Hundreds of sets of twins gathered for a special convention in Taiwan. Entitled “Happiness in Taipei: Twins of Taiwan Unite,” the event was organised by the government. Some of the twins at the event dressed up in matching cute costumes such as pandas and cowboys, while others didn’t seem too sure what they were dressed as. Two sets of […]
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. This is actually a surfing pig. This little piglet has left the muddy sty behind and taken to riding waves in Hawaii instead. “He really get’s off on it. Seems like he’s having a good time when he’s out there. I think it makes him happy.” Kama loves nothing more than to surf, regularly joining his owner […]
This is Premsai Patel. He claims to be the world’s oldest man. Still able to walk with only a stick for support, Prime says he was born in 1896. That would make him 118 years old. He backs his claim by producing an ID card which mentions his date of birth as the 11th of May 1896. Premsai lives in the remote […]
The Hennessey Venom GT isn’t just pretty to look at. It’s now known as the fastest sports car in the world. The super car set a new land speed record earlier this month, clocking in at 270.49 miles per hour. It narrowly beats the old record held by Bugatti’s Veyron Super Sport. The record-setting run happened earlier this month at […]
A woman comes within seconds of being struck by a train after attempting to go under a barrier at a level crossing. The incident took place in the Dutch city of Oisterwijk and first shows a group of people running across the tracks as the barriers begin to close. Thinking she still has time, a woman behind […]
Panic at a hospital in India, as a wild leopard strayed into the building and mauled a photographer who’d been tracking the animal. According to reports, the hospital caretaker first spotted the leopard, as it entered the male ward with heavily armed personnel being called in to cordon off the area. Normally crowded markets in the town of Meerut were left empty, with authorities also ordering schools and colleges […]
She’s just turned four years old, but last week when she was still three, Elisha Powers from Rockland County in Georgia saved her father’s life by unlocking his cell phone and calling 911. Elisha’s father Shawn Powers was in the family’s back garden with his machete cutting up a tree that had been downed by an ice storm. “I grabbed the top. […]
This is part of a much bigger haul of buried treasure. But the story’s slightly more interesting than that. It was found last year, not by treasure hunters, but by a couple walking their dog in California. The firm representing the finders says the 1,400 gold rush-era coins could be worth a record $10 million. “People do go out […]
This cyclist ended up taking a ride along Britain’s busiest motorway after he claims an app on his phone advised him of the apparent short cut. The man was spotted on CCTV riding on the hard shoulder of the clockwise carriageway of the M25 between junctions 10 and 11 in Tuesday morning’s rush hour. At times, he even crossed lanes. Police […]
A woman in Taiwan got a bit of an earful after doctors discovered a maggot was living inside her ear. The 48 year-old checked herself into hospital after suffering with chronic ear pain. When doctors removed her hearing aid, they found a live fruit larva crawling around inside her left ear. “Sometimes we put fruits and vegetables on our dining table. […]