Mexico City claims zombie walk world record
Nearly 10,000 people have paraded in Mexico City dressed as zombies in what organisers claim is the biggest “zombie walk” ever held. Wearing ghoulish make-up and rags splattered with fake blood, the “undead” shambled and groaned through the heart of the capital. The current Guinness world record is held by Asbury Park in the US, [...]
Elephants never forget, according to the saying – and these ones will always remember when Briton Paul Barton serenaded them with Beethoven. Mr Barton, 50, dragged his piano up a mountain in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, to help raise money for blind elephants.He said: ‘It was a 50th birthday present to myself. My wife and I have [...]
Continue reading …If you thought a blue lobster was weird take a look at these oddly-coloured creatures
November 18, 2011 No CommentAn incredible electric-blue lobster caught in the UK This rare electric-blue lobster has made waves since he was discovered at a London fish market. The eye-catching crustacean, who has been named Lionel, was rescued from Billingsgate Market and handed over to the Natural History museum. Fishmonger Rex Goldsmith, who bought the creature for £10, said: [...]
Continue reading …Physicians in India have been left shocked after discovering seven-year-old Kura Nitya cries stones from her eyes. According to a local newspaper, Kura has been excreting stones from her right eye for the last two weeks but doctors are not sure what is causing the phenomenon. On average the young girl weeps between 12 to [...]
Continue reading …A FARMER has been killed by the pet hippo he raised from the age of five months. Marius Els, 41, was gouged and bitten repeatedly by 188-stone Humphrey at his farm in South Africa. His mutilated body was found in a river on Saturday. Only this year he was pictured happily riding on the six-year-old [...]
Continue reading …THE first lab-grown burger will be produced in a year – at a cost of £213,000. Scientists believe “cultured meat” grown in a dish could feed the world, once they get the recipe right. It is grown from stem cells of slaughtered animal waste, which become tasteless white strips that will be packed to form [...]
Continue reading …Entertainer forces poisonous snakes through his nose and out of his mouth
November 11, 2011 No CommentLiu Fei pulls a snake through his nose and then out of his mouth - and survives to perform another day. Fei, from east China’s Jiangxi Province, has been performing the death-defying act for the past 30 years - what a charmer. Sometimes, when he feels like it, the 53-year-old will even use two 3ft [...]
Continue reading …Chris Birch, 26, suffered a stroke during during a freak training accident when he attempted a back flip and broke his neck. But folllowing his recovery he quit his bank job to become a hairdresser, grew to hate sport, called off his engagement and started dating a man. “I was gay when I woke up [...]
Continue reading …Artist and taxidermist Alison Brierley has found herself craving feasts of roadkill as a result of her pregnancy. The 42-year-old has been eating an array of animals killed along her local roads in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Brierley often used her roadkill to make jewellery from their hides, but now the mum-to-be has gone full throttle [...]
Continue reading …US parents who reportedly buy mail order lollies infected with chickenpox to try to help their children build up immunity from the virus are being warned the practice could be dangerous. The treats have apparently emerged following chickenpox “parties” - where parents get their youngsters together with an infected child so they catch it, in [...]
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