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Weird news: Museum finds Galileo's missing fingers and tooth; they will be put on display

Posted by kluciole at 11/20/2009 9:44 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Mouse builds nest egg in Oregon ATM with shredded $20 bills

Posted by kluciole at 8/7/2009 9:38 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

2 articles: "Palin links resignation to 'higher calling'" and "Did threat of scandal cause Sarah Palin's shock departure as Alaska's governor?"

Posted by kluciole at 7/4/2009 10:43 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Leave God a message at his Dutch answering service

Posted by kluciole at 3/3/2009 3:30 AM | Add Comment

Jeopardy's Alex Trebek, along with three former prime ministers, will host a new reality competition series: "Canada's Next Prime Minister"

Posted by kluciole at 1/18/2009 11:55 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a curator holds up a mummified cat in Sydney in preparation for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian artefacts. An Australian man's been arrested in Egypt after trying to leave the country with a 2,000-year-old preserved cat in his suitcase

Posted by kluciole at 12/25/2008 11:06 PM | Add Comment

Retired California couple, sweethearts since high school, have been dressing exactly alike for the last 5 years. Honey Smith offered to shave her head to be bald like her husband Ray. Both say it shows others how happy they are

Posted by kluciole at 12/1/2008 9:30 PM | Add Comment

Bee blamed for causing minor helicopter crash in Oklahoma

Posted by kluciole at 7/15/2008 3:28 AM | Add Comment

From Russia: Woman kills husband with folding couch; says she thought he was sleeping

Posted by kluciole at 7/10/2008 9:22 PM | Add Comment

British student gets credit for expletive on exam; question: "Describe the room you are sitting in." Answer, "f--k off." The examiner said he would have received higher marks if he had used punctuation

Posted by kluciole at 6/30/2008 1:15 PM | Add Comment

Romanian village re-elects dead mayor. "I know he died, but I don't want change," said one villager

Posted by kluciole at 6/17/2008 7:27 AM | Add Comment

German parents post ad to sell their baby on eBay for 1 euro ($1.57)

Posted by kluciole at 5/25/2008 5:19 PM | Add Comment

From Japan: Lost parrot Yosuke ignores police, tells veterinarian his address

Posted by kluciole at 5/21/2008 11:38 AM | Add Comment

U.S. graphologists study handwriting samples of the three presidential candidates

Posted by kluciole at 5/20/2008 10:59 PM | Add Comment

Mexican donkey jailed for ornery behavior

Posted by kluciole at 5/20/2008 12:30 AM | Add Comment

From Wales: 'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacks. In 2001 UK census, 390,000 listed "Jedi" as their religion

Posted by kluciole at 5/13/2008 6:00 PM | Add Comment

Woman pays off 1976 parking ticket issued in Mich. with a note saying "Please don't try and track me down. I am a respectable lady"

Posted by kluciole at 5/12/2008 3:06 AM | Add Comment

Photo: porkfish and sergeant major fish swim near Neptune Memorial Reef near Key Biscayne, Florida.

Posted by kluciole at 5/11/2008 1:45 AM | Add Comment

Illinois man orders custom beer-can coffin, then holds party with his coffin filled with Pabst Blue Ribbon beer

Posted by kluciole at 5/5/2008 12:24 AM | Add Comment

Trio allegedly try to break dog out of pound for funeral of its owner

Posted by kluciole at 5/1/2008 6:58 PM | Add Comment

Fed up with politics, Italian man eats voting ballot

Posted by kluciole at 4/17/2008 1:24 AM | Add Comment

After stealing a rare collection of coins, a thief in Germany took them to the bank for safe keeping... and delivered them into the hands of the man he had robbed

Posted by kluciole at 4/15/2008 7:59 AM | Add Comment

Serbian farmer cuts property in two to give to ex-wife

Posted by kluciole at 4/4/2008 10:51 AM | Add Comment

German black swan Petra to be reunited with lost love, the swan paddleboat

Posted by kluciole at 3/26/2008 4:22 PM | Add Comment

Australian Brian Harrington holds duck fashion show

Posted by kluciole at 3/21/2008 4:09 PM | Add Comment

Fleeing Dutch shoplifter forgets 12-year-old son, leaves him behind

Posted by kluciole at 3/20/2008 11:18 PM | Add Comment

German Swan Petra has met real-life love; can part ways with her former love, a swan-shaped boat

Posted by kluciole at 3/18/2008 4:35 PM | Add Comment

An 83-year-old New Mexico great-grandmother thwarted a would-be purse snatcher with a gas nozzle and an iron grip

Posted by kluciole at 3/16/2008 12:48 AM | Add Comment

Man finally calls police after his girlfriend spends two years seated on toilet; charges may be filed

Posted by kluciole at 3/12/2008 3:35 PM | Add Comment

Woman tries to bring skeleton on plane

Posted by kluciole at 3/12/2008 9:31 AM | Add Comment

Firefighter saves dog by performing CPR

Posted by kluciole at 3/10/2008 7:19 PM | Add Comment

Kitten survives trip in shipping crate, from Singapore to Ohio

Posted by kluciole at 3/8/2008 8:59 AM | Add Comment

Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die. "Offenders will be severely punished."

Posted by kluciole at 3/6/2008 9:16 AM | Add Comment

Moms brawl at Chuck E. Cheese birthday party over arcade game

Posted by kluciole at 3/4/2008 12:51 AM | Add Comment

Alleged store robber leaves his W-2 form at the crime scene

Posted by kluciole at 3/1/2008 12:18 AM | Add Comment

Funny story from Pennsylvania: Dogs trap mail carrier, flatten tires (everyone gets out ok)

Posted by kluciole at 2/28/2008 10:48 PM | Add Comment

Yummy water: Los Angeles wins taste test

Posted by kluciole at 2/26/2008 1:01 AM | Add Comment

A New York man fighting with his girlfriend clung to a car roof and punched her through the window as she drove more than a mile on a busy road

Posted by kluciole at 2/24/2008 2:35 AM | Add Comment

Meatloaf the cat heads home to Florida after trek to Arizona in a storage container

Posted by kluciole at 2/22/2008 12:38 AM | Add Comment

Cat flees fire, ends up 240 miles away

Posted by kluciole at 2/18/2008 1:02 PM | Add Comment

A Very Silent Night, a song audible only to dogs, has topped New Zealand record charts

Posted by kluciole at 2/18/2008 12:38 PM | Add Comment

Firefighters from the South Florida city of Weston spent five hours being outwitted by escaped kitten; he was finally rescued

Posted by kluciole at 2/13/2008 10:38 PM | Add Comment

Now that's the Pioneer Spirit: Colorado woman, locked out of home, uses ax to get back in. And she turns 90 this weekend!

Posted by kluciole at 2/13/2008 5:44 AM | Add Comment

Lloyd's of London insures Tom Jones' chest hair for $7 million

Posted by kluciole at 2/7/2008 7:08 PM | Add Comment

German medical student saves baby tiger choking on a piece of meat with mouth-to-muzzle CPR

Posted by kluciole at 2/4/2008 12:09 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Brazil ... woman goes for plastic surgery world record

Posted by kluciole at 1/30/2008 12:37 AM | Add Comment

From Spain: A speeding motorist who killed a teenage cyclist is suing the boy's parents over damage to his luxury car

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2008 1:44 AM | Add Comment

Son of Kansas Governor and a judge creates a prison-themed boardgame called "Don't Drop the Soap" with things like: "avoid being cornered by the Aryans in the Shower Room, fight off Latin Kings in Gang War"

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2008 1:25 AM | Add Comment

Library gets a book back after being checked out for 57 years!

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2008 6:57 PM | Add Comment

Russian woman returns from vacation to find nothing left of her home; construction company mistakenly tore down her house

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2008 3:56 PM | Add Comment

British human "pet" girl is kicked off a bus for wearing a leash

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2008 12:21 AM | Add Comment

Teens in Winnipeg steal a car to get to their court-mandated counseling program that is aimed to stop them from stealing cars

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2008 12:41 AM | Add Comment

Maryland man calls governor's office and finds out mistaken phone listing is for escort service; in 2 years, he is the first person to report the mistake

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2008 8:10 PM | Add Comment

Officer unwittingly falls for thief's claims that his passenger is pregnant; escorts stolen car to hospital where suspects get away

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2008 8:08 PM | Add Comment

Harsh lessons in Germany; don't spit gasoline while you smoke, and don't throw yourself out a window with a Christmas tree

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2008 10:22 AM | Add Comment

Drunk Australian falls asleep on train tracks, is run over, and lives (with a bump on his head)

Posted by kluciole at 1/10/2008 9:35 PM | Add Comment

Motorist banned after driving 10 mph on motorway

Posted by kluciole at 1/7/2008 2:16 AM | Add Comment

Man using GPS drives in front of train

Posted by kluciole at 1/4/2008 9:07 PM | Add Comment

Russian President Putin wishes to use GPS GLONASS for his black Labrador

Posted by kluciole at 12/24/2007 9:39 AM | Add Comment

Prank calls evolve: Teenager convinces White House he is the president of Iceland

Posted by kluciole at 12/14/2007 10:42 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Glow in the dark kitties cloned in South Korea

Posted by kluciole at 12/14/2007 12:25 AM | Add Comment

Yeah, the carry-on rules suck, but don't literally drown your sorrows!

Posted by kluciole at 12/12/2007 7:21 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment
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