Bizarre

18 December 2020

Professor suggests sex robots should be aimed at the elderly

Sex robots should be aimed at the elderly, according to an academic. Professor Nancy Jecker has suggested that saucy cyborgs should appeal to senior citizens as part of her bizarre new ...

15 December 2020

Guinness launch limited-edition Lock Inn pubs

Guinness has launched a limited-edition range of 'Lock Inn' pubs. The unique pubs can be installed in gardens for £5,000 and is aimed at those who have been missing the atmosphere ...

15 December 2020

TikTok doctor recommends wearing socks to bed

An NHS doctor has recommended that people wear socks when they're in bed. Dr. Karan Raj has amassed millions of followers on TikTok with his bitesize medical pointers, and has now ...

15 December 2020

Woman reunited with cat a year after it went missing

A woman has been reunited with her cat a year after it went missing. Sybil Gillatt's feline Laddo vanished from her home in Doncaster, England, in November 2019, but recently resurfaced ...

15 December 2020

Woman ties the knot with briefcase named Gideon

A woman who is attracted to objects has 'married' a briefcase. Rain Gordon, from Moscow, claims that she's always had an interest in inanimate objects - and it has now become ...

11 December 2020

Message in a bottle travels 2,000 miles to Scotland

A message in a bottle travelled 2,000 miles from Canada to Scotland. Sharon and Michael Cox were walking on the Isle of Barra when the bottle caught the attention of their ...

11 December 2020

Flight attendants in China told to wear nappies

Flight attendants in China have been advised to wear nappies. New guidelines issued by the country's aviation authority have advised aeroplane staff to wear nappies so they do not have to ...

11 December 2020

Online star breaks tortilla tower world record

An online star has broken a Guinness World Record by creating a giant tower of tortillas. Angel Zayas constructed the 32.1-inch tower from the snack that was able to stand without ...

11 December 2020

Deer rescued after getting tangled in Christmas lights

A deer had to be rescued after getting tangled up in Christmas lights. Wildlife officials in Colorado were called out earlier this week to help the animal after it got the ...

10 December 2020

World's first hail-a-panto launches in the UK

The world's first hail-a-panto has arrived in the UK. Ride-hailing app FREE NOW have teamed up with theatre group Gideon Reeling to stage a unique production of the 'Puss in Boot' ...

10 December 2020

Bad Sex in Fiction prize cancelled

This year's Bad Sex in Fiction award has been cancelled. The prize, which honours the "most outstandingly awful scene of sexual description in an otherwise good novel", has been ditched for ...

10 December 2020

15th century coins discovered by gardener

Gold coins dating back to the 15th century were found by a person weeding their garden in Hampshire amid a spate of discoveries in homes. The value of the coins is ...

10 December 2020

Woman sues boyfriend for not proposing

A woman sued her boyfriend as he didn't propose to her after eight years of dating. Gertrude Ngoma has become fed up waiting for her partner Herbert Salaliki to pop the ...

9 December 2020

Nine-pound goldfish spotted in a South Carolina lake

A giant goldfish has been found swimming in a South Carolina lake. The nine-pound creature was spotted by researchers conducting a fish population survey of a lake. Greenville County Parks said that ...

9 December 2020

Lions test positive for coronavirus

Four lions at Barcelona zoo have tested positive for coronavirus. Three females, 16-year-olds Zala, Nima and Run Run as well as four-year-old male Kiumbe tested positive for COVID-19 after zookeepers noticed ...

9 December 2020

Poundland customers irritated by the voice of Santa

Shoppers at Poundland have been humiliated by the voice of Father Christmas at self-service tills. Customers who had used the wrong card or typed in the wrong pin number were left ...

9 December 2020

Farmer finds precious diamond on his land

A farmer's life has been transformed after he found a diamond on his farm. Lakhan Yadav was working on his land in India when he stumbled across the gem. He had ...

8 December 2020

Trans-species man has fins surgically attached to head

A man who identifies as 'trans-species' has had two fins implanted into his head. Spaniard Manel Munoz says that he doesn't feel as if he is completely human and has now ...

8 December 2020

Giraffes dramatically rescued from flooded island

A pair of giraffes have been rescued from a flooded island in Kenya. Conservationist group Save Giraffes Now posted footage of the daring rescue online, showing a female giraffe named Asiwa ...

8 December 2020

Christmas tree assembled from sardine cans breaks world record

A food company in the Philippines has assembled sardine cans into a giant Christmas tree. Mega Sardines constructed the nearly 20-foot-tall festive tree from more than 70,000 cans of sardines to ...

8 December 2020

Man breaks sleigh-pulling record dressed as Santa

A man dressed as Santa Claus has broken the record for pulling a truck loaded with reindeer and a sleigh. Canadian Santa impersonator Kevin Fast smashed the Guinness World Record for ...

7 December 2020

Monolith spotted on the Isle of Wight

A monolith has been discovered on the Isle of Wight. Tom Dunford spotted the mysterious mirrored object as he was out walking on the island's Compton Beach. The finding comes just ...

7 December 2020

Woman to leave home after finding doll in wall

A woman who discovered a doll's face in the wall of her new house has been told to "immediately" move out. The story was posted on Twitter by the woman's sister, ...

7 December 2020

Man orders gigantic Grinch inflatable

A man ordered a Grinch inflatable that's taller than his house. Ray Liddell had bought the decoration in a bid to impress his seven-year-old daughter Jasmine but was shocked to discover ...