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A man solved his own murder by unwittingly taking a photo of the gunman that shot him just a second before the fatal gunshot was fired. The Filipino man was taking a photo of his daughter, wife and mother-in-law while celebrating the New Year, but did not notice that behind him was a man with [...]

Devotees to the Chinese shrine Ban Tha Rue in Thailand perform mind boggling acts of self motification to ‘celebrate’ vegetarianism. During the festival the devotees aim to purify themselves as they take on the sins of the community and doing this helps, apparently: likebot_bgcolor = ”; likebot_url = ‘http://weirdnewsworld.com/?p=386′; likebot_type = ‘badge’;

What is the one thing you would not expect to find in parliament, particularly Indonesia’s? Porn would probably be quite high up on the list of guesses, but this is what occurred back in August. Journalists and politicians were said to be shocked to see 15 minutes of pornographic images and ads — including one [...]

In May 2010 a pigeon was held under armed guard in India after being ‘arrested’ on suspicion on spying for Pakistan. The white-coloured bird was found by a local resident in India’s Punjab state, which borders Pakistan, and taken to a police station. Nobody was allowed to make contact with the pigeon as it may [...]

We’d rather be lonely in a hospital bed than have one of these life-like robotic nurses looking over us, but in Japan these robots could be taking their place in wards to keep their watchful ‘eyes’ on patients. likebot_bgcolor = ”; likebot_url = ‘http://weirdnewsworld.com/?p=340′; likebot_type = ‘badge’;

A man in China’s south eastern Jiangsu province had to be rescued from a toilet after getting his arm stuck down a loo. He had been attempting to retrieve his mobile phone, but upon reaching deep into the pipe he could not free himself and required professional help to get out. Workers broke the porcelain [...]

For a man getting through a wedding day while making sure his bride is happy is a very tough job to pull off, but a man in Pakistan had double the difficulties as he decided to marry two women on the same day. Azhar Haidri says that he has found the perfect compromise to the [...]

An armless pianist who plays with only his toes has been crowned the winner of the first series of ‘China’s Got Talent’. Liu Wei, 23, lost both his arms aged 10 when he was electrocuted during a game of hide-and-seek, but has since learnt to play the piano with his toes to such an extent [...]