Odd News

New Delhi, Nov 16 (ANI): A man fell asleep inside a village-type dry toilet after he fell into it in an inebriated state.

Melbourne, Nov 16 (ANI): A woman from Texas lied about having breast cancer and then used the 10,000 dollars raised at a benefit to get breast implants, according to U.S. authorities.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought that has aroused public anger due to water and electricity rationing.

A procession of gondolas accompanied a pink coffin along Venice's Grand Canal on Saturday in a mock funeral to protest against the steep decline in the city's population.

Russian police have arrested three homeless people suspected of eating a 25-year-old man they had butchered and selling other bits of the corpse to a local kebab house.

A French Internet company that planned to throw envelopes of cash to passers-by from a bus stop had to cancel the publicity stunt for security reasons after thousands of people turned up, police said on Saturday.

Melbourne, Nov 14 (ANI): A drunk Russian man decided to end it all by jumping from a fifth floor balcony, but when the first attempt did not work, he went for a second and still survived.

The parents of a Colorado boy whose apparent brush with death in a helium balloon transfixed millions pleaded guilty on Friday to staging a publicity-seeking hoax and will be sentenced next month.

Amputation, post-traumatic stress, bravery, camaraderie and the unique life of the British soldier is painstakingly documented in a new show at London's National Army Museum.

A mosaic of the late Michael Jackson composed of 230,000 paintbrushes by Albanian artist Saimir Strati entered the Guinness World Records as the world's largest paintbrush mosaic on Friday.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Call it the Bolivarian battle of the bulge. President Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech Friday that "there are lots of fat people" in Venezuela and advised his supporters to exercise and eat healthy to trim their waistlines. "I'm not saying fat women, because they never get fat," he added. "Women sometimes fill out.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with "respect" in a television show on Friday that could help boost his flagging ratings.

London, Nov 13 (ANI): Facebook saved an American teenager from a 25-year prison term for armed robbery, according to his lawyer.

Italy's "Brother Metal", a 63-year-old monk who became famous for singing in a heavy metal band -- habit and all -- is hanging up his microphone, saying the devil made him too much of a celebrity for his own good.

New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): A man who crashed his vehicle into two cars in an inebriated state took off all his clothes and lied down on the road, saying it was too hot.he incident, which occurred in Zhengzhou, Henan province, last Wednesday, caused traffic jam for over two hours, reports the China Daily.

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 13 (ANI): A woman was stunned to find a stranger lying beside her after she dozed off in the living room while waiting for her hubby.

Melbourne, Nov 13 (ANI): A drunk husband tired of his wife's constant nagging over his boozing hammered a 8-inch nail into his own head.

New Delhi, November 12 (ANI): A Chinese student loves to dig in grounds and scoop out ants and earthworms - for lunch!

Melbourne, November 12 (ANI): A popular club in Australia is turning away metrosexuals with "sports jock mentality" in a bid to keep out violence.