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Finding a parking spot can be a pain in any city, but a driver in eastern China has come up with a novel idea to get around the problem – he paints one himself. Local traffic cops had noticed the strange markings while on patrol. Compared with legitimate lines, the chalked ones were too thin […]
A cargo ship that was carrying sheep from Romania to Jordan smashed into a Russian military vessel in the Bosphorus Strait. The Russian ship sunk after its hull was pierced in the collision. The Russian ship, called “Liman”, was part of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. It was a reconnaissance vessel and was […]
Police have apprehended a Yakuza gang boss accused of filching fruit and other basic necessities from a Nagoya grocery store, with the arrest sure to be humiliating for the established man if he did indeed commit such a petty crime – and perhaps the only way cops could catch him. Affiliated with the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, […]
A woman whose foot was amputated due to cancer has dedicated an entire Instagram account to its daily adventures. Following surgery, Kristi Loyall asked staff if she could keep her amputated foot, to which they agreed. She then sent it off to be cleaned and transformed into a proper skeleton memento. Now, Loyall takes the […]
A 300-pound egg-shaped security robot was punched to the ground by an allegedly drunken man outside a Silicon Valley shopping center, Mountain View police said. A 41-year-old Mountain View man has been arrested in connection to the alleged parking-lot altercation with the Knightscope-made droid. The accused robo-assailant, who faces charges of prowling and public intoxication, was […]
A man has been convicted of manslaughter after a wasp from a nest he disturbed fatally stung someone allergic to the insects. The man, who was not named in reports, was trying to remove a wasps’ nest from the terrace of a friend’s home in the western Swiss canton of Geneva. The disturbed wasps swarmed […]
Firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from a building – after dealing with the flames two people were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene and the third was taken to hospital for further treatment. While officials are still investigating the cause of the fire; police said a man was reported on the […]
Doctors removed an eel from a man in China who was afflicted with stomach pains. The man inserted the creature into his anus in a futile attempt to unblock his intestines – after realizing he made things worse he went to seek medical treatment. The 49 year old man initially visited the hospital earlier that […]
Hash browns sold under the Harris Teeter and Roundy’s brands have been recalled for an unusual reason: possible golf ball contamination. The Food & Drug Administration’s recall notice says that McCain Foods USA, Inc. has voluntarily recalled frozen hash browns sold under the Harris Teeter and Roundy’s brands because they may be “contaminated with extraneous golf ball […]
Bewildered shoppers watched a Bud Light 4×4 park up beside a Subway in Whitechapel this afternoon where staff gifted cans of lager to passers-by as part of a promotional campaign. The vehicle was quickly told to move by one of the council staff because they did not have any permission to be there. There were […]
A Samsung factory that produced the batteries for the notorious Galaxy Note 7 smartphone has just went up in a blaze. The fire itself was caused by there being a pile of discarded faulty batteries in its waste facility. It took the effort of 110 firefighters to put out the fire in Samsung’s SDI Factory […]
This really puts perspective into what happens when you slap a brand name onto something. A bag that looks like it came straight from Ikea has just received a high-fashion upgrade by Balenciaga. The bag itself is made from glazed leather with hints of gold costs a whopping $2,145 – a far stretch when you […]