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The Big List: Ghost Towns

THE BIG LIST: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.” Shelley’s poem Ozymandias, a vision of lost ruins in the desert, mocks the ultimate fate of even greatest human cities, and the greatest vanities. Here are a few of the more unusual ghost towns you’ll find dotted around the world.

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‘Ugly’ fish face up to extinction

WEIRD WORLD: They may be last of their species – and scientists joke they may be too ugly to breed. London Zoo has appealed to fish keepers to find a mate for their two tropical Mangarahara cichlids, which come originally from Madagascar.

Stray dogs sniff out human remains

WEIRD WORLD: A Polish businessman who stashed human body parts in a city warehouse instead of incinerating them was exposed by local stray dogs, who started gathering hungrily outside.

Argentine ghost town rises from the waves

WEIRD WORLD: A town in Argentina that was under water for 25 years is once again proving an attraction for tourists.

'Come and arrest me', drug dealer tells police

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 13 July 2012, 12:03PM

A bungling Thai drug dealer who sent text messages goading police to apprehend him has been arrested with dozens of amphetamine pills, a police officer from Isarn said last Thursday (July 5).

Aussie cops almost get stern dressing down

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 13 July 2012, 12:01PM

Police in Australia narrowly escaped an undressing after stumbling into a rowdy hens’ night where they were mistaken for strippers by the bride-to-be and her friends.

Cross-dressing mollusc

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 13 July 2012, 12:00PM

Scientists have observed a cross-dressing cuttlefish take sexual trickery to new depths.

BIG LIST: Robot Rage

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 13 July 2012, 11:15AM

We know humanity is doomed when we can no longer beat our robot overlords at rock, paper, scissors, but maybe you don’t realise just how doomed we were, until you read the following:

Against the clock: When a minute lasts 61 seconds

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 13 July 2012, 11:13AM

Horologists around the world last Saturday (June 30) carried out one of the weirdest operations of their profession: they held back time.

Bishop prays for Suicidal Angels

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 13 July 2012, 11:12AM

An Austrian bishop, possibly shaken by the idea of Suicidal Angels, has called on fellow Catholics to pray for music fans attending a death-metal festival early next month.

Robot beats rock, paper and scissors

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 13 July 2012, 11:11AM

The University of Tokyo has just ruined a nearly 2,000-year-old game, producing a robot that can beat a human at rock, paper, scissors every single time.

BIG LIST: Applied Science

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 29 June 2012, 09:23AM

Science can tell us all kinds of wonderful things, like why the elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump, or what colour car you should buy to avoid bird poo. But science can also be a lame excuse to finger a guy’s rectum and hang out with strippers:

Baring all for psychic pig

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 29 June 2012, 09:20AM

A bare-breasted feminist last week staged a one-woman protest at a Euro 2012 fanzone in Kiev, breaching security at the pen of a “psychic” pig to complain about how football fans had ruined the Ukrainian capital.

China TV reporter embarrassed by 'meaty' mushroom

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 29 June 2012, 09:16AM

When asked over for dinner at this trainee TV reporter’s house, you might want to check what ingredients she’s using first.

Norwegian men turn off football

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 29 June 2012, 09:14AM

Did you watch the Euro 2012 quarter final between Czech Republic and Portugal? If so, then you probably just gave someone chlamydia in Norway.

For birds, red means go

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 29 June 2012, 09:13AM

Proving that science can solve some of life’s biggest mysteries, we now know that birds are perhaps more fussy than we thought.

BIG LIST: Animal Aphrodisiacs

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 24 June 2012, 02:45PM

So the tortoise story got us thinking – if aphrodisiacs don’t work, just how do animals spice up their love life when things go a little stale? Well, it turns out they may take a few cues from us.

Single mum's booty call bunker uncovered

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 24 June 2012, 02:42PM

A single mum in Sweden has sparked a major police operation after her secret sex bunker in dense woodlands sparked fears it may be a crime scene.

50 Cent goose-steps shooting

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 24 June 2012, 02:41PM

A goose, which was shot seven times with a pellet gun, has been named 50 Cent after the rapper who also survived a number of shootings.

Giant tortoises part after 115 years of 'marriage'

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 24 June 2012, 02:40PM

What is thought to be the world’s longest animal ‘marriage’ first looked shaky when Bibi bit off part of Poldi’s shell.

BIG LIST: Dietary Requirements

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 15 June 2012, 10:27AM

Don’t get too excited about those gigantic cookie glasses just yet – they’re not being made public (probably because the creators want them all to themselves). But perhaps you can try any of the following:

Jerusalem plans DNA dog poo database

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 15 June 2012, 10:23AM

The Jerusalem municipality is planning to compile a DNA database for dogs in the Holy City in a bid to combat the problem of dog poo by tracing droppings back to the offending pooch.

New goggles serve up see-food diet

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 15 June 2012, 10:21AM

Japanese scientists have developed a set of revolutionary new ‘diet goggles’ which trick over-indulgent eaters into scoffing less food.

A thirst to die for

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 15 June 2012, 10:19AM

People often talk about having a thirst for life, but a two-year-old boy has taken that to whole new levels.

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