America breathed a sign of relief on Wednesday after a scruffy brown raccoon was captured following a perilous climb up a 23-story building in the northern state of Minnesota. Thousands of Twitter users followed the…
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#WeirdNews: Your plaice or mine? Belgian hotel offers fish for hire
Forget turndowns, room service, or complimentary pillow mints. A hotel in Belgium has come up with a unique added extra on a different scale: rent a fish for an evening. The manager of the Van…
#WeirdNews: Woman becomes world’s first professional bed warmer
A woman has become the world’s first professional bed warmer. Viktoria Ivachyova lends a hand to people who want their bed to be warm as soon as they get into it at night, by renting…
#WeirdNews: Scissors pulled from Vietnam man’s stomach 18 years after surgery
A Vietnamese man has had scissors removed from his abdomen which were left behind during surgery 18 years ago, after reporting a stomachache that was nearly two decades in the making. Ma Van Nhat, now…
#WeirdNews: Sex doll gift blows up into scandal for Chile minister
A Twitter storm blew up Wednesday in Chile over a business association’s Christmas gift to the economy minister: an inflatable sex doll “to stimulate the economy.” The X-rated doll was a gift from the Association…
#WeirdNews: Python eats wallaby on Australian golf course
A routine round of golf has taken a uniquely Australian turn with stunned players finding a giant python wrestling with a wallaby on a fairway. Robert Willemse was on the 17th hole at the Paradise…
#WeirdNews: Denmark government forbids parents from naming their child Anus
The government in Denmark has banned parents from naming their child Anus. A government-issued list in the Scandinavian country, which details what titles are acceptable and unacceptable to name newborns, has inhibited parents from seeking…
#WeirdNews: Norway’s prime minister caught on Pokemon Go in parliament
Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg was caught playing Pokemon go in parliament. The head of the Norwegian government was left red-faced when she was captured checking the mobile gaming app when she should have been…
#WeirdNews: More than 300 reindeer killed at exact same time in Norway
More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lightning in southern Norway, officials said Monday, in the largest such incident known to date. The 323 reindeer, including 70 young, were found on Friday by…
#WeirdNews: Australian woman finds napping seal in cemetery toilet
A woman using the toilets at a local cemetery in Australia had the fright of her life after finding a large fur seal napping in the cubicle. The discovery of the 120-kilogramme (264-pound) animal was…