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Roughly 22,000 bras recalled in Japan due to injury fears
A Japanese lingerie maker is recalling tens of thousands of brassieres after complaints that underwires suddenly poked out, sometimes while women were...
Hang on, hang on… now go: Massachusetts girl born at 10:11, 12-13-14
A Massachusetts couple is celebrating the birth of their daughter with a numerically unusual birth time and date.
Sales of macadamias soar in South Korea after airline’s ‘nut-rage’
Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country.
Desperate Spaniards turning to magic to cure life’s woes
Maite Izquierdo and her family are doing their best to get by in Spain’s economic crisis, but work and money don’t come by magic.
Came in like a wrecking ball: Marriage proposal ends in evacuation of six homes
A Dutchman’s attempt at a romantic wedding proposal was simply smashing. The unidentified lover in the central town of Ijsselstein rented a crane,...
Mississippi pastor trots out horse in wedding dress to protest gay marriage
A Mississippi pastor brought a horse in a wedding dress to stand with him outside a federal courthouse on Friday in Jackson to protest a federal judge’s...
Magic mushrooms found growing in the grounds of Buckingham Palace
A mushroom with hallucinogenic properties has been found growing at Buckingham Palace but no one suspects Queen Elizabeth II of cultivating magic mushrooms.
'Toy gun' kids flee attempted bank robbery empty-handed
Two boys, aged 12 and 13, have appeared in court accused of trying to rob a bank using toy guns.
Jackpot! Austrian gambling addict to get 440,000 of his 800,000 euros back
A Vienna gambler will get back almost 440,000 euros that he squandered on slot machines, after a local court ruled that he suffered from an addiction,...
New baby on board! Plane diverted after woman gives birth to boy mid-flight
A woman has given birth to a little baby boy on board a Southwest Airlines flight in America.
Tony Abbott’s ‘shirtfront’ is Australia’s word of the year
'Shirtfront', an aggressive Australian sports term used by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to challenge Russia's Vladimir Putin, was Wednesday picked as the...
'Nutgate' - Korean Air chief's daughter halts flight over macadamia mix-up
The daughter of the CEO of Korean Air forced the purser off a plane bound for Seoul from New York after she was incorrectly served some nuts, delaying...
A real steal: World’s largest white truffle sells for ‘bargain’ $61,250
Consider it a bargain: The world’s largest white truffle sold at auction Saturday for $61,250 — far less than the cool $1 million its owner reportedly...
Smelling sweet: the Bulgarian deodorant that you eat
There are sprays, roll-ons and sticks. Now one Bulgarian candy-maker is offering a new kind of deodorant: in the form of delicious sweets.
RIP Frank and Louie: World’s oldest two-faced feline dies at 15
The world’s oldest two-faced cat has died at the age of 15 in the U.S. The feline named Frank and Louie was born with two faces, two mouths, two...
Luxury Christmas crackers contain $5.8m yacht and Aston Martin
If you are fed up with rubbish jokes, coloured hats, plastic combs and thimbles falling out of your Christmas crackers, read on.
French flies: Japan food chain plans emergency airlift to ease fry shortage
Already in the throes of a butter shortage that is threatening to ruin Christmas for millions of cake-baking Japanese housewives, Japan is now rushing...
New York court rules that chimpanzees have no human rights
In the first case of its kind, a New York appeals court rejected on Thursday an animal rights advocate’s bid to extend ‘legal personhood’...
The mystery of the missing brains: solved
It was a real head-scratcher, but the mystery has been solved. Dozens of human brains that seemed to have gone missing from a research lab at the University...
There can be only Un: North Korea bans people’s use of leader’s name
In North Korea, there can be only one Kim Jong Un. A South Korean official said Wednesday that Pyongyang forbids its people from using the same name as...
On a fin and a prayer: Flying shark causes havoc at Australian beach
A shark leaping out of the water caused panic during a mums’ surfing competition in Australia.
In Nicaragua, tarantulas are latest cash crop
His corn and bean fields ravaged by drought, 27-year-old Nicaraguan farmer Leonel Sanchez Hernandez grudgingly found a new harvest: tarantulas.
Scientists identify new species of frog that won’t croak
Scientists have discovered a new frog species in southern New Jersey that makes un-froglike sounds.
Pig on a plane: Woman hustled off flight for pig’s alleged disruptiveness
Pigs do not fly, this time especially not on a U.S. Airways flight. A woman carrying a large pot-bellied pig was asked to remove her animal from the plane...
Woman stabs boyfriend for starting Thanksgiving dinner without her
A Pennsylvania woman chased her boyfriend around a dining room and stabbed him in the chest, police say, because he started eating Thanksgiving dinner...
Ewe must be joking: Sheep invade Paris to protest against wolf attacks
Disgruntled farmers brought their sheep to the Eiffel Tower on Thursday to protest against wolf attacks, and what they call the government’s anti-farmer...
Japanese man sues women-only university for rejecting him
A young Japanese man is suing an all-female public university for gender discrimination after being denied admission, according to a media reports.
Putin’s tiger kills 15 goats in northeast China
A rare Siberian tiger released into the wild by Russian President Vladimir Putin is keeping farmers in northeastern China on edge.
Passengers filmed getting out to push broken jet on frozen Siberian runway
Passengers had to get out and push their plane in temperatures of minus 52C after freezing weather brought it to a standstill.
Emperor strikes back: Swiss firm to put Napoleon’s DNA in watches
Napoleon’s admirers will be able to carry his DNA on their wrists after a Swiss company announced Tuesday its plans to sell watches containing a...
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