Bizarre

23 April 2020

Raunchy horses ruin nursery story

A nursery teacher's virtual story time was ruined by a pair of amorous horses. Eloise Roberts has been reading stories virtually to keep children entertained during the coronavirus lockdown and she ...

23 April 2020

Dogs are being trained to sniff out coronavirus

Dogs are being trained to sniff out coronavirus. Medical Detection Dogs are training the animals to smell samples of the virus, in the belief that each disease triggers a distinct odour, ...

20 April 2020

Wedding ring discovered during restaurant renovation

A long-lost wedding ring has been found at a restaurant undergoing renovations during the coronavirus lockdown. Ryan Krivoy - the manager at Coconuts in New York - decided to replace the ...

20 April 2020

Man makes Cornish pasty the size of newborn son

A Cornwall man has made a pasty the same size and weight of his newborn son. Tim Fuge took 19 hours to eat the 2.8kg beef pasty in honour of the ...

20 April 2020

Zoom marriages legalised in New York

Zoom marriages have been made legal in New York. State governor Andrew Cuomo has issued an executive order for couples to marry via the app in the state, which has been ...

20 April 2020

Mystic predicted coronavirus lockdown measures in 1970s

A blind mystic foretold that Europe would face lockdown measures in 2020. Baba Vanga - who died in 1996 - eerily predicted the continent would become ''a wasteland almost entirely ...

17 April 2020

Woman gives birth to surprise twins

A Bangladeshi woman gave birth to twins, just 26 days after her first child was born. Arifa Sultana gave birth to a boy in late February only to return to hospital ...

17 April 2020

Cats suffer from separation anxiety

Cats suffer from separation anxiety when left alone by their owners. According to new research, more than one in ten cats exhibit behavioural issues when apart from their humans. Reported behavioural problems ...

17 April 2020

Man stuck by lightning seconds after joking about it

A man was struck by lightning just seconds after joking about getting hit. Aumauinuuese Puni from Hawaii was filming himself on a roof, umbrella in hand during a rainstorm when he ...

17 April 2020

Flamingo wanders down street after escaping from zoo

A flamingo wandered the streets of Dudley after escaping from a local zoo. The pink bird could be seen wandering carefree down a main road after it broke free from its ...

15 April 2020

Rare 'zonkey' born in Kenya

A rare zonkey has been born after a ''wayward zebra'' met an ''amorous donkey''. The animal, which has the body of a zebra and the legs of a donkey, was born ...

15 April 2020

Ian Rankin's Facebook account suspended

Ian Rankin claimed his Facebook account was suspended after someone reported it as an impostor. The crime author - known for his 'Rebus' novels - explained he set up the account ...

15 April 2020

Epidemic video games enjoy popularity surge

The demand for video games related to global epidemics have soared with much of the world in lockdown due to the coronavirus. Data release from G2A.com - which is used by ...

15 April 2020

Woman causes online storm with bizarre dish

A woman caused a storm on social media by combining an Easter egg with a roast dinner. Sharing on her bizarre meal on Rate My Plate, 'Shazza D' posted a clip ...

14 April 2020

Large wildcat spotted in Cambridgeshire

A ''large wildcat'' has been spotted in Cambridgeshire, according to a local resident. The unnamed man claims the mysterious creature is a big as a fully grown Labrador and was searching ...

14 April 2020

Knife removed from man's head after 26 years

A surgeon removed a knife from a man's head after 26 years. The patient - known as Mr. Duorijie - had the four-inch blade embedded in his head since he was ...

14 April 2020

Pensioner ejects himself from fighter jet

A pensioner who was gifted a surprise ride in a jet accidentally ejected himself mid-flight. The unnamed individual received the experience as a retirement present but panicked on the plane. He unintentionally ...

14 April 2020

Mafia hand out food parcels to vulnerable in Italy

The mafia have been handing out food parcels to the needy in Italy. Footage has surfaced in recent weeks of gangsters giving out food parcels in areas such as Naples, Sicily ...

13 April 2020

Seagull swallows live rabbit whole

A seagull has been filmed picking up a live rabbit and swallowing it whole. In footage captured on Skomer Island, off the Pembrokeshire coast - which is managed by the Wildlife ...

13 April 2020

Finland bakery saved by toilet roll cakes

A bakery in Finland has been saved from closure by its toilet roll cakes. The Ronttosrouva bakery ran into difficulties after almost all of its orders were cancelled amid the Covid-19 ...

13 April 2020

Pet snake lost at gas station

Police in Missouri are trying to track down the owner of a pet snake, who was found at a gas station. The Kirksville Police Department was called to a Murphy USA ...

10 April 2020

Inventor creates coronavirus-shaped car

An Indian inventor has created a car in the shape of the coronavirus to drive home the importance of staying indoors. Sudhakar Yakav made the single-seater vehicle using fluorescent-green fibre and ...

10 April 2020

Zoom meeting disrupted by members of public

A Zoom meeting held to discuss building new homes in Yeovil went awry after members of the public inappropriately hijacked it. South Somerset District Council held the meeting, which was open ...

10 April 2020

Apes on lockdown due to coronavirus

Apes have been put on lockdown against the threat of coronavirus. Gorilla tourism in Africa has been suspended, whilst sanctuaries for other apes, such as orangutans, have been closed to the ...