A mother had her forehead tattooed with the web address of a gambling site after auctioning off advertising space on her head to pay for her son's school fees. Karolyne Smith... Read more

A US scientist has caused controversy in the UK by offering advice on how to make tea. Michelle Francl, a chemistry professor at Bryn Mawr College, suggests adding a pinch of salt... 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

There are signs that the mass shooting at a High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 people, could change things, but nothing has changed. Congress has passed no... Read more

A mobile telephone number in Bahrain is on sale for $19,000. This mobile telephone number has become the most expensive in the history of the local market, for no reason other than... Read more

A man was attacked by a small shark and had to swim 300 metres, walk to his car and drive to a local surf club, with the shark still dangling on his leg, to get it off. 22-year... Read more

San Francisco - Researchers found a gene responsible for drunkenness in worms after plying thousands of the tiny creatures with booze, a discovery that could boost the fight against... Read more

A dog named Huey went missing in Utah and turned up over 1,000 miles away in Texas, astonishing everyone involved in the search. The Collin County Animal Shelter picked up Huey... Read more

The world's tallest man, Sultan Kösen from Turkey, and the shortest woman, Jyoti Amge from India, recently reunited in California for a top-secret project after six years. Their... Read more