Weird / Interesting
26 May 2010 [19:30]
A man originally from the Ukraine, Igor Vovkovinskiy, has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the tallest man in the United States.
26 May 2010 [18:48]
In central China’s Henan province, Zhao Zhenshang, who was allegedly hacked to death some ten years ago has miraculously put all of the pieces of his body together and reappeared in his hometown, seeking welfare support!
26 May 2010 [17:49]
Women are more trusting than men because historically they did not have to fight for survival, new research suggests.
26 May 2010 [17:19]
A transsexual today lost her High Court battle over an NHS refusal to fund a breast enlargement operation.
26 May 2010 [16:20]
Women who were born prematurely are more at risk of having a pre-term baby, a new study has shown.
26 May 2010 [14:21]
A thirsty elephant has been trumped in the mystery of the leaking Jacuzz
26 May 2010 [13:36]
Bottled water contains more bacteria than tapwater, with some brands found to harbour levels 100 times above permitted limits, according to new research.
26 May 2010 [12:15]
Scientists have developed a system that could shed light on whether dinosaurs were cold or warm-blooded.
26 May 2010 [11:32]
Fizzy drinks can increase the chance of a stroke, scientists claim.
26 May 2010 [10:18]
Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol may offer protection against Alzheimer's Disease, a study has revealed.
26 May 2010 [09:50]
26 May 2010 [09:22]
Austrian authorities say druids have been so successful in dealing with motorway accident blackspots in one area that they plan to extend the project nationwide.
25 May 2010 [18:48]
25 May 2010 [18:33]
A fisherman in China was surprised after catching this striking creature, which looks like a cross between a turtle and a dinosaur.
25 May 2010 [17:46]
The house made famous in the 1979 film The Amityville Horror is up for sale in New York – ghosts not included.
25 May 2010 [17:07]
A cleaning man was sucked into a sausage seasoning machine in Danvers, Massachusetts, after it activated as he worked on it, it has emerged.
25 May 2010 [15:52]
Rescue crews were using fire hoses to douse an angry swarm of bees after a fatal crash that involved a trailer carrying about 17 million of the insects.
25 May 2010 [13:06]
A "woodpecker clock" invented by a 22-year-old student has replaced the annoying clangs and buzzes of traditional alarms with a gentle tapping wake-up.
25 May 2010 [10:50]
Three people have been found clinging to an ice chest three days after their boat capsized off the US coast.
25 May 2010 [09:54]
A British lawnmower rider raced into the record books for the second time in two days by cutting through the world land speed record again.
24 May 2010 [15:16]
Argentina coach Diego Maradona is to get luxury toilets at next month's World Cup following a special request from the Argentine Football Association, according to reports.
24 May 2010 [14:54]
Nothing much to add here, just like the title says - meet the most bizarre people on Earth...
24 May 2010 [13:45]
Heart attack sufferers should be encouraged to return to a normal sex life because the risk of having another seizure was “really small”, a conference has heard.
24 May 2010 [12:34]
24 May 2010 [12:21]
Green campaigner dubbed the ''human polar bear'' became the first man ever to swim across a glacial lake - on Mount Everest.
24 May 2010 [11:33]
An Indonesian worker freed himself from an attacking Komodo dragon by punching the reptile's snout until it released him and ran away, a national park official said.
22 May 2010 [14:44]
A retired headteacher has set a new world record by keeping a ferret down his trousers for 5 hours and 30 minutes.
22 May 2010 [14:29]
Artificial life has been created in a laboratory for the first time by a maverick scientist.
22 May 2010 [14:05]
A new pollen-free lily could mean the end of frustrating stains from the flowers and help eliminate the misery of thousands of hay fever sufferers.
22 May 2010 [13:43]
The Crown Princess of Sweden has upset the country's church leaders by announcing she wants to be given away by her father when she marries next month, a practice which the Swedes consider sexist.
22 May 2010 [12:33]
A handful of pistachio nuts a day can help destroy bad cholesterol, ward off heart disease and prevent cancer, say scientists.
22 May 2010 [11:42]
A woman who was thought to be dead, after her family identified a body as hers, has been found alive and well in Croatia.
22 May 2010 [10:50]
The centuries-old position of ale taster has been reintroduced by a London market, which is describing the role as the "best job in the world".
21 May 2010 [19:55]
The prospect of making cold calls for a week as a salesperson is more unappealing than giving up sex for a month, a survey showed.
21 May 2010 [19:34]
Footage of men performing the miracle of walking on water has become a huge internet hit – but is not the biblical-style event it seems.
21 May 2010 [19:12]
As cop cars go, this pedal-powered panda is more suited to ‘gran theft auto’ than high-speed pursuit.
21 May 2010 [18:35]
A naked woman stopped traffic near the Houses of Parliament yesterday, by clambering on to a black cab for a five-minute ‘yoga protest’.
21 May 2010 [18:05]
French artist Stephanie Kilgast, 24, creates miniature food models that are 1:12th of their original scale.
21 May 2010 [17:30]
A British policeman has won an international award for his database of UFO sightings by UK police officers.
21 May 2010 [15:07]
"Beetroot juice boosts stamina by making muscles more fuel-efficient," reported the Daily Mail.
21 May 2010 [14:45]
A famous ghost picture mystery has been resolved after 15 years – thanks to an eagle-eyed pensioner.
21 May 2010 [14:21]
A bizarre creature is said to have been dragged from a lake in Canada.
21 May 2010 [13:41]
Howard Wong is no ordinary child – he’s the young rocker taking the
internet by storm with his astonishing performances on the drums.
20 May 2010 [18:30]
20 May 2010 [16:35]
20 May 2010 [14:54]
A British couple on holiday could not believe their eyes when they spotted a crow flying past carrying a packet of cigarettes.
20 May 2010 [13:35]
Young mother Cindy Corton died during a risky operation to remove a toilet brush handle that had been stuck up her bum for five years.
20 May 2010 [13:10]
20 May 2010 [11:26]
A Dutch sex shop will be giving away 2,000 "Pope condoms" this weekend in a dig at the Roman Catholic Church.
20 May 2010 [08:40]
A girl has stunned doctors by growing two new kidneys to replace ones that had failed and left her seriously ill.
19 May 2010 [18:52]
19 May 2010 [17:32]
The Royal Navy has dealt a blow to monster enthusiasts - saying that while it may have some records of reported sea monster sightings, it doesn't collect them centrally or track monster activity.
19 May 2010 [16:43]
19 May 2010 [14:15]
It is the question baffling wildlife experts across the globe – can animals be homosexual?
19 May 2010 [12:45]
Bonita Norris, 22, has realised her "crazy" dream after becoming the youngest British female to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
19 May 2010 [10:22]
Bananas may be one of the most recognisable fruits but this particular one might make a person think they were seeing double.
18 May 2010 [18:15]
18 May 2010 [17:34]
A peacock has become tame enough to enter a family home after becoming accustomed to living in the garden and eating bird seed.
18 May 2010 [16:10]
Italian prosecutors believe pizza in the southern city of Naples may be baked in ovens lit with wood from coffins dug up in the local cemetery, according to Italian daily Il Giornale.
18 May 2010 [13:09]
Thousands of primary school students who do not walk to school fail to realise where they live, a survey has found.
18 May 2010 [12:26]
A real-life Spiderman, who lives in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, Jyothi Raj, 22, is often compared to the superhero by tourists at India’s Chitradurga Fort, where he performs.
18 May 2010 [11:59]
A Japanese wedding took place with a robot leading the ceremony for the first time.
17 May 2010 [18:50]
Computer users should turn their laptop or Apple iPad off at least two hours before going to bed if they want a good night’s sleep, scientists say.
17 May 2010 [17:33]
A twisted beacon taller than the Houses of Parliament could be created to remember the sacrifices made during the Battle of Britain.
17 May 2010 [16:53]
A giant deep-sea crab snared by a Cornish fisherman could be the largest ever found in British waters, experts have said.
17 May 2010 [14:19]
The received wisdom that ivy destroys buildings has been overturned by a new study by Oxford University.
17 May 2010 [12:40]
Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled beginning 4.568 billion years ago.
17 May 2010 [11:40]
More than 150 years ago, Darwin proposed the theory of universal common ancestry (UCA), linking all forms of life by a shared genetic heritage from single-celled microorganisms to humans.
17 May 2010 [08:55]
Aliens have hijacked a Nasa spacecraft and are using it to try to contact earth, a UFO expert has claimed.
16 May 2010 [16:41]
16 May 2010 [16:32]
A British ticket holder has won £84.4 million in the EuroMillions jackpot.
15 May 2010 [13:50]
15 May 2010 [13:20]
A kangaroo in the mood for love has made advances towards several female joggers in an Australian outback town, prompting a flood of complaints to police.
15 May 2010 [12:20]
15 May 2010 [12:04]
A family have won back the rights to produce a century-old toffee recipe from the US food giant Kraft.
Human rights in Armenian and the PACE farce
UNESCO celebrates 950th anniversary of Diwan Lughat al-Turk
Azerbaijan's FM meets with Secretary of Holy See for Relations with States and International Organizations
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry congratulates Kingdom of Bahrain on national holiday
Israeli Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef calls on unemployed Israelis not to join army
Outgoing Biden administration attempts to burn bridges between Baku-Washington
Secretary of Holy See expresses satisfaction with tolerance in Azerbaijan towards religions