Toast(er) to the happy couple [Hits: 21]
A newly-wed East Yorkshire couple opened their wedding presents - to find they had been given 24 toasters.
East Yorkshire | England
Updated On: 7/2/2009
Tags: East Yorkshire couple, Wedding presents, Toast, Claire and Stuart Linley, Shaped box, Tesco, Mr Linley stag party in Ibiza, Auto-electrician, Toast for breakfast, Married at Howden Minster, East Yorkshire
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Cat appears on Question Time [Hits: 26]
A cat owner only realised her ginger Tom was missing when a friend rang to say she'd just seen him - on Question Time.
Cornwall | England
Updated On: 7/2/2009
Tags: Ginger Tom, Cat owner, Question Time, Tango, BBC, David Dimbleby, Politicians and pundits discussed topics, Wearing of burkhas, MP expenses, Studio, Broadcast from Newquay, Cornwall, Tango crept, Television mixing desk, Treviglas community college, Jackie Ellery, School grounds
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Man hit by 100mph train [Hits: 21]
A man had a miraculous escape after he was hit by a train traveling at 100mph.
Birmingham | United Kingdom
Updated On: 7/2/2009
Tags: Miraculous escape, Hit by a train traveling, Noah Hodgkiss, Mobile phone, Crossing a bridge, Cardiff to Birmingham train, Noah, Smashed pelvis, Broken ribs plus, Bridge, Village of Tibberton, Worcs, Worcester Royal Hospital, Railway lines, Hero
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All creatures great and small [Hits: 39]
A chihuahua has made an amazing recovery in Australia after being stepped on by her best mate - a 900kg Clydesdale horse.
Melbourne | Australia
Updated On: 7/1/2009
Tags: Chihuahua, Amazing recovery in Australia, Clydesdale horse, Little Berry, Leroy, Abbey Newton, Melbourne, Horrible high-pitched screaming noise, Complete recovery, Breakfast, Astonishment
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Prey turns predator [Hits: 158]
A toad has been caught on camera eating a snake in China in a direct reversal of their normal roles...
Chongqing | China
Updated On: 7/1/2009
Tags: Toad eating snake, China, Caught on camera, Normal roles, Mountain toad eating a Jerdon, Tourist, Qingcheng Mountain park in Sichuan, Central China, Ran Longzhong, Chongqing, IC Media, Mountain road, Local zoologist, First time heard, Snake being eaten by a toad
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Umbrellas stop Obama melting in the heat [Hits: 41]
A new waxwork of Barack Obama has been unveiled in Paris - where it had to be protected from the hot sun by umbrellas.
Paris | France
Updated On: 7/1/2009
Tags: New waxwork of Barack Obama, Paris, Hot sun, Umbrellas, Heatwave, Hit Britain, Temperatures soaring, Model face, Daily Telegraph, Eiffel Tower, Plave, Grevin wax museum, Sculptor Eric Saint Chaffray, US president, Photos, Emily Artes, US tourist, American, Musee Grevin, Heads of state, Official attitude, Soaring in France, Sculptor Eric Saint Chaffray, Barack Obama
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Hoppy couple to bring on rain [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 2, Hits: 42]
TWO frogs have been "married" in a ceremony in the western Indian state of Maharashtra to usher in the delayed monsoon rains...
Mumbai | India
Updated On: 6/30/2009
Tags: Frogs Marriage, Married, Ceremony, Western Indian state of Maharashtra, Delayed monsoon rains, Suburb of Nagpu, State capital Mumbai, Groom, Raja, Solemn ritual, Tradition dictates, Full Vedic or Hindu rituals, Rain god, Heavens, Country, Indians, Agriculture, Water supplies, Hot summer
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Sweeper wields the scalpel in Madhya Pradesh [Hits: 41]
A sweeper in a government hospital here performed a minor operation on a three-year-old boy “successfully” on Saturday.
Sagar | India
Updated On: 6/30/2009
Tags: Sweeper, Government hospital, Performed a minor operation, Successfully, R.C. Mishra, A doctor in hospital, Sanjeevan Mishra, Resident of Gulab Colony, Three-year-old son Arpit, Treatment, Doctor suggested, Minor surgery, Boy neck to remove a clot, Hospital sweeper Ramcharan, Operation theater, Performed surgery, Discharged from hospital
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Budget airline plans standing tickets [Vote Average: 1, Total Votes: 1, Hits: 99]
Chinese budget airline has applied for permission to sell cut price standing room only tickets...
Beijing | China
Updated On: 6/29/2009
Tags: Chinese budget airline, Permission to sell, Tickets, Air Passengers, Pay a reduced price, Aisles during flights, IC Media, Spring Airlines president Wang Zhenghua, Government agreed proposals, China vice premier Zhang Dejiang, Lower price, No luggage consignment, No food, No water, Company had consulted with Airbus, Aeroplanes, Chinese Weird News
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The world's ugliest dog [Vote Average: 1, Total Votes: 2, Hits: 210]
A boxer with a prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears has been named the world's ugliest dog...
California | US
Updated On: 6/29/2009
Tags: Boxer Dog, Prominent under-bite, Scrunched face and floppy ears, World ugliest dog, Pabst, World Ugliest Dog contest, Sonoma-Marin Fair in Northern California, Miles Egstad of Citrus Heights, California, Pedigree Chinese Crested, Animal shelter, Puppy, American beer, Bitter beer face, Prize package of collars, Leads, Bowls and toys, Professional photoshoot, Miss Ellie, Chinese Crested Hairless from Tennessee, Pedigree category, Dawn Goehring
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