Baffled scientists are trying to get to the root of this astonishing plant dug out of the ground by a Chinese farmer.
Police in North Wales are having to find £18,000 to refund motorists after issuing speeding tickets for people driving more than 30mph - in a 40mph zone.
Children on a remote Scottish island are to take what is believed to be the world's shortest flight to and from school.
One in 20 British schoolchildren thinks Adolf Hitler was a German football manager, according to a new survey.
A Brazilian man surprised his friends and family - by turning up at his own funeral.
Organisers of a Guy Fawkes night party in Devon claim health and safety officials have forced them to watch a...
A Scottish game warden who bought a metal detector for a new hobby discovered a £1m hoard of Iron Age...
A newly-wed couple cut into their wedding cake - to find it was made of polystyrene.
A US boy is not going back to school - after he was declared the reincarnation of a Buddhist holy man who...
A footman to the Queen has become British heavyweight wrestling champion after beating his rival in a cage...
A US wildlife officer's decision to bring a 5ft alligator into his daughter's school for a show-and-tell...
A starling that can talk, mimic mobile phones and fly beside a vehicle at 40mph is to appear in a film.
A dog and a cat which have recently given birth in China are taking it in turns to 'childmind' for each other.
British Airways cancelled a flight between Edinburgh and London after a passenger said he saw a tarantula...
An Australian woman says she divorced her husband after he asked her to choose between him and her pet...
A dog who was paralysed has taken his first steps after pioneering treatment by scientists at Cambridge...
A zoo in Gaza has got around animal import restrictions by dyeing stripes on donkeys to make 'zebras'.
Grey squirrels could be put on the pill in a bid to prevent them from threatening red squirrels on the Welsh...
A US woman is claiming that her pet dog is the tallest in the world.
A cat which went missing on the Isle of Wight has turned up more than 300 miles away - in the North Yorkshire...
A Buddhist bank robber has been refused permission for his cat to visit him in jail - even though he says it's...
An Italian motorcyclist is appealing after he lost his licence when speed cameras clocked him at an impossible...
A US woman charged with offering sex for World Series tickets on the Craigslist website says she did nothing...
Two burglary suspects who drew 'masks' on their faces with a permanent marker pen have been arrested in the...
A US woman scared a would-be burglar away from her home by "acting like a large dog", according to police.
A Polish man has finally cleared his name after an 18-month legal battle in which he was accused of kicking...
Customs officers in Norway were amazed to find 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos taped to a man's...
A US man is facing a charge of indecent exposure - after failing to get dressed before making himself a...
Police in Australia matched blood taken from an engorged leech found at a robbery scene to a suspect - seven...
A police officer arrested a man in a convenience store in the US after noticing a bag of marijuana stuck to...
Parents and teachers in China are protesting after a sculpture of a tiny girl with giant breasts was installed...
Council bosses in Essex have issued a ban on drunken romps at a local graveyard after complaints from...
A Somerset man has created a psychedelic hearse to offer funky funerals to the hippy generation.
The dead body of a 75-year-old man was left on a Los Angeles balcony for several days because neighbours...
A Saudi woman is seeking a divorce after discovering her husband had nicknamed her 'Guantanamo' on his mobile...
A French shoe designer has sparked controversy after deciding that Barbie is "too fat" and redesigning her...
A candid camera style TV show has shocked viewers by terrifying a comedian with a blood-soaked fake sniper...
Women's rights groups have slammed a Miss Homeless contest in Belgium that ended when a 58-year-old woman won...
An artist has caused controversy in Germany by staging an exhibition of garden gnomes giving Nazi salutes.
A Swedish drinker is a picture of misery - after waking up to find a tattoo of a penis on his leg.
A Facebook search for the owner of a lost camera which became an internet sensation has ended in success.
A Chinese boy who fell out of his third floor window ended up with his head wedged in the narrow gap between...
A video game fan proposed to his girlfriend with gold coins in a specially-designed level of Super Mario...
A Mayan elder says he is sick of people asking him whether the world will end on December 21, 2012.
A two-year-old with the same IQ as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking has become the youngest boy in Britain...
More than 100,000 watched online as surgeons carried out a five hour operation to separate conjoined twin...
Cabinet minister Ed Miliband took part in a radio phone-in during a visit to Moscow - and ended up speaking to...
A 13-year-old Hertfordshire schoolgirl beat experienced farmers to take first place in a ploughing...
A Suffolk couple are refusing to move out of their two-bedroom council house - a year after winning nearly...
An Indian holy man says he can cure the sick - by persuading them to wallow in the mud with him.
Beer lovers are being given the chance to take the plunge in a health spa pool - filled with 42,000 pints of...
A Mad Max-obsessed Yorkshireman has ploughed his life savings into his dream of opening a museum to the movies...
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has instructed his citizens to stop singing in the shower.
A New York artist is earning a living - by bodypainting surreal faces on to naked women.
A Chinese farmer has completed a successful maiden voyage in his home-made one man submarine.
A Californian man went from being bored in a dead end job to getting 50 different jobs in 50 different US...
The Tate Modern has unveiled its latest giant installation - 40ft of pitch darkness.
A stage hypnotist claims he can help women increase the size and firmness of their breasts through mind power...
This week's most weird and wonderful photos - including a porcelain Ferrari
What's being said as Tory leader David Cameron travels with the public on the tube?
