Bizarre

A 103-year-old man is walking a marathon around his garden to raise money for research into coronavirus. Alfons Leempoels, a retired doctor from Belgium, hopes to complete his 26.2-mile trek by ...

No other animal inspires the same devotion as the dog (sorry, cat people), and there’s any number of reasons why dogs are, at least by number of households, the most ...

A man can't sleep as unwanted pizzas keep being delivered to him. Jean Van Landeghem has been receiving takeaway deliveries regularly for the past nine years - but he has never ...

People find ''comfort'' in horror films, according to a new study. Psychiatrist Gail Saltz, an associate professor at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of Medicine, claimed viewers have turned ...

French winemakers will turn unsold stock into hand sanitiser. Companies were left with litres of unsold wine due to the coronavirus lockdown, which will now be distilled for the production ...

A woman was left ''in tears of laughter'' after her dogs started playing with her sex toy. Chloe Jones had bought a £45 vibrator for herself but pooches Reginald and Bobby ...

Sir Isaac Newton suggested toad vomit could be used to cure plague. The famed scientist once pondered on blending powdered toad with toad vomit to create ''lozenges'', according to previously unpublished ...

A couple moved into a home made out of recycled materials. Laura Davies and David Buchanan spent seven years designing and building the Earthship, which is built from materials such bottles, ...

A woman who held the Guinness World Record for the world's longest fingernails cried when she lost them in an accident. Lee Redmond spent decades growing her nails to over 8 ...

Police were called to a potential dead body on a train track - only to discover it was a naked sunbather. Railway workers in Essex alerted the emergency services after spotting ...

The house where Adolf Hitler was born is to be turned into a police station. Authorities in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn have approved the design, which they hope ...

A mother decided to live stream her sixth child's birth to strangers across the globe. Emma Isaacs gave birth in her Los Angeles home over the weekend and took to Instagram ...

A couple in Florida were left shocked after two alligators fought outside their house. Sue and Joe Geshel were at home when they heard banging on the front door. Joe looked ...

Britain is being overrun by randy rodents during lockdown, according to pest controllers. The coronavirus pandemic has provided a ''perfect storm'' for rats to multiply, with closed businesses and a fall ...

A Japanese city is considering making it illegal to look at a phone while walking. Politicians in the city of Yamato will vote on new legislation that will outlaw staring ...

Ancient Israelites may have got high on cannabis during religious rituals, according to new research. Traces of the drug were found on a 3,000 year-old shrine at the Tel Arad temple. The ...

A woman has divided the internet after adding peas to her full English breakfast. Jessica posted an image of the traditional fry-up with added peas on the Rate My Plate Twitter ...

A group of monkeys escaped with COVID-19 samples after attacking a laboratory assistant. The animals assaulted the health worker and fled with blood samples from coronavirus tests, sparking fears that they ...

A cobbler in Romania has created a giant pair of shoes to help people maintain social distancing. Grigore Lup created the special footwear, which come in a European size 75, to ...

Students graduating from a school in Florida collected diplomas using jet skis. The unique ceremony was held in place of the traditional graduation, which had been cancelled due to the coronavirus ...

A couple were left horrified after discovering a live scorpion in amongst their bananas. Matt Fry discovered the insect as he was helping girlfriend Monika Vasyl unpack the shopping. The pair ...

In bizarre circumstances hundreds of bats India are dropping dead out of their roosts during dayight hours. Worrying images and sickening footage have emerged of the dead animals on the hot ...

Twenty two giant fluffy teddy bears were strapped into their seats and filmed as they rode the giant roller coaster at the Dutch theme park Walibi Holland. The bears were put ...

A Swedish city will spread a tonne of chicken manure in a park to stop people from attending a festival. Authorities in Lund say around 30,000 people have gathered in ...