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

A Nigerian mom was arrested for pouring boiling hot oil over her son as a punishement for eating too much leftovers. 10-year-old Ebuka Ochichi had eaten too much of the macaroni... Read more

The Liaoning Provincial Agricultural Museum is appealing to the Guinness Book of Records to recognise a 900 kilo pig which died on February 5 as the biggest pig ever! When the... Read more

The Americans put the first man on the moon and the first tourist in space. Now the Russians could make one wealthy couple the first members of the 240-mile-high club. In its... Read more

A South Korean art student ate a banana that was part of an installation by artist Maurizio Cattelan, saying he was "hungry" after skipping breakfast. The artwork called... Read more

A controversial radio DJ's wife sold his $45,000 sports car on eBay for less than a dollar after he flirted with model Jodie Marsh on air. Kerrang 105.2's Tim Shaw told the sexy... Read more

An Indonesian musician who played the drums for 72 hours has broken a world record. Kunto Hartono, 26, was declared the holder of the national record for longest drum-beating and... Read more