When it comes to wasting money, officials in Austria are heading for a world record after building an abandoned motorway.
Police have launched a genuine sting operation - to find a gang of thieves who were attacked by wasps.
An overweight orangutan in Dorset has been put on a diet after tipping the scales at a whopping 100kg.
A German toymaker has unveiled a controversial new range of animals which all have psychiatric illnesses.
A four-foot wallaby stunned a homeowner as it hopped across his garden in West Yorkshire.
Firefighters saved the lives of four giant tortoises after a fire at an Austrian Zoo by strapping oxygen masks...
Age Concern has been accused of playing Vera Lynn songs too loudly in a noise row with neighbours.
Edward Nino Hernandez is the newly-crowned world's shortest man - standing at just 27 inches tall.
A customer got into a fight in a gay sex shop when he demanded a refund after watching a porn film.
The Black Widow of eating contests gobbled down 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes at the national championships...
When it comes to wasting money, officials in Austria are heading for a world record after building an...
A rundown former coal mining town in Taiwan is carving out a new future as a tourist resort - because of its...
A bear has become a minor celebrity in a Chinese zoo by happily posing for pictures with tourists.
Council bosses in South Wales have been slammed for spending £190,000 on building bridges - for dormice.
An Austrian zoo used Big Brother-style camera to produce these amazing images of the moment when a giant panda...
Motorists were startled in China when a pet ostrich made a break for freedom - by running along a motorway.
Traffic police in China were shocked to pull over a lorry fitted with a device to hide the number plate to...
Police had an easy job identifying a naked couple who broke into a house and filmed themselves having sex -...
A US city is to pay more than £100,000 compensation to seven students who were arrested for dressing up as...
A New Orleans woman was jailed for ten days after she went to court in low-riding shorts which revealed her...
A mother of two boys reported a topless sunbather to police because the way she applied suntan lotion was...
An escaped convict was recaptured in the US after he went to church, sang hymns and mowed the church lawn.
A flight attendant has been arrested after swearing at a passenger before storming off a plane via the...
A US woman who was tied to her bed during a midnight robbery was freed after she used her toes to email her...
A 12-year-old girl sent a burglar packing - by kicking him right between the legs.
A Chinese man has been criticised for training his pet puppy to smoke cigarettes.
A Chinese firm has been accused of exploiting Princess Diana's memory by featuring a lookalike in lingerie...
An Italian businessman missed his ex-girlfriend so much after she dumped him that he paid £12,000 to recreate...
Ohio strippers are protesting outside a church whose members are trying to put their club out of business.
A bookmaker is taking bets on how much a Hungarian teenager will sell her virginity for in a controversial TV...
An artist who crucifies animals on stage and sprays the audience with blood has shocked critics by holding art...
Tourism chiefs in Serbia are hoping their annual testicle cooking competition will do for the region what...
Police in the US were shocked when they pulled over a motorist - and found a live cat 'marinating' in oil and...
A US school bus company is being sued after a driver allegedly fell out of a moving bus when he leant out to...
A Chinese man has been rescued after two days stuck up to his neck in a toilet cesspit.
A boy of 15 who has never been to school has become the youngest student for more than two centuries to win a...
Twenty grannies have spent two months knitting nearly 70lbs of wool into a trendy tea cosy for a Smart car.
A Chinese man who had both arms amputated after a childhood accident has become an expert pianist.
Scientists say people could soon be able to stick to buildings like Spiderman by wearing special gloves and...
A £1.4 million mansion raffled off by its owner for charity because his money made him miserable has been won...
A Chinese groom certainly rose to the occasion when he decided to give his bride a big day she'd never forget.
A London motorist refused to leave his car for 30 hours after wheel campers tried to fine him thousands of...
More than a third of adults still hug a teddy bear while falling asleep, according to a new survey.
Mobile phone users in Kenya have fallen for a hoax which says receiving calls from particular numbers can kill...
A grandmother has become a national celebrity in South Korea after passing her driving test at the 960th...
Russia's finance minister has urged his countrymen and women to support the country - by drinking and smoking...
A retired miner has dug out his own underground home to avoid becoming a 'mortgage slave' in China.
An American football player has had his hair insured for a staggering $1 million.
A Chinese grandmother has beaten the burglars who were making her life a misery - by turning her flat into a...
A high wire daredevil is claiming a new world record after cycling across a 260ft high tightrope - without a...
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