Odd News

Perfect timing: Slot machine saves German gambler as police arrive
A German gambler had a truly unbelievable run of luck last week: he hit the jackpot at the exact moment he was being arrested for non-payment of a fine.
The woman who soothes apes by playing the harp for them
Harpist Terry Tacheny long enjoyed taking her young daughters to Como Zoo in St.
Literally addictive: Chinese restaurant serves noodles laced with opium poppy
A Chinese noodle vendor in northern Shaanxi province has been detained for 10 days after admitting he added powdered poppy plant – from which opium is...
For sale: One extremely rare Ice Age woolly mammoth skeleton
This skeleton of an Ice Age woolly mammoth is up for sale - but could fetch up to £250,000 when it goes under the hammer.
Beer we go: Munich expects 6 million visits at this year’s Oktoberfest
Germany’s world-famous Oktoberfest kicked off Saturday with the traditional tapping of the first barrel of beer, as millions of revellers readied...
Man who ate napkins to conceal insider trading pleads guilty
A New York mortgage broker, who would scribble secret stock tips on napkins and pass them to an accomplice in Grand Central station before eating them,...
TV news reader silenced after calling Chinese President Xi ‘eleven’
An Indian TV news anchor reader has been forced off air after referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as “Eleven” Jinping during a bulletin.
Excavated skeletons have held hands for seven centuries
Their fingers have been intertwined for the best part of 700 years, and they have just been excavated from a lost chapel in the same English county where...
Is this your car, sir? Man to be reunited with Jaguar stolen 46 years ago
U.S. authorities have recovered a Jaguar XKE stolen 46 years ago outside a New York City apartment after finding it on a ship to the Netherlands and tracking...
First rule: Never burn the driver’s armpit hair when the vehicle is moving
A SUV full of teenagers crashed Wednesday morning in Idaho after one of the passengers lit the driver’s armpit hair on fire with a lighter, Ada County...
Don’t text and walk: China creates first no-cellphone sidewalk
Many places around the world have lanes for bicycles, others for motorcycles, but there’s a place in mainland China that boasts a different type...
Venezuela’s newest shortage: breast implants
A chronic shortage of brand-name breast implants in Venezuela is impinging on a cultural cornerstone: the boob job.
Grandma-ster Flash: Grans caught up in tag confusion with hip hop legend
Grandmothers have been unwittingly sending posts to loved ones on Facebook from one of the biggest stars in the world of hip hop.
Argentine family given permission to name son Messi
A couple have named their new-born son Messi after Argentina’s soccer captain, having been granted permission to circumvent a 45-year-old law banning...
Billionaire model Kathy Ireland shows off strange talent at beauty pageant
She’s rich, smart, accomplished and beautiful. But last night, former supermodel Kathy Ireland added yet another accomplishment to her already long...
Holy water, feng shui help new Thai PM to ward off occult
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is using everything from holy water to feng shui to ward off the occult, as the 60-year-old prepares to move in to...
Meet the ‘Chess’ man tattooed from head to toe in checkers
Tattooed from shaved head to pinkie toe in checkers and other designs, the man who calls himself “Chess” was a star attraction at the first-ever...
What was it about this guy’s name that caused an FB group to reject him?
Administrators for a Facebook page, clearly unfamiliar with Asian names, thought there was Sum Ting Wong when they got a request from a ‘Ho Fu Ken’...
Angry ram butts buzzing drone out of the air, before taking on owner
This is one ram who clearly takes a breach of his peace and quiet very baaadly. Footage has emerged of the irate creature slamming into a drone after it...
Woof: Great Dane spared in 43.5 sock belly ache
The three-year-old Great Dane was miserable and retching when its owners rushed him to a emergency animal hospital in the U.S.
Furrytail wedding? Indian teenager marries stray dog ‘to lift curse’
A teenager from a remote village in India has been forced to marry a stray dog after her family become convinced it would rid her of a curse that plagued...
'Our Chavez who art in heaven': Venezuelans praise their late leader
Maria Estrella Uribe, a member of Venezuela’s Socialist Party has rolled out a variation of the classic Christian “Lord’s Prayer”...
'I didn't have implants': Beauty queen refuses to return tiara after row
A Burmese beauty queen is refusing to return her US$99,550 tiara after pageant organisers accused her of lying about whether she had breast implants.
Tantrums, concubines, and hotpot burns: China insurers have it covered
Your child throws a tantrum and smashes something? Take out “naughty child insurance”.
ALS ice bucket challenge arrives in North Korea
It’s pretty hard to find a novel way to do the ALS ice bucket challenge by now, but two-time Grammy-winning rapper Pras Michel, a founding member...
Japan porn queens raise thousands of dollars from ‘Boob Aid’
A group of Japanese porn actresses have raised tens of thousands of dollars by having their breasts squeezed by fans at a “Boob Aid” charity...
Obama addresses the case for war, Twitter responds by discussing his suit
When President Barack Obama took the podium in the White House press room on Thursday, he told reporters “we don’t have a strategy yet”...
Disgraced Burmese beauty queen runs off with $200,000 bejewelled crown
A disgraced beauty queen who was stripped of her title for allegedly being rude and dishonest has run off with the highly valued crown.
This is how India does the ‘Ice’ Bucket Challenge
India has ditched the viral Ice Bucket Challenge and replaced it with a more appropriate Rice Bucket Challenge.
A flavour out of favour: Dog meat demand fading in South Korea
On three “dog days,” which are among the hottest times of the year, many South Koreans queue for a dish of shredded dog meat and vegetables...

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