British Army rules do not usually allow beards
George III's sixth son was deemed too delicate to join the military
Giant African snails endemic to Thailand are getting the red carpet treatment to keep them producing top-notch slime, say farmers harvesting the mucus for use in cosmetics. Watch the video above.
Made it look like car had crashed into school
An Oklahoma woman was mauled to death by seven small dogs, most of them possibly a dachshund-terrier mix. Authorities in the US state are investigating whether criminal charges should be filed following the incident. Carter County Sheriff Chris Bryant...
A local government in Estonia has narrowly approved using a flag with an image of a cannabis leaf as its symbol after a online poll overwhelmingly voted for it. The town's name - Kanepi- is derived from the Estonian word for marijuana. Although fewer...
A Japanese rail company has apologised for any inconvenience caused to passengers after a train left its platform 25 seconds early. West Japan Railways issued a press release to apologise and announced an internal investigation after the 7.12am at...
Annoyed with seagulls pestering their patrons, a restaurant in the Australian city of Perth has given its outdoor customers water pistols to help stop the birds from ruining their waterfront dining experience. Owner of 3Sheets restaurant, Toby Evans...
Exhibition explores the pursuit of the perfect smile
Three-year-old's pee-bomb goes viral
Nine hour operation to clear road of buffalo
Flight from Heathrow to Toronto - where bride used to live
Beitar Jerusalem choose an odd way to honour the US president
An Asiana A330 took out the tail of a Turkish A321 in a dramatic collision at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. No one was injured. The Asiana A330 was departing for Seoul Incheon while the Turkish A321 had just arrived from Tymvou in Northern Cyprus. The...
A dead man's body was found behind a toilet wall of the women's restroom at a Calgary mall after a worker was called in to fix a broken toilet. Authorities say the victim allegedly tried to crawl into the vent, got stuck and later died. Authorities...
On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the pigs a thousand head per floor in high-rise 'hog hotels'. This is high rise pig farming at its most intense. High-rise buildings with lifts and 1,000 pigs per floor. Similar Hog farms - of...
A historic Welsh castle that once appeared in an episode of Doctor Who and is on the market for £1 million (€1.13 million) is attracting "huge amounts of interest". Prospective buyers are advised to "act quickly" if they want to be in with a chance of...
'I didn't want him to leave'
'It's pretty amazing what technology has made possible these days'
A crocodile attacked Zanele Ndlovu as she canoed with her fiancé in Zimbabwe, ripping her arm so badly it had to be amputated. But the pair, due to marry just five days later, refused to allow the trauma to delay the ceremony. The couple was canoeing...
It stains the carpets
Chocolate is more difficult to remove than oil
Israeli researchers abuzz about orgasmic fruit flies
'To be honest if I won this next year I'd cartwheel down here naked'
Could help engineers design agile mini-robots
A couple attacked by a crocodile wedded days later in a Zimbabwean hospital, where the bride was recovering after losing an arm. Jamie Fox, reportedly from Britain, said: "In one week we went from shock and agony to a truly amazing experience." Mr Fox,...
A small band of Belgian monks are planning to start producing their own beer again, more than 200 years after invading French troops stopped all brewing at the abbey. The men from Grimbergen Abbey started making beer in 1128, but stopped in 1797 when...
Next in store - a nudist clubbing night
Carlos Carvalho was sent 16 feet into the air
The Swiss Guards, the world's oldest standing army, are getting some new headgear. The Pope's army plans to replace their metal helmets with plastic PVC ones made with a 3-D printer, giving them cooler and more comfortable headgear when standing guard...
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