Monkeys prefer listening to traffic sounds over jungle noises, according to a new study.
Primates at a zoo in Finland were given the option to listen to a playlist of traffic ...
A book shop has released a unisex fragrance that smells of books.
Oregon store Powell's City of Books have released 'Powell's by Powell's' to capture the exact scent of a book ...
A pair of hikers found a message dropped by a carrier pigeon in 1910.
Jade Halaoui was walking with his partner in northeastern France when they came across the tiny aluminum ...
A supermarket was left covered in smashed eggs after a fight broke out.
The row occurred at a Tesco store in Middlesbrough and was sparked by a woman who continued shopping ...
A camel escaped from a farm in California.
The animal, named CamElla, caused a stir after roaming loose around the local area - according to animal services officer Michaela McGuian.
She ...
A man named Pineapple could become the mayor of an Australian city.
Climate and peace activist Chris 'Pineapple' Hooper is set for office in Rockhampton, Queensland - although the area's government ...
A 'meat-obsessed' father made a birthday cake out of steak for his son.
Jeff Janes created the delicacy to mark his son Zander's ninth birthday and made it using three cuts ...
A six-year-old boy has become the world's youngest computer programmer.
Arham Om Talsania passed the Microsoft certification exam for the Python programming language in India to seal a place in the ...
A man planted Christmas trees to fill potholes.
Kevin Martin was left exasperated by the potholes in Massachusetts when they left his tyres flattened and decided to bring a festive touch ...
Monopoly is offering compensation for the behaviour of bad losers.
The famous board game has launched the Monopoly Sore Losers Small Claims Fund which offers people the chance to claim a ...
McDonald's now have restaurants in every county in England.
Rutland in the East Midlands had always blocked the fast food chain from opening a branch in the area and had been ...
A man was arrested after showering commuters with money from a window.
The 29-year-old was apprehended by police for scattering a "heavenly rain of banknotes" from his apartment window while he ...
A bulldog has been elected mayor of a town in Kentucky.
Wilbur Beast triumphed in the mayoral election of Rabbit Hash with over 13,000 votes and became the most popular canine ...
A trick-or-treater found a wedding ring at the bottom of a bag.
Gillian Lahoda explained how her son Niko didn't realise that someone had dropped their wedding ring into his treat ...
A huge boa constrictor could be on the loose in Oxford after a snake skin was discovered.
Seven-year-old Amelia Drewett and her grandfather Alan found the scales underneath a bridge in ...
A company is offering $9,000 for a person to browse the internet.
The Norwegian makers of online browser Opera is offering the payday for those prepared to browse the web for ...
Brussels sprouts have been voted as Britain's best green vegetable.
The festive favourite narrowly defeated broccoli to claim the crown of the nation's favourite green veg.
Sprouts won 27 per cent of ...
A man was saved from a house fire by his pet parrot.
Anton Nguyen's home in Brisbane, Australia went up in flames but he was able to escape without injury as ...
A teenager who only ate chicken nuggets and chips for 15 years has found help from a hypnotist.
Rebecca Giddins, 19, has only eaten nuggets and chips since the age of ...
A father built a 50-foot pirate ship in his front garden to mark Halloween.
Tony DeMatteo constructed the giant structure after his children requested that they have a 'Pirates of the ...
The Birmingham accent has been voted as the UK's least trustworthy.
New research has found that the Brummie dialect generates little faith in other people around the country.
The study was conducted ...
A whale sculpture saved a train from crashing.
The locomotive had crashed through a barrier at a metro station in Rotterdam but was saved from plunging into the water below by ...
Firefighters had to rescue three men from a tumble dryer.
The Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) were called out to an abandoned laundry site in Epping to find the ...
A man broke a world record for eating nearly 15 ounces of Marmite in one minute.
Billy 'Bilnasty' Cowley chowed down on 14.8 ounces of the famously divisive snack in Pretoria, ...
