An elderly Taiwanese man can call himself lucky after surviving a 12-storey fall suffering only minor bruises. The 68-year-old was changing a lightbulb on his apartment balcony... Read more

A man who sold everything he owned to risk it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel in the Plaza Hotel and Casino has left Las Vegas twice as rich. 32-year-old Ashley... Read more

Two Russian Navy officers were fined $90,000 for ordering ship engineers to install a temporary sauna next to the engine room. When the sauna caught fire, probably because of... Read more

A teenager has been arrested for trying to sell drugs to two police officers. Both police officers had the word 'police' written on their jackets in large letters. The two police... Read more

A 32-year-old man from The Netherlands who refused to use a shopping basket in his local supermarket was convicted for his "crime" today. Carst Kijlstra was carrying two pieces... Read more

An elderly woman from Aughamore, Mayo in Ireland lived with her sister's corpse for almost a year. She sometimes even slept in the same bed with it! Mary Ellen Lyons never told... Read more

An anonymously donated chocolate cake at a German school was at first much appreciated by the teachers; at least until they got 'sick' from it not knowing they were actually high on... Read more

A pair of thieves who seized a van loaded with pricey designer goods near Paris on Wednesday took a two-hour detour so they could drive the owner home for his Christmas Eve dinner,... Read more