Bizarre

A recently married couple received 27 toasters as wedding presents. Mike and Victoria Seymour told their guests they did not want any wedding gifts as they had already lived together for so long. But they must have some pranksters for friends as when they hosted their reception in Nottingham, England, […]

A tortoise has had his front legs replaced with wheels. Septimus the tortoise bedded down in the corner of his owner’s garden in Hampshire, on the southern coast of England, and retreated into his shell to hibernate for the winter two years ago but awoke in April last year to […]

A Diet Coke addict has spent nearly £150,000 on the fizzy drink. Jakki Ballan started drinking the cola flavoured beverage when she was just 14 and at the height of her habit she drank up to 50 cans a day, which adds up to more than three per hour. The […]

A man has been caught impersonating a police officer – after accidentally pulling over a police officer. John Brock from Indiana flashed a fake police badge at an off-duty detective. Police say Mr Brock swore and threatened the detective before storming off into a nearby shop. The off-duty detective alerted […]

A new Titanic theme park is to be built in China complete with a life-sized replica of the doomed ship. The replica vessel will cost $165m to construct and be part of a simulation of the boat’s infamous disaster in 1912 when it sunk on its maiden voyage after colliding […]

A teenager has bought £600 worth of shopping for just 4p after collecting nearly 500 coupons. ‘Extreme couponing’ fan Jordan Cox, 16, bought several goods from a Tesco in Brent Cross, north London, but didn’t have to spend hardly anything after collecting a staggering 470 money-off and cashback vouchers from […]

Russell Brand’s autobiography ‘Booky Wook 2’ has apparently been banned from Guantánamo Bay. The 38-year-old comedian is renowned for his crude sense of humour, however because of this his tome is now forbidden from the detention camp. Speaking in the New Statesmen, Saudi national Shaker Aamer, 44 – who has […]

A woman has given birth to a baby weighing 13lbs 10oz. The 27-year-old Chinese woman has put the size of her little one down to her diet of eggs, fruit and milk and admits she ate more than usual during her pregnancy. Speaking to Chinese state TV, she said: “I […]

Alcoholics in Amsterdam are being paid in beer and cigarettes to clean the streets. The homeless workers are given two cans in the morning, two at lunchtime and one at the end of the day in exchange for sweeping the streets in the Dutch city as well as $10 and […]

KFC have created their own range of scented candles. The chicken company has devised the Fried Chicken Actual candle for customers who are keen to get that smell of the freshly fried snack in their own homes even if they are not tucking into a Bargain Bucket. As well as […]