Bizarre

15 April 2021

Bizarre stories: Dinosaur footprint found on Yorkshire beach and more...

A dinosaur footprint from a "Jurassic giant" has been found on a beach in Yorkshire. Marie Woods noticed the fossilised print as she was collecting shellfish and experts believe it was ...

14 April 2021

Astronaut claims spacewalk world record

An astronaut from Japan has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest time between two spacewalks. Soichi Noguchi, a spaceman from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, embarked on his latest ...

14 April 2021

Garden gnome sales rocket during lockdown

Sales of garden gnomes have risen by 20 per cent in the past year. It is believed that a million have been sold in the UK as the garden ornaments have ...

14 April 2021

Domino's trialling pizza delivery robot in Texas

Domino's are trialling a pizza delivery robot in Texas. The pizza chain has revealed that the robot will be delivering to customers in the city of Houston who opt-in to the ...

14 April 2021

Man left with half a house after mix-up with builders

A man has been left with half a house after a communication breakdown with the builder. Bishnu Aryal, from Nepal, had spent years saving up thousands for his dream property in ...

13 April 2021

Bizarre stories: Collector spends lockdown cleaning 23,000 milk bottles and more...

A collector with 23,000 milk bottles has used lockdown to clean them all. Steve Wheeler has amassed the vast collection of bottles from across the world over the past 40 years ...

13 April 2021

Dummies take part in skiing race

A ski resort has held a race for dressed-up dummies. The Mount Ashland resort in the US state of Oregon held the annual Dummy Downhill event at the weekend, which featured ...

13 April 2021

French town of Bitche has Facebook page taken down

Facebook has taken down the official page for the French town of Bitche. A local broadcaster has reported that the page was taken down for the area's "offensive" name and has ...

13 April 2021

World's largest rabbit has been stolen

The world's biggest rabbit has been stolen. Darius, a ten-year-old Continental Giant, measures in at four feet three inches and was snatched from the rear garden of a property in Worcestershire. Breeder ...

12 April 2021

Bizarre stories round up: 'Time traveller' predicts day the Earth will end and more...

A 'time traveller' has claimed to have revealed the exact day that the Earth will end. TikTok account @thatonetimetraveller said they have received several questions from people about the apocalypse so ...

10 April 2021

Bizarre stories: Classical music created with model train, false teeth found in new coat and more...

- Fredrik Braun, founder of the museum in Hamburg, explained how he and his team spent their time setting up a model train and filling 2,840 wine glasses to prepare ...
8 April 2021

Bizarre stories: World's longest milk tooth, school breaks cereal toppling record and more...

-  The individual, named only as Tony, uploaded a clip to TikTok of him digging up the box in his back garden but was left heaving when he found out ...
8 April 2021

Colour-changing frog turns blue in UK for the first time in centuries

A colour-changing frog has turned blue in the UK for the "first time in 700 years". Male moor frogs are common in Europe and turn blue in spring as they prepare ...

8 April 2021

Streaming service offering true crime binge job

A streaming service is offering people thousands to watch 24 hours of true crime documentaries. MagellanTV are offering $2,400 each to three people willing to binge on true crime and post ...

8 April 2021

Man runs from Disneyland to Walt Disney World

A man from Texas has become the first person to run from Disneyland to Walt Disney World. Don Muchow ran from California to Florida as he completed a challenge that began ...

8 April 2021

Dog walker shocked by well-hung squirrel

A dog walker in the US was stunned to notice a remarkably endowed squirrel. Sarah Lenzenhuber was walking her pet pooch in the US state of Missouri when she was forced ...

8 April 2021

Boy breaks world record for longest milk tooth

A boy has become a world record breaker after his baby tooth was measured at 1.02 inches long. Luke Boulton, 9, had the tooth removed by his dentist in September 2019 ...

8 April 2021

Egypt holds grand parade for mummy transfer

Egypt has held a special parade to mark the transfer of 22 ancient royal mummies to a new museum. The mummies were transported by road in their own capsule accompanied by ...

8 April 2021

School breaks record for toppling cereal boxes

A school broke a Guinness World Record after toppling 3,730 cereal boxes like dominoes. Students at Red Cedar Elementary School in the US state of South Carolina assembled more than 6,000 ...

8 April 2021

Man regrets digging garden box

A man regretted digging up a concrete box that was buried in his garden after smelling what was in it. The individual, named only as Tony, uploaded a clip to TikTok ...

7 April 2021

Bizarre stories: Message in a bottle reaches Norway from England, surfing dogs and more...

-  The Saitama prefectural assembly has passed legislation that requires riders on escalators in the region to stand still, rather than attempt to walk up or down the escalator while ...
2 April 2021

Bizarre: Man breaks world record for holding breath underwater and more...

- Budimir Buda Sobat set a new personal best last weekend by holding his breath for 24 minutes and 33 seconds. The record attempt took place at a pool in ...
1 April 2021

Bizarre stories: French police hunting for LEGO looters, 19lb cat stuck in chimney and more...

-  Caitlyn Wertenberger's moggy Piper disappeared in Washington whilst building work was taking place next door and she was unable to locate the animal despite a desperate search. It was ...
31 March 2021

Bizarre stories: Marvel fan watches movie 191 times, barbershop offers Covid jabs and more...

-  Gee's Clippers in Wisconsin held its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the weekend with more planned over the coming weeks after the business teamed up with a nearby pharmacy. ...