Archive for the 'Strange' Category

15.03.07 Pig adopts tiger cubs
Filed: All About Animals, Funny, Strange
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I found this quirky news bit on Ananova. I tried to look for other sources but I couldn’t find one. Here is the complete article with the photos.

Three abandoned tiger cubs are being nursed by a pig at a zoo in China.

The three Begal tigers reportedly enjoy their playtime with their piglet foster brothers […]

28.02.07 Woman trades her baby for a car
Filed: Human Interest, Strange, Crime and Punishment
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In Colombia, three people were arrested for allegedly swapping a 5-month-old baby boy as downpayment on a used Dodge Intrepid and cash, police said Tuesday.
Nicole Uribe, 23, is accused of trading the baby to Jose-Juan Lerma, 47, and his wife, Irene, 27, in exchange for $1,500, $500 which was to be the downpayment, Pueblo […]

24.02.07 New Zealand fishermen catch colossal squid
Filed: All About Animals, Strange
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A fishing crew from New Zealand has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said. The squid, weighing an estimated 990 lbs and about 39 feet long, took two hours to land in Antarctic waters, New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton […]

2.02.07 “Super Tonio” born at 14.5 lbs!
Filed: Human Interest, Society and Culture, Strange, Cool
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A big baby was born at 14.5 pounds is causing a sensation in Cancun, Mexico. People have swarmed the hospital to take a peek at the heavyweight baby Antonio Vasconcelos who was born early this week by Caesarean section. Measures 22 inches in length and drinks 5 ounces of milk every three hours, a total […]

26.01.07 Strange, funny Wii warnings
Filed: Society and Culture, Strange, Entertainment, Technology
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Blunty3000’s interpretation/translation of the Japanese Wii manual, the warnings part.Funny and strange. I guess some people need to be given explicit instructions.

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Absolutely Insane Japanese Wii Safety Manual
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23.01.07 Student killed by lightning while using cellphone
Filed: Human Interest, Society and Culture, Strange, Asia
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A Malaysian student, Chai Ming Hui, 23, was killed by lightning as she answered her cellphone, the New Straits Times newspaper reported.
The incident occurred at about 3pm yesterday during a thunderstorm, when the final-year Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) student was walking back to her hostel at Kota Semarahan with two others. She and […]

16.01.07 Thailand Vegetarian Festival
Filed: Health and Hygiene, Society and Culture, Strange, Asia
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In the southern part of Thailand, people especially of Chinese ancestry or Taoist philosophy observe this vegetarian festival around late September till early October every year. This is done mainly in Phuket that’s why the festival is also called Phuket Vegetarian Festival. This started around 1825 when a company of drama artists from China got […]

14.01.07 Artist cooks meal in own body fat
Filed: Society and Culture, Strange, Food and Beverage, Art
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This story reminds me of the movie the “Fight Club”. Brad Pitt’s character here uses disposed human fat to make soap. Funny and weird. But human fat in food?
Chilean artist Marco Evaristti as he presented his friends with his newest creation: meatballs fried with fat from his own body. They were served agnolotti […]

13.01.07 Pigs burn down house; more pigs than humans
Filed: All About Animals, Society and Culture, Funny, Strange, Pigs
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More pig news. February 2007 will usher in the Year of the Fire Pig so expect more pig news.
Three pigs trigger fire in rural Serbia
A farmer’s home in Serbia burned down because three pigs that broke out of their pen ran around the living room and knocked over the TV, causing the tube to […]

9.01.07 Humans in a zoo?
Filed: All About Animals, Human Interest, Society and Culture, Strange
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A zoo in Adelaide has put a group of humans on display to raise awareness on the primate conservation, how humans are related to the primates, and to raise funds for the largest chimpanzee exhibit at Monarto Zoological Park in South Australia.
The application process ended Dec. 4, 2006. The application process was more like an […]