Bizarre

9 July 2021

Woman had 'fake mum' for 13 years

A woman hired an impostor to impersonate her mother for 13 years. Cheng Jing, 46, recruited a 'fake mum' so she didn't have to break the devastating news to her grandmother, ...

9 July 2021

Lizard trapped in toilet

A lizard has been rescued after getting its head stuck down a toilet. The four-foot creature had spent five days hiding out in the bathroom of a residential home in the ...

9 July 2021

England fans would swap sex for win

Nearly a quarter of Brits would give up sex for three months if it guaranteed an England win in the Euro 2020 final. The national side will face Italy in their ...

9 July 2021

Get paid to eat ice cream

Ice cream fans could get paid £1,000 to indulge in the sweet treat - but only if they give up sugar. To mark National Ice Cream Month this month, Wheyhey are ...

8 July 2021

Wedding guest slams bride and groom for serving too much cheese

A disgruntled wedding guest has slammed the bride and groom for serving too much cheese at their nuptials. The woman upset her boyfriend’s mother and her new husband on their wedding ...

8 July 2021

Mum puts non-alcoholic vodka in children's lunch boxes

A mum has been putting non-alcoholic vodka in her children’s lunch boxes. The woman has been slammed online for appearing to give her children zero percent vodka to take to school ...

8 July 2021

Woman captures UFO on camera

A woman has seemingly captured a UFO on camera. Shaneika Joyner and her six-year-old daughter India were stopped at traffic lights on Highway 52 in Goose Creek, South Carolina, last week ...

6 July 2021

Student photographs UFO

A UK student claims to have seen a UFO hovering over the sea. Matthew Evans was looking out of his top-floor flat in Teignmouth, Devon, last week when he noticed a ...

6 July 2021

Snake bites man on toilet

A man was bitten by a snake as he sat on the toilet. The unnamed 65 year old felt a "pinch in the area of his genitals" before noticing a five ...

6 July 2021

Dogs too nice for police

Dogs that were deemed too friendly to join the police are to be auctioned in China. The Criminal Investigation Police University of China in northeastern Liaoning province are looking for new ...

6 July 2021

Demons target people by text

A Catholic priest claims demons have been contacting people by text. Stephen Joseph Rossetti performs up to 20 exorcisms a week to free people and their surroundings from "demons and satanic ...

5 July 2021

Eating oily fish can ease migraines

Eating a diet of oily fish could ease migraines, new research has found. An excessive caffeine or alcohol intake has long been linked to the onset of migraines but the new ...

5 July 2021

Mystic meerkats predict England glory

A group of mystic meerkats have predicted that England will come out on top against Ukraine in the Euro 2020 quarter-final. The animals at Drusillas Park in Sussex correctly predicted that ...

5 July 2021

Seal disrupts morning rush hour in New Zealand

A seal wandered into a road in New Zealand during the morning rush hour. Police officers in the city of Dunedin were called out on Thursday (01.07.21) morning after reports that ...

5 July 2021

British man breaks penis vertically in world first

A British man has become the first reported case of someone breaking their penis vertically. The unnamed individual injured himself while having sex with doctors stating that his penis simply "buckled". The ...

2 July 2021

Kittens rescued from car's engine compartment

Two kittens were rescued from the engine compartment of a car in Florida. The Cape Coral Fire Department said that officers were called out after a family heard meowing coming from ...

2 July 2021

Tiddlywink was trapped in woman's nose for 37 years

A woman had a tiddlywink stuck up her nose for 37 years. Mary McCarthy, from New Zealand, explained that her nostrils were "constantly leaking" and that she had previously been diagnosed ...

2 July 2021

Eating chocolate for breakfast aids weight loss

Eating chocolate for breakfast can help people lose weight, scientists have found. Researchers at Brigham and Woman's Hospital in Boston, USA, gave 100 grams of milk chocolate to 19 post-menopausal women ...

2 July 2021

Customer issues bomb threat to McDonald's for lack of sauce

A man threatened to blow up his local McDonald's because they didn't have the sauce he wanted. Robert Golwitzer Jr. was arrested in the US state of Iowa last weekend after ...

1 July 2021

Elon Musk statue panned on Twitter

A life-size statue of Elon Musk has been mocked after its unveiling. A bronze statue of the entrepreneur was placed in New York City by an investment website to mark his ...

1 July 2021

Women breaks own record with Smurf memorabilia

A woman who has been collecting Smurfs memorabilia for 40 years has broken her own Guinness World record after doubling her collection. Gerda Scheuers, from Wisconsin in the US, had set ...

1 July 2021

Octopus produces work of art

An octopus has produced a work of art at an aquarium in Florida. The Florida Aquarium shared video footage of Farallon the octopus creating a painting on a plastic-wrapped canvas as ...

1 July 2021

Naturo launches joint human and dog counselling sessions

The first-ever joint human and dog counselling service has been launched. Pet food brand Naturo has introduced 'hound-selling' classes that will combine both canine and human therapy practices after research found ...

30 June 2021

Inventor shuts mouths with weight-loss device

An inventor has created a weight-loss device that keeps people's mouths shut. The DentalSlim Diet Control involves two magnets being inserted onto opposing top and bottom teeth and ensuring your mouth ...