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The Big List: Lost and Found

THE BIG LIST: Stories of missing soldiers and standed sailors are as old as literature itself – Homer’s hero Odysseus was cursed to wander for 10 years after the battle of Troy before returning home. Here are some strange but true tales of men who were lost and then found a long time later.

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‘MIA Vietnam vet’ exposed as hoax

WEIRD WORLD: A man claiming to be an American soldier missing since his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War has been exposed as a hoaxer.

Sno Cone Joe wages street war on Mr Ding-A-Ling

WEIRD WORLD: There ain’t enough ice-cream eaters in this town for the both of us – that was the message Joshua Malatino had for his rival ice-cream van drivers in Gloversville, New York.

‘Queen’ scolds noisy protest

WEIRD WORLD: Street protestors promoting a gay and transgender festival in London were amazed to see a regal woman dressed like Queen Elizabeth scolding them for making too much noise.

UFO sighting startles Thai school students

Phuket News / Weird World

Monday 14 January 2013, 06:33PM

SAKON NAKHON: The Thai online community is buzzing about an alleged photo of a UFO that was taken by a high-school student on Christmas Day.

Facial hair transplants offer a ‘tache of class

Phuket News / Weird World

Monday 14 January 2013, 06:31PM

Moustache transplants are gaining popularity in parts of the Middle East where a well-furred upper lip is seen as a symbol of authority and dignity.

Hello, baby! Need a hand?

Phuket News / Weird World

Monday 14 January 2013, 06:30PM

This picture of a not-yet-born baby reaching out from her mother’s womb to grasp a doctor’s hand has gone viral on the internet – after the proud family posted it to Facebook.

The Big List: Weird Medical Treatments

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 8 January 2013, 09:49AM

THE BIG LIST: The wonders of modern medical science have been achieved at the experimental cost of many treatments that didn’t work out as intended. Here are a few of the stranger medical procedures that have been prescribed in the past for various ailments. Trust me, I’m a doctor.

Englishman speaks only Welsh after stroke

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 8 January 2013, 09:46AM

WERID WORLD: After a brain injury caused by a serious stroke, 81-year old Englishman Alun Morgan forgot his native tongue and could speak only Welsh, a language he thought he had never learned.

Japanese man sets new record for old age

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 8 January 2013, 09:45AM

WEIRD WORLD: Until a few weeks ago, 115-year-old Jiroemon Kimura was merely the world’s oldest man – now he’s added two more titles to his belt.

Man saved by shot of alcohol to the heart

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 8 January 2013, 09:44AM

WEIRD WORLD: As doctors warned of the dangers of over-indulging in booze this festive season, a British man has the demon drink to thank for his survival – after medics attempted a radical treatment to shock his ailing heart back to life.

The Big List: 2012 in Weird News

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 3 January 2013, 05:17PM

The Mayan Prophecy was a weird hit in 2012, despite the lack of any rational explanation for the ‘end of the world’. Here we take a second look at some of this year’s other odd moments.

‘Alien’ skulls unearthed in ancient graveyard

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 3 January 2013, 05:14PM

WEIRD WORLD: Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a cache of ancient human skulls warped into strange, alien-like shapes.

Apocalypse, Not

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 3 January 2013, 05:11PM

WEIRD WORLD: The world failed to end on December 21, 2102, contrary to a popular prediction. The prospect that a group of Mayan priests more than a thousand years ago had the inside dope on the apocalypse was clearly total nonsense, but the idea still enthralled thousands of people around the world.

Record 40,000 Dutch in New Year North Sea dip

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 2 January 2013, 09:16AM

THE HAGUE: A record 40,000 people braved icy temperatures on the Netherlands’s North Sea coast Tuesday to take a cold plunge, setting a new record for the traditional New Year’s Day dip, organisers said.

Sumatran "corpse flower" bloom a big hit in Brazil

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 28 December 2012, 09:57AM

RIO DE JANEIRO: Hundreds of visitors are flocking daily to a botanical garden in southeastern Brazil to watch the rare blooming of the Titan arum, the world’s smelliest and largest tropical flower.

Judge halts Argentine woman's wedding to sister's killer

Phuket News / Weird World

Saturday 22 December 2012, 09:53AM

BUENOS AIRES: An Argentine judge has blocked a planned wedding between a 22-year-old woman and her twin sister's convicted killer Friday after a formal complaint by her mother.

The Big List: Great Imposters

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:34PM

THE BIG LIST: Pranksters, hoaxers, fakers, imposters and impersonators. Pretending to be someone (or something) that you’re not might be just a joke, or it might get more serious.

Chinese model in hot water over cop photos

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:29PM

BEIJING: Chinese authorities sentenced a 23-year-old model to nine months in jail, suspended for a year, after she posted pictures of herself in a police uniform on the internet.

Police lieutenant’s secret identity as a ‘Baller’

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:27PM

DALLAS: In the latest ‘Lucille Baller’ rap song, she talks about how she will shoot anyone who messes with her since she’s “been to hell and back”.

The secret US plan to nuke the moon

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 19 December 2012, 05:24PM

WASHINGTON: A secret US military plan to detonate an atomic bomb on the moon in the 1950s was designed as a warning to the Soviet Union, says a scientist who worked on the project.

The Big List: Doomsday Scenarios

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 18 December 2012, 06:18PM

THE BIG LIST: There are just weeks left until the end of 2012 – let’s hope we make it that far. According to the “Mayan prophecy” the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012 – just a few days from today. There’s no sign of impending doom so far, but here are some of the possible doomsday scenarios that could bring about the end of the world in the next seven days.

‘Ghoul woman’ preyed on raw chickens

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 18 December 2012, 06:14PM

PETCHABUN: A 51-year-old woman was caught eating a raw, bleeding chicken she had just stolen and killed, say police in Thailand's Petchabun province.

Chinese 'ark' prepares for end-of-world floods

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 18 December 2012, 06:10PM

URUMQI: A Chinese man has spent his life savings building an “ark” to escape the end of the world, which he fears will happen next week.

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