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Russian kept dead husband for three years

TOPICS:Weird NewsA Russian woman has kept the dead body of her husband in her apartment for three years, even ordering her children to feed and talk to him.

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Men who 'paid Zumba instructor for sex' named on radio

TOPICS:Weird NewsPolice have released the first round of names of about 150 men accused of paying for sex with a Zumba instructor at a small seaside town in the US....

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Three times lucky at lotto for Norwegians

TOPICS:Weird NewsA Norwegian family has won millions of euros on the national lottery - for the third time.

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Man charged with drug, sex offences

TOPICS:Weird NewsPolice have arrested and charged a Blenheim man after drugs and photographic evidence of sexual offending were found at his home.

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Plastic fork removed from UK man's stomach

TOPICS:Weird NewsUK doctors say they have discovered a plastic fork in the stomach of a man complaining of pain.

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Girl dressed as boy to trick friend into dating her

TOPICS:Weird NewsA UK schoolgirl whose friend dressed up as a boy in order to date her and have sex with her has spoken out about her ordeal.

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Woman keeps 'mummified' friend in house

TOPICS:Weird NewsA US woman said she kept the body of her dead friend in a chair at her home for more than a year and a half because she didn't want to be alone.

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French bride gives birth at her wedding

TOPICS:Weird NewsA bride has given birth only minutes after tying the knot at a town hall wedding in western France.

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Woman fled crash to avoid ice cream melting

TOPICS:Weird NewsA US woman reportedly told police she fled a traffic crash because she didn't want her ice cream to melt.

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US writer admits to shooting himself

TOPICS:Weird NewsA US author who claimed to be the victim of a drive-by shooting while working on a memoir called "Kindness in America" has confessed to shooting...

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Alligator bites hand off tour boat captain

TOPICS:Weird NewsAn alligator has bitten off the hand of a Florida tour boat operator who was trying to entertain his passengers.

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Dull residents hope for boring link

TOPICS:Weird NewsResidents of a small Scottish village called Dull are confident they will become a sister community with the US town of Boring.

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Horse swims three kilometres off shore

TOPICS:Weird NewsAn emergency crew rescued a horse that became stranded in the ocean after it swam more than three kilometres out to sea off the coast of California.

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'Mermaid' stares down great white shark

TOPICS:Weird NewsSwimming with four-metre-long great white sharks can be very dangerous. If you're wearing nothing but a giant fish tail and you have no oxygen, it's...

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Pills filled with dead baby flesh seized in Korea

TOPICS:Weird NewsThousands of capsules filled with powdered flesh from dead babies have been seized by South Korean customs officials

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Grandfather in England kills 'giant rat'

TOPICS:Weird NewsA grandfather from England's northwest has captured and killed a rat so large that when he tried to lift it with the oar of his boat the paddle...

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Students send rubber chicken to edge of space

TOPICS:Weird NewsA group of California high school students have launched a rubber chicken more than 36km into the earth's atmosphere to test radiation levels...

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Swan attacked man until he drowned

TOPICS:Weird NewsA US man has drowned in a pond after being attacked by a swan.

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Expert dismisses 'giant bat' photo as fake

TOPICS:Weird NewsA leading bat expert says an image circulating on the internet of what appears to be an enormous bat found in the Philippines is a deceptive fake.

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Butcher insures taste buds for $1.5m

TOPICS:Weird NewsA British butcher whose palate is considered the best in the business is insuring his taste buds for $1.5 million.