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How far would you go in the name of charity? For many of us sitting in a bath full of baked beans is about as wild as it gets, so spare a thought for a man from Florida, USA, who is this month living in a fenced enclosure with two African lions. James Jablon is [...]

A spilt coffee was to blame for a jet’s distress signal that led to fears on the ground that it was being hijacked. The United Airlines flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Canada after the coffee spill caused distress signals to go out. The flight crew quickly [...]

Days after thousands of dead birds dropped from the sky in the American state of Arkansas a similar event has taken lace in Sweden. Hundreds of dead jackdaws were found in a small area in the town of Falkoeping, but no reason has yet been given, just as has been the case in America after [...]

Saudi Arabian officials have “detained” a vulture on suspicious of spying for Israel. It is not as ridiculous as it sounds as the griffon vulture was apparently carrying a GPS transmitter bearing the name of Tel Aviv University, prompting rumours it was part of spy mission, although a fairly rubbish one if the sending was [...]

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 [...]

Thousands of dead blackbirds fell from the sky over Arkansas in America shortly before New Years Eve to leave scientists scratching their heads and residents fearing a biblical plague. Approximately half an hour before midnight on New Year’s Eve the birds began falling from the sky in the town of Beebe, while none were found [...]

A woman from Brazil was declared dead only to wake up hours later inside a coffin in a funeral home. The 88-year-old died (again) two days later and police from Minas Gerais state are investigating if poor medical care and the misdiagnosis contributed to her death. A statement explained that doctors thought Maria das Dores [...]

A woman in Canada was killed in a bizarre car accident after visiting residents in a hospital in Newmarket. It is believes the 37-year-old woman opened the door of her van to swipe her ticket to leave the car park as the window wasn’t working. However, she did so while having her foot on the [...]

A motorist from England found himself in unfamiliar territory after being confused by the snowy conditions on his way home from Gatwick Airport. Three days later the Moroccan-born Mohammed Bellazrak was still trying to work out how to get home. His family reported him missing after he failed to return to Trowbridge having dropped his [...]

Three Australian teenagers had to be rescued after attempting to take a 30km trip on floodwaters using inflatable mattresses. Incredibly the boys managed to make it half way through their journey from Ipswich to Queensland before they were eventually rescued after police received multiple calls from anxious onlookers. The trio have been branded as foolish [...]