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Russians urged to drink and smoke more to help the economy

Alexei Kudrin, Russia’s finance minister, has rather bizarrely urged Russians to drink and smoke more – to help the government’s cash flow.

Alexei Kudrin has urged his fellow Russians to crack open the tinnies and light up (Reuters)
Politicians usually urge citizens to adopt healthier lifestyles, but Mr Kudrin has called for [...]

Meet the fish that looks like Shrek

A fish nicknamed Shrek has been filmed swimming off the coast of Japan – see video.
Move over Blobfish – here’s ‘Shrek’!
The creature, with its huge chin and lumpy head, makes a good case for being the ugliest fish in the world, a title that’s currently held by the famous Blobfish.
The ‘Shrek’ fish, which [...]

43-yr-old virgin wraps barbed wire around her leg so she won’t have sex

A 43-year-old virgin has revealed how she fastens a wire chain around her upper thigh every night to ensure she remains celibate.

A cilice: Wearing one will make you feel all warm inside, apparently (Corbis)
Sarah Cassidy, a Manchester University physics graduate, is a senior female figure in Opus Dei, the controversial Catholic [...]

Caterpillars line up for Africa’s shortest migration

It may not match some of Africa’s more famous mass migrations, such as the sight of thousands of wildebeest crossing the vast Serengeti plain. But this remarkable, if somewhat shorter, march over a dirt track by more than 100 caterpillars still had tourists marvelling at the wonders of nature.
The caterpillars follow a [...]

Very very hilarious

You don’t need to understand language just watch the video…..
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The ultimate movie scene of India,or the world may be. This is a scene from the most expensive telegu movie Magadheera!!

Unicorn cow becomes tourist attraction

Farmer Jia Kebing noticed a small bump on this cow’s forehead when it was born two years ago but didn’t expect it to grow into a 20cm (8in) horn.

Unicorn cow stuns farmer in China
‘My farm is famous in this region for this cow and people come in here just to see it,’ [...]

Hiker shoots himself in left bum cheek by accident

A hiker accidentally shot himself in the bum after putting a handgun in his back pocket… because he thought it would be more comfortable there than in its holster.

When I said I’d put a bullet in your ass.. (Corbis)
Darrel Elam, from Washington’s colourfully named Snohomish County, fired a bullet [...]

Man’s new mobile phone is the one that was stolen from him

A man who bought a shiny new mobile phone online, choosing it because it looked just like his old one, realised afterwards it was actually the very one that had been stolen from him.

New phone even more rubbish the second time round? There’s a reason for that…
The California resident was browsing [...]

Man burns himself and almost blows up bathroom chasing a spider

A husband who tried to ‘save’ his wife from a scary spider ended up needing treatment for burns after nearly blowing up his bathroom.

Spiders: probably not worth blowing your bathroom up for
Christopher Robinson was ‘encouraged’ by his wife, Janine, to chase the arachnid – but failed to flush out the eight-legged beast when [...]

Golfer’s wild swing sets fire to golf course

In scenes comparable to golf film Happy Gilmore, a golfer in California inadvertently set fire to a large area of The Shady Canyon Golf Course thanks to a misplayed shot.
Caught in the rough (Getty)
Having seen his approach shot land in the rough, nothing could prepare the unlucky golfer for his next [...]

Doctor dies sliding down lover’s chimney

A doctor in America who tried to sneak into her lover’s house by climbing down his chimney got stuck – and her decomposing body was only found three days later.

Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, who died after getting stuck in her lover’s chimney
49-year-old Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac was reportedly involved in an ‘on-again, off-again’ [...]

The Universe in one picture

World Bog Snorkelling Championships sees records sunk

The 25th annual World Bog Snorkelling Championships saw records being demolished, after the bogs were cleaned out for the first time in a decade.
A competitor dressed as a (not very convincing) Dalek tries to crawl out of the bog after finishing the course in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships (Picture: Athena)
163 competitors [...]

Angry naked man wields spanner

Livid Chinese mechanic De Tseng went nuts when he was laid off – and stripped down to his toolbox to hammer home his discontent.
That’s one cheeky protest from De Tseng (CEN)
It has to rank among one of the most bizarre protests Metro.co.uk’s Weird Towers has ever found.
It’d be easy to surmise that he [...]

Shot man finds bullet in head five years on

A Polish man shot in Germany finds a bullet in his head five years on – as he was drunk when it happened.
Not tonight love, I’ve got a headache: X-ray shows the bullet in the man’s cranium (Pic: POLIZEI BOCHUM/AFP/Getty Images)
The 35-year-old in Bochum, west Germany, visited doctors to have a lump [...]

Reptile smuggler caught smuggling reptiles again

A convicted animal smuggler has been arrested again at a Malaysian airport with almost 100 live reptiles in his luggage.

Malaysia’s Wildlife and National Parks Department said that Anson Wong – previously convicted of trafficking in wildlife in the United States – was travelling from the Malaysian island state of Penang to [...]

Zurich planning drive-in sex-boxes

Police chiefs in Switzerland are planning to build a series of drive-in sex-boxes to enable prostitutes to conduct their business with punters without disturbing the neighbourhood.
One of the German Sex-Boxen that Zurich police are planning to implement
The idea – imported from German cities like Essen and Cologne – is being proposed [...]

A wee dram – whisky made from urine

If you’re a connoisseur of fine whisky, here’s an exciting new concoction you might be interested in – whisky made from the urine of diabetic patients.

Whisky: pissky
The creation of London-based designer James Gilpin, the biomedical tipple – named ‘Gilpin Family Whisky’ – is created using the high-sugar urine produced [...]

Mystery boa constrictor left on woman’s doorstep

A woman was left puzzled after a mystery caller knocked on her door in the early hours of the morning and left behind a four-foot long snake on her doorstep.
‘Kojak’ the boa constrictor, who was left on a woman’s doorstep in Cricklewood for no apparent reason
The homeowner said that a young woman knocked [...]

Thrill-seekers flock to Crocosaurus Cove to swim with the snappers

Australia’s new Crocosaurus Cove park in Darwin sees thrill-seekers swimming face-to-face with a massive saltwater crocodile.

Strewth: A visitor to the Crocosaurus Cove park in Darwin eyeballs Crocodile Dundee’s, Burt

All that separates punters from the creatures, measuring 5m (18ft), is a 12cm-thick (5in) perspex box that has undergone ‘extensive’ safety testing.
To get the [...]

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