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How's this for the ultimate drive through

There's the bull in the China shop and then there's this - the ultimate drive through.
October 22, 2012, 7:42 am
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App offers peace of mind for adulterers

Worried about that illicit affair being discovered by your partner?
October 15, 2012, 8:07 am
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Giant eyeball washes up on beach

Word that a giant eyeball washed up on a Florida beach has created a buzz on the internet and in the marine biology community.
October 13, 2012, 2:36 pm

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Man wins roach-eating contest, dies

Edward Archbold was willing to do anything to win an exotic python - even if it meant eating bugs, both crunchy and slimy.
October 9, 2012, 10:32 am
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Top doctor claims to have seen heaven

A top neurosurgeon claims to have proof of heaven after making a full recovery from a seven-day coma that saw his neocortex inactivated.
October 9, 2012, 10:17 am
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Elderly couple grew tall cannabis plant

British police say an elderly couple unwittingly grew a monstrous cannabis plant in their yard after buying what they thought was an innocuous green bush at a flea market.
October 9, 2012, 6:44 am
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