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# Weird

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7 weird things that happened this week
Cows love slow jams, drug-smuggling with Kinder Eggs and Ragnarok – it’s all the MAD stuff you might have missed.
Ballet-dancing birds and human traffic cones: 8 weird (and wonderful) pics our readers sent us
Sometimes we are sent really useful news tips and pictures, other times we are sent really weird – but wonderful – things like this.
6 weird things that happened this week
Gym selfies banned, a money shredding alarm clock and a terrible heroin smuggler – it’s all the MAD stuff you might have missed.
Frozen turkeys and euro calculators: 10 very weird (or wonderful) pics our readers sent us
Sometimes we are sent really useful news tips and pictures, other times we are sent really weird – but wonderful – things like this.
7 weird things that happened this week
A schoolgirl and a bullet, some peanut butter and a jellyfish, and a gay cat – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
Goodfellas Part II happens in real life, mathematicians can’t prove planes fly and a rat ship cometh – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
– the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
Lamb meat with a side of dirty pond water, get a beard to advance your career and a Ferris wheel – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
A pea-based divorce, 10,000 smartphones when all you need is a knife and a super-human thief – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
Glow in the dark piglets, a pigeon arsonist and a very rude briefcase – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
The worst job applicant ever, a pavlova bandit and a dog who loves knickers – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
An Instagram account leads to 142 felony charges, the Queen’s nuts, and a penis-biting snake – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
Motorbike with a free wife included, Christmas fights already and something distinctly fishy – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
£4m in a landfill, a bunker full of cannabis and meteorites – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
An election won on a coin toss, crashing cows and middle fingers – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
7 weird things that happened this week
Rivers of caramel, lost dentures and a bingo brawl – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
This optical phenomenon was spotted in Dublin this morning
Some may have thought it was a vision from above, but it’s actually called a ‘sun halo’.
Cats, dragonflies and glaring teddies: 12 more weird pictures sent by our readers
Sometimes we are sent really useful news tips and pictures, other times we are sent really weird crap like this.
Angry notes, doggy drivers and men sewing: 13 weird pictures sent by our readers
Sometimes we are sent really useful news tips and pictures, other times we are sent really weird crap like this.
Father and son found after 40 years living in Vietnamese forest
Ho Van Thanh, 82, and his son, Ho Van Lang, 42, emerged bedraggled from the remote mountainous region in an emaciated condition, wearing loincloths made from tree bark.
You won't believe what Japanese teens are licking for fun
Seriously. You won’t believe it.
If you don't pick up your dog poo in Spain then this might happen...
Talk about a “special delivery”.
10 more of the weirdest pictures we've been sent by readers
Sometimes we are sent really useful news tips and pictures, other times we are sent weird stuff like these.
10 of the weirdest pictures we've been sent by readers
Sometimes we are sent really useful news tips and pictures, other times we are sent weird sh*t like these.
11 reasons being in a lift is the most awkward thing ever
Being in a lift is just dreadful.
12 candles to make your house smell totally bizarre
Who doesn’t want their home to smell like bacon, pizza or strippers?
11 duets we can't believed happened
When you’ve got Jackie Chan, Phil Collins and Nicole Kidman around anything can happen.
Cancelled! 10 of the weirdest guest stars on 90210
Michael Jackson’s teenage son Prince Michael Jackson is the latest… Shame the show has just been axed.
10 odd but essential services you should purchase for just $5
Get onto fiverr.com and change your life, basically
14 of the oddest calendars of 2013
Haven’t chosen your calendar for next year yet? These should help…
8 strange jobs you've never heard of
Ssssh, he’s trying to listen to the water.
8 of the weirdest meetings of 2012
From Lady Gaga hanging out with Julian Assange to Tupac Shakur’s Coachella performance, here’s our shortlist of the stranger celebrity and political encounters of the year.
Open thread: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever put on a CV?
Smoking as a hobby? Surfing the internet as a skill? Join the club.
Weird Wide Web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
Weird Wide Web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
Sports bar owner buys entire Texas town, renames it 'Bikinis'
Doug Guller found the abandoned town for sale on Craigslist.
You're selling what? 8 of the strangest items of celebrity merchandise
Grills, wine and… coffins. The weird and wonderful merchandise that celebs just love to sell.
Hundreds of people flocked to the shin-kicking championships? Sure, why not
One of the judges described the sport as “a bit like wrestling, but with a lot of contact below the knees.”
Lemon in the armpit? Pickled sheep eye? 7 strange hangover cures
Fancy some rabbit dropping tea after a night out? Some fried canary? Thought not…