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# Weird

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20 hit songs that were originally intended for other singers
If these songs had gone to the artists they were intended for, the world would be a different place.
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The weirdest and most brilliant pictures sent in by our readers
Sometimes we are sent really useful news tips and pictures, other times we are sent really weird stuff like this.
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Oct 23rd 2016, 12:30 PM
Here are the weirdest and most brilliant pictures sent in by our readers
Sometimes we are sent really useful news tips and pictures, other times we are sent really weird stuff like this.
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Aug 20th 2016, 12:00 PM
Here are the weirdest and most brilliant pictures sent in by our readers
Sometimes we are sent really useful news tips and pictures, other times we are sent really weird stuff like this.
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Jul 17th 2016, 12:30 PM
11 memories anyone who grew up with a weird surname in Ireland will recognise
Roll call.
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May 21st 2016, 9:30 AM
Here's what happens when you ask a kid to design an ad for a funeral home
The blackest of black comedy.
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Apr 17th 2016, 5:16 PM
11 St Patrick's Day t-shirts that straight up make no sense
*bellows through bullhorn* NOTHING TO DO WITH US!
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Mar 16th 2016, 10:08 AM
Doppelgangers, a pig's head and an alien saviour: The 20 strangest stories of 2015
“That CAN’T be right…”
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Dec 27th 2015, 10:00 AM
24 weird and wonderful seasonal photos that you won't find on a Christmas card
The best presents are left at the bottom of the stocking.
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Dec 22nd 2015, 11:59 AM
17 photos that beg the question 'What the hell happened?!'
Seriously.
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Nov 6th 2015, 1:23 PM
A photographer looked through people’s forgotten photo accounts - here are the odd and eerie pictures he found
Curiouser and curiouser.
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Sep 12th 2015, 10:15 AM
Chile player faces Copa America ban after allegedly inserting finger into Cavani's anus
The Uruguay star was sent off for reacting to the incident in question.
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Jun 26th 2015, 2:58 PM
America has approved genetically modified spuds and apples
That means spuds that won’t bruise, and apples that won’t go brown. Weird.
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Mar 21st 2015, 9:45 AM
8 news items that will make you glad you're not in a relationship
Do not want.
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Feb 12th 2015, 9:30 PM
Ireland’s Ronnie O’Brien signing for Juve and 11 more of the weirdest football transfer stories
Also featuring the infamous case of Ali Dia.
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Jan 6th 2015, 9:15 PM
12 really strange things that happened in 2014
“Where people throw ducks at balloons, and nothing is the way it seems.”
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Dec 28th 2014, 5:30 PM
You can now lie in a box and relive what Diana's death smelled like
A Dutch university has recreated the smell and sounds of celebrity deaths.
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Dec 26th 2014, 4:39 PM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
A politician into bondage, an over-eager suitor and a sock-eating dog – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
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Sep 6th 2014, 10:15 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
IVF penguins, foam hotdogs and a human skull – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
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Aug 30th 2014, 10:15 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
Chicken, computer coders and stripping – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
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Aug 23rd 2014, 10:15 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
Cats with many lives and priests with recording contracts – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
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Aug 16th 2014, 10:15 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
– it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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Aug 2nd 2014, 10:15 AM
16 stupid questions the internet has about Irish people
Why do all Irish people look the same? Because we don’t.
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Jul 27th 2014, 8:15 PM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
Romanian royalty, condom-shaped ice-creams and more.
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Jul 19th 2014, 10:15 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
Eyeballs, sleepwalking and botty coughs – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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Jul 12th 2014, 10:15 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
Waitresses with guns, monster members and headbangers – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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Jul 5th 2014, 10:15 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
Cyclist-eating geese, Krusty Krabs and MENSA – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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Jun 28th 2014, 10:15 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
Bras, dentures and cocaine cookies – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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Jun 21st 2014, 10:15 AM
Woman rescued after managing to get her tyres stuck in overhead wires
How did this even happen?
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Jun 16th 2014, 2:14 PM
This has to be the least appealing job ad in Ireland
He’ll paint you like one of his French girls.
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Jun 16th 2014, 7:49 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
No beef for the Mexican World Cup team –find out why plus all the weirdest stories you need to hear.
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May 24th 2014, 10:15 AM
On The Trail: 9 odd, weird and wonderful things from Election 2014
The election trail can be an odd place, here are a few things we’ve come across in recent days…
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May 18th 2014, 4:30 PM
From bikinis to Nazi relatives, the weird ways our continental cousins are campaigning...
They’re a crazy bunch on that mainland.
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May 18th 2014, 8:45 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
Baptising aliens, Never Been Kissed and cash in a couch – it’s all the weirdest stories you need to hear.
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May 17th 2014, 10:15 AM
This 'kissing simulator' is the weirdest thing on the internet
And we can’t stop playing. HELP US.
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May 15th 2014, 11:53 AM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
Loyal dogs, a “serial pooper” and hot dogs – it’s all the weirdest stories you need to hear.
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May 10th 2014, 10:15 AM
A businessman is being walked around London on a lead
Everyone is understandably confused.
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Apr 11th 2014, 2:34 PM
6 unexpected things that happened this week
A crow is smarter than your kid, the French are taking over the world and doggie dialtones – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
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Mar 29th 2014, 10:15 AM
6 weird things that happened this week
Scientists are THIS CLOSE to cloning a woolly mammoth – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
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Mar 15th 2014, 10:15 AM
6 weird things that happened this week
Biros, cosy penguins and a 30,000-year-old virus brought to life – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
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Mar 8th 2014, 10:15 AM
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