Bizarre

16 August 2021

Village terrorised by baked bean vandal

A village is being terrorised by a mysterious vandal pouring baked beans through letterboxes. The mystery bandit has been covering doorsteps, homes and cars with the famous orange sauce in the ...

16 August 2021

Cat rescues stricken owner with purring

A pet cat's meows led rescuers to its owner after she fell 70 feet down a ravine. Police in Cornwall were searching for the 83-year-old woman when a member of the ...

16 August 2021

Man in a cave gets vaccinated as soon as he heard about coronavirus

A man who has lived in a cave for 20 years got the coronavirus jab as soon as he learned about the pandemic. Panta Petrovic retreated to the unusual home as ...

16 August 2021

Pelican flies 100 miles after escaping zoo

A pelican escaped from an Irish zoo and was spotted more than 100 miles away. The Fota Wildlife Park in Cork confirmed that the bird escaped for a second time and ...

13 August 2021

Women are turned off by men with female friends

Having lots of female friends can make men less attractive to women. A new study has claimed that women are turned off by men with lots of friends from the fairer ...

13 August 2021

Fifth of British men sleep with a teddy bear

A fifth of adult men in the UK snuggle up to a teddy bear at night. A new survey from The Sun and electronics retailer ao.com has revealed that millions ...

13 August 2021

Egg on ceiling sparks Facebook storm

A woman has sparked a social media storm after finding a mysterious egg in her friend's home. She shared an image of the egg on the ceiling on Facebook and has ...

13 August 2021

Hermit crabs sexually aroused by plastic

Hermit crabs are "sexually excited" by plastic waste in the world's oceans. Researchers at the University of Hull have studied waters of the North Yorkshire coast and found a chemical called ...

12 August 2021

Rail enthusiasts hold dream train wedding

Two rail enthusiasts have had a dream wedding onboard a train. Laura Dale and Jane Magnet won a competition to have their nuptials on a train after beating 150 other entries ...

12 August 2021

Apes use signals in social interaction

Apes use signals to begin and end social interactions, a new study has found. The findings mark the first time the behaviour has been picked up outside of the human species ...

12 August 2021

Charles and Diana's wedding cake slice sells for £1,850

A slice of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding cake has sold for £1,850 at auction. The cake was purchased by Gerry Layton and was one of the 23 official cakes ...

12 August 2021

Animal rescuers discover electric toothbrush while hunting cobra

Animal rescuers searching for a hissing cobra ended up finding an electric toothbrush. The welfare group ACRES were called out to a home in Singapore after a woman thought she had ...

11 August 2021

Boy celebrates 500th night of camping

An 11-year-old boy has spent his 500th night camping outside Max Woosey was inspired to start sleeping in a tent after his neighbour, who later passed away from cancer, gave him ...

11 August 2021

Woman sets record for running on all fours

A Canadian woman has unofficially set a world record for running 100 metres on all fours. Julie McCann ran on her hands and feet at the Greater Vernon Athletics Park in ...

11 August 2021

Curry can spice up woman's sex drives

Eating a curry can boost a woman's sex drive, new research has revealed. Fenugreek - which is used as a herb or seed in recipes - can reduce problems suffered by ...

11 August 2021

Pig declared as the oldest in captivity

A 23-year-old pig has been dubbed as the world's oldest in captivity by Guinness World Records. Patrick Cunningham and Stan Coffman, from Illinois in the United States, explained that their pig ...

10 August 2021

Jelly Babies contributed to Team GB glory

Jelly Babies have helped Team GB to glory at Tokyo 2020. 35 boxes of the sweets were shipped over to the Olympics as part of a "home-from-home strategy" provided by support ...

10 August 2021

Women who shrink at greater risk of death

Women who shrink as they age are at a greater risk of dying. A new study has found that each centimetre of height lost can be linked to an increase of ...

10 August 2021

Upside down goose was showing off

A goose flying upside down was showing off, experts have said. Amateur photographer Vincent Cornelissen posted an image on Instagram of the goose cruising upside down in the Netherlands earlier this ...

10 August 2021

Basketball players aiming to break record for longest game

Basketball players are in the midst of an attempt to play the longest game of the sport. Teams from New York and Canada, which consist of high school and college students, ...

9 August 2021

Record-breaking bat flies from London to Russia

A bat broke a British record by flying more than 1,200 miles from London to Russia - before being eaten by a cat. The Nathusius' pipistrelle was discovered in the Russian ...

9 August 2021

Woman recognised as world's oldest competitive powerlifter

A woman has broken a Guinness World Record as the world's oldest competitive powerlifter. Edith Murway-Traina marked her 100th birthday on Sunday (08.08.21) with notification that she had claimed the ...

9 August 2021

Expert tips sex robot marriages by 2050

Marrying a sex robot will be considered 'normal' by 2050, an expert has claimed. Dr. David Levy believes that views on robot partners will shift in the coming decades, in a ...

9 August 2021

Woman sues McDonald's after breaking Lent

A woman is suing McDonald's after claiming that an advert for a cheeseburger caused her to break Lent. Ksenia Ovchinnikova has taken legal action against the fast-food giant as she was ...