Tag: Odd news

Man jumps off Golden Gate Bridge, saved by sea lion

A man who jumped off San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge to try to take his own life and was kept afloat by a sea...

Is that dress white or is it blue?

Cyberspace was being consumed by an acute philosophical debate on Friday over a picture of a dress many claim is obviously white and gold...

Indian couple to leave everything to pet monkey

  LUCKNOW-  A wealthy Indian couple has made a pet monkey their sole heir, saying their lives became more prosperous after they adopted the animal and...

India baby survives birth through train toilet

A Indian baby survived a shocking birth when he slipped down a train toilet and landed on railway tracks just moments after his mother...

Baby Born Pregnant with Her Own Twins

     A baby born in Hong Kong was pregnant with her own siblings at the time of her birth, according to a new report of...

Robot picks debutant Afghanistan to win World Cup

  Of all, a robot has picked first-timers Afghanistan to win the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Afghanistan is clubbed with Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Scotland...

Teenager shoots dead class fellow, takes selfie with body

PENNSYLVANIA- A teenager has been charged with murder in the US for allegedly shooting a school fellow in the face before posing with his...

Pitito, Peru’s oldest clown, keeps joking at 91

LIMA— Ricardo Farfan doesn't get the jobs he used to. Sometimes his only audience is his wife. But every morning the 91-year-old clown still...

Indian ‘woman’ has twins despite discovery she is mostly male

NEW DELHI- An Indian ‘woman’ who discovered she had mostly male chromosomes has given birth to healthy twins after intensive treatment in what doctors said...

China seizes toilet paper ridiculing Hong Kong leader

HONG KONG- China has wiped the smile off pro-democracy activists' faces by seizing 7,600 rolls of toilet paper featuring Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader Leung Chun-ying...

Taiwan plane survivors “changed seats before take-off”

TAIPEI- A Taiwan couple and their two-year-old toddler who survived a plane crash in the centre of Taipei changed seats from the left hand...

India’s brides hire langurs to halt monkey business

  NEW DELHI- Wedding rings -- check. Brass band -- check. Large, aggressive monkeys -- check.   Anxious brides wanting the perfect wedding day are leaving nothing to...

Bollywood excuse helps stalker avoid conviction in Australia

An Indian accused of stalking has avoided a conviction in an Australian court after blaming his actions on a passion for Bollywood movies, reports ABC. 32-year-old...

Cat claws his way back from the dead

  TAMPA- A cat in Florida is on the mend after clawing his way back from the dead, surfacing five days after he was hit by...

Cleric declares women taking ‘sinful’ selfies ‘shameless’

Jakarta- A young Indonesian cleric has declared that taking selfies is a sin, according to a report on news website Quartz. A popular Indonesian author and speaker Felix...

Cockroaches, scorpions offered for Valentine Day adoptions

SAN FRANCISCO- The San Francisco Zoo is giving the spurned and broken-hearted a new reason to mark Valentine's Day - the chance to adopt...

Modi mocked for wearing suit printed with his own name

NEW DELHI- Narendra Modi's daring fashion choices have won plaudits in the past, but the Indian leader's decision to wear a suit with his...