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One-armed woman wins pole dancing competition
20 Mar 2012An Australian woman with one arm has triumphed at the International Pole Championships in Hong Kong.
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Worker notices stolen credit card was her mum's
20 Mar 2012A credit card scam has been foiled by a shop worker who noticed her mum's own name on the card when the fraudster was attempting to buy gas from a store she worked in.
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Firefighter breaks ankle saving goldfish
20 Mar 2012A British firefighter has broken his ankle while trying to save a goldfish at a blaze in Surrey.
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Clinic offers free pizza for vasectomy customers
19 Mar 2012A US clinic is offering free pizza to men who want to have a vasectomy in March in a lighthearted attempt to encourage more people to have the operation.
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Man, 18, shot after bullet bounces off cow's skull
19 Mar 2012A New Zealand teenager has been shot in the shoulder after a bullet ricocheted off a cow's skull.
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Businessmen turn to sheep dog courses to relieve stress
19 Mar 2012A number of British business professionals are learning how to be sheep dogs to relieve work stress and improve their communication, leadership and teamwork skills.
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Guinea pig breaks world long jump record
19 Mar 2012A guinea pig has broken a world long jump record for his species after leaping 30cm, smashing the previous feat by 10cm.
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Woman addicted to drinking petrol
16 Mar 2012A US woman is addicted to drinking petrol and she claims to consume up to 12 teaspoons of the liquid per day.
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Four men jump 800ft to avoid bar bill
16 Mar 2012Four daredevils in Australia have jumped out of a 55th floor balcony in Melbourne to avoid paying a cocktail bill.
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World's tallest man stops growing
16 Mar 2012The world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen from Turkey, has finally stopped growing at 8ft 3in.
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Urine-powered restaurant opens
16 Mar 2012A urine-powered restaurant has opened in Melbourne, Australia, using customers' waste collected from special toilets.
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Woman gets paid to test sex toys
15 Mar 2012A British woman who spends her days testing sex toys says she has the ''perfect'' job, which ''fulfils her needs''.
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Boy, 5, to have first ever haircut
15 Mar 2012A five-year-old British boy is set to have his first ever haircut after growing tired of being teased at school by pupils who say he looks like a girl.
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Council settles toilet paper dispute
15 Mar 2012A US council has settled a dispute that was threatening to leave them without toilet paper after rejecting three $42,000 contracts to replenish dwindling supplies.
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7ft sportswoman wants to be world's tallest transsexual
15 Mar 2012A seven foot tall US basketball player has set her sights on becoming the world's tallest transsexual and she hopes to make the US women's team for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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Chess players told to cover up
15 Mar 2012Female chess players have been warned to cover up as their cleavage is putting fellow competitors and spectators off.
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Woman dies in donation box
15 Mar 2012A US woman has died after climbing into a clothing donation box and getting stuck after the door dropped on her.
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Boy, 8, smokes 2 packs a day
14 Mar 2012An eight-year-old Indonesian boy smokes two packs of cigarettes and ''spends his whole day smoking and playing''.
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Town for sale for 100k
14 Mar 2012A one-man town, which is thought to be the smallest in the US, is being put up for sale for $100,000.
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Gorilla and rabbit are best mates
14 Mar 2012A gorilla and a rabbit have become best mates after being introduced to each other at Erie Zoo in Pennsylvania.
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50k toilet bought for uninhibited island
14 Mar 2012A wildlife trust has splashed out £50,000 for a toilet on an uninhibited British island in Scotland.
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Residents offered free paint to inspire sex
13 Mar 2012Residents of the British town of Ipswich have been offered free red paint in an attempt to inspire them to have sex.
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Eight-metre cake enters record books
13 Mar 2012An eight-metre high cake created in China has become the world's highest, and it took 3,000 people to devour it.
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Heart disease drug could help stop racism
12 Mar 2012A heart disease drug could help to stop people being racist, according to a psychological test.
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