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Jaws vs. claws! Giant crocodile and shark fight to the death in Australia
Tourists looked on in shock as a three-legged, 5.5-metre saltwater crocodile fought a bull shark in a titanic face-off.
Adrenalin junkies zoom down 244-metre high zip line in heart-in-mouth viral video
You’ll need a head for heights to tackle this adrenaline-fuelled challenge—the world’s largest urban zip line attached to 244-metre buildings.
You can now legitimately use the word ‘selfie’ in Scrabble
To Scrabble fanatics, big gifts sometimes come in small packages. You can now legitimately put down the letters S-E-L-F-I-E or B-R-O-M-A-N-C-E on a scrabble...
'Runaway' giant tortoise captured by police after low-speed chase
A giant tortoise found ambling down a street in suburban Los Angeles has been reunited with its owners.
Blessing or curse? New lake appears in Tunisia’s desert
Hundreds of swimmers have been flocking to a mysterious new lake in the Gafsa region of southern Tunisia.
Pumped up pork: Sportswear company Reebok now sells bacon
While the cult of CrossFit was busy praying to the Paleo Diet gods for pure, unprocessed bacon, sportswear maker Reebok was listening in from the nave.
Driver ‘shaken up’ as axe flies through car window on U.S. highway
A motorist and passenger escaped unscathed after an axe hurtled through their car’s windshield along a busy stretch of Massachusetts highway.
Potty plan: Bankrupt U.S. city looks at marijuana sales to raise funds
The city attorney of bankrupt San Bernardino, California, has a novel idea for raising new revenue - open medical marijuana dispensaries to sell pot.
Crop circle in Germany attracts many visitors
Thousands of people are trekking to a Bavarian farmer’s field to check out a mysterious crop circle that was discovered by a balloonist last week.
Prison break: Arizona inmate uses basketball hoop to leap to freedom
A physically fit felon escaped from a detention facility in Arizona by scaling a basketball hoop in the yard and then jumping from it onto a fence, authorities...
Strewth! Holding on tight, the brave koala who clung to a car for 88 kilometres
A koala that clung to a car grille for more than 80 kilometres after being run over on a motorway has survived the rough ride with only minor injuries.
Robot to hitchhike across Canada in study of human-tech relationships
Travellers in Canada may have some unusual company on the highway this summer as a Wellie-wearing, social media-savvy robot hits the road on a mission...
California cops crack case of creepy porcelain dolls left at little girls’ houses
Police in California say they have solved the case of porcelain dolls being left anonymously outside young girls’ houses.
Chew on this: India doctors extract 232 teeth from teen’s mouth
Doctors in Mumbai, India, took seven hours to remove 232 teeth from the mouth of a teenager.
The power of the Dark Side: Darth Vader more popular than White House hopefuls
Darth Vader is more popular than President Barack Obama, Congress and every single 2016 presidential hopeful as of Wednesday.
Orange really is the new black: Sheriff bans ‘fashionable’ prison colours
A Michigan sheriff is changing prisoners’ all-orange inmate jumpsuits—because they have become a popular fashion trend outside of jail.
A child’s dream: Why Legos keep washing up on a British beach
For the last 17 years, Lego pieces have been washing up on the shores of Cornwall, England, to the delight of mystified beachgoers.
Anger after plus-sized parking spaces created for women drivers in China
The parking spaces outside a Chinese shopping mall are distinctive: marked out in pink, signposted “Respectfully reserved for women”, and around...
Eyes bigger than its belly? Great white shark found dead ‘choked on sea lion’
A great white shark has washed up dead on an Australian beach—after choking on a sea lion.
Great white shark choked by sea lion
A great white shark that washed up on an Australian beach this week had a sea lion stuck in its throat which likely caused its death, fisheries officials...
Ex-dictator Manuel Noriega sues ‘Call of Duty’ makers for using him as a villain
The former dictator of Panama is suing the makers of “Call of Duty” after appearing as a villain in the video game series.
67 live giant African snails ‘for human consumption’ seized at U.S. airport
U.S. customs inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized a shipment of several dozen live giant African snails, considered a delicacy in Nigeria...
'Dead' girl, aged three, wakes up at her own funeral in Philippines
A 3-year-old girl pronounced dead after suffering a severe fever has apparently surprised mourners at her funeral.
Making waves: Hundreds of divers play underwater ‘concert’ in Florida Keys
Nearly 500 divers and snorkelers submerged in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on Saturday for a “concert” beneath the sea broadcast...
Creepy crawly: Five-foot-long earthworm photographed in Ecuador
Just imagine the fish you could catch with a worm that is five feet long. That might be what these adventurers thought when they discovered a massive earthworm...
Police find cocaine worth £25m hidden in fake plastic bananas
Four men have been arrested after £25m worth of cocaine was found hidden inside fake plastic bananas.
Captain, my captain! Pilot buys pizzas for passengers grounded by storm
Faced with potentially hungry—and grumpy—passengers, a Frontier Airlines pilot treated them to pizza when storms diverted a Denver-bound flight to...
This caliph has swag: Baghdadi mocked for pricey timepiece
Eagle-eyed observers of the first sermon by the self-proclaimed “caliph” of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have noticed more...
Chipping in: Crowd funded potato salad goes viral on Web
A crowd funding project to raise money for a potato salad has gone viral on the internet and so far raised over $3,000 in just a few days.
Grapes fetch record $5,400 a bunch at Japanese auction
Bridal couples at a Japanese wedding hall will have a special treat at their banquet: a bunch of fresh, juicy grapes that cost a record $5,400.
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