Odd News

Hugo Chavez’s latest memorial: A ballet
His signature adorns buildings all over Venezuela. His eyes grace thousands of red T-shirts and caps.
Woman swallowed by 3m sinkhole that opened up as she hung washing
Firefighters in Australia have rescued a woman from a three-metre deep sinkhole which opened up beneath her while she hung out her washing.
Bad Santa: ‘Utter disgrace’ UK Christmas attraction shuts down after one day
A Christmas-themed attraction in the UK has been forced to close after just one day.
Many, many happy returns: 30,000 birthday cards for Down’s Syndrome man
A man with Down’s syndrome in France got 30,000 cards from around the world for his 30th birthday, after his mother put out a call on Facebook that...
Seychelles poachers go nutty for erotically shaped seed
Under cover of darkness in the steamy jungles of the Seychelles, thieves creep out to harvest the sizeable and valuable nuts of the famous coco de mer...
Hawaii airline Island Air tells pilots to return $4,000 Christmas bonus
45 pilots from Island Air were probably pretty happy when they got a $4,000 Christmas bonus — that is, until the airline wanted the money back.
Brazil airline changes flight number after clairvoyant predicts crash
Brazilian airline TAM changed one of its flight numbers after a renowned clairvoyant predicted a plane bearing the original number would crash shortly...
Tyred of the noise: Venice bans wheely suitcases from its streets
Venice has banned noisy suitcase wheels from its cobbled streets. Residents of one of the world’s most famous cities have had enough of hearing the...
Smoking the competition: ‘Vape’ is Oxford’s word of the year
Vape — to inhale on an electronic cigarette instead of burning a traditional tobacco cigarette.
Indonesia criticised over virginity tests for female police officers
Indonesia’s national police have been urged to halt virginity tests for women applying to join the force in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority...
Behind every big beast is a kitten ready to purr
Being a lion is hard. To be king of the jungle takes a lot of work. Sometimes you have to recharge, let go of the stress, and just be pampered a little...
Serial killer Charles Manson to marry in prison
Wedding bells are ringing for mass murderer Charles Manson – the 80-year-old has been granted a marriage license to wed a 26-year-old woman who has been...
Crowd lifts car off woman dragged under wheels after moped crash
A video has emerged of around 20 people running to lift a car off a woman. The woman had been riding on a moped with a man on a street in China when they...
Atari games buried in landfill net $37,000 on eBay
What some have called the worst video game ever made has fetched thousands of dollars for a city in the southwestern state of New Mexico. An old “E.T.
Viva la revolución! Venezuela celebrates world record Christmas dinner
Venezuela praised its ‘socialist revolution’ for a culinary conquest on Saturday: Guinness World Records for the country’s beloved Christmas...
Multitasking: California newspaper asks reporters to be paper boys
One of California’s largest newspapers has asked reporters and other employees to help deliver papers on Sundays, according to a memo obtained by...
Mum and daughter give birth on the same day
A mother and her daughter have given birth in the same hospital on the same day.
Chug chug chug: Canadian seeks women’s world record in the beer mile
Next month, professional Candian triathlete Kirsty Smith, along with competitors such as U.S.
Long and short of it: World’s tallest and smallest men meet in London
The world’s tallest and shortest men came face to face - well, face to shin - on Thursday to celebrate the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day.
Window cleaners rescued 68 floors up World Trade Center after cable snaps
Firefighters rescued two window cleaners who were stuck on scaffolding outside the 69th floor of One World Trade Center in New York City.
Man accused of murdering second wife…after killing his first wife?
A man accused of pushing his wife to her death off a cliff in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park also killed his first wife 17 years earlier,...
Man rescued from Colorado department store’s walls
Authorities say a man who was freed from a space between two walls of a Colorado department store may have been there for several days yelling for help.
Man rescued from inside Colorado department store’s walls
Authorities say a man who was freed from a space between two walls of a Colorado department store may have been there for several days yelling for help.
Laden with terror, the Osama ‘Devil Doll’ could be yours for $2,500
An Osama bin Laden “Devil Doll” created almost a decade ago by the CIA is going on auction this month.
Hair transplants: Pakistan’s new weapon of mass seduction
In Pakistan, hair is synonymous with virility to the point that even some Taliban fighters are buying ointments to give their long locks and beards a lustrous...
Mother survives 45 mins with no pulse after caesarean complications
A woman has survived for 45 minutes without a pulse after complications from a caesarean section, it has been revealed.
British Falklands veteran is hoping to return helmet of soldier he killed
British soldier Gordon Hoggan still has horrifying nightmares about killing an Argentinian marine with his bayonet during the Falklands War.
Putin gaining popularity in the Ukraine – as subject of gag gifts
Portraits of President Vladimir Putin in the Ukrainian capital? Plenty – but they’re printed on toilet paper.
Thousands of dead fish in Rio’s Olympic sailing venue baffles scientists
Thousands of dead fish have begun mysteriously washing up in the polluted Rio bay that will host sailing and rowing events at the 2016 Olympics - and experts...
Hot air balloon ride lands tourists in prison—literally
A hot air balloon carrying two foreign tourists has landed in the middle of a prison in India, sparking a major security alert.

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