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Here’s collection of stories that prove it’s a crazy, funny world out there!

1) Twilight fan marries cardboard cut-out of Robert Pattinson

Lauren Adkins, 25, is married to a life-size cut-out of vampire Edward Cullen from Twilight, played by Robert Pattinson. She says: “We got hitched in Las Vegas last year and I’m sure we’re happier than most newlyweds. People might think I’m crazy but my flatpack R-Patz is the closest I’ll get to the real thing. I’ve have always been obsessed with fairytale endings.”

2) House takes living on the edge to heart

If you’ve ever wanted to have the ocean right at your door, this concept property on the Australian southwest coast seems to be precariously clinging to the side of a cliff – just metres above the sea. The aptly named Cliff House extends off a vertical rock face and is anchored to the cliff side with support beams. Cliff House was conceived of by Australian prefab architecture specialists Modscape Concept, who were inspired by the shape of barnacles clinging to the hull of a ship. The concept home, which seems to almost propel off the overhang, makes the property look as if it is an extension of the landscape.

3) Japanese porn stars let fans grope their breasts for charity

Most charity work involves a feel-good factor but 12 Japanese adult film stars took things a touch further when they donated their breasts to a TV fundraiser. The flirty dozen allowed porn film fans to feel their breasts in return for a charity donation as part of the 12th annual 24-hour TV event Eroticism SAVES the Earth. The telethon – dubbed **** Aid by fans – was a fund raiser for an AIDS charity.

4) Dog swallows 43 and a half socks

Vets operating on a Great Dane were shocked to discover the animal had eaten 43 and a half socks. The owners of the 64 kg canine knew it was fond of chewing socks, but had little idea how many it had actually swallowed. A spokesperson for the DoveLewisEmergencyAnimalHospital in Portland, Oregon, said: “The X-rays revealed a large amount of foreign material in the dog’s stomach, at which point the dog was taken into surgery to have the material removed.” The three-year-old pooch survived the two-hour operation, and has now won a PRIZE for her remarkably recovery.

5) Meet the 36-year-old who is ‘Mom’ to 300 dolls

A woman obsessed with dolls has filled every room in her home with the figures. Marilyn Mansfield, 36, has spent tens of thousands of dollars on her incredibly life-like doll collection. She cares for them like they are her own children and can often be found walking the streets of New York with a slew of real babies in tow. She said: “I loved walking with a stroller when my kids were little – they don’t fit in the strollers anymore, so I take out a doll.”

6) Jail-themed restaurant opens in China

The Prison of Fire eatery has just opened in China and it makes other eateries look like an absolute bore. Every dinner party is seated in its own cell, decked out to look like a genuine Chinese prison, and served food through a small hatch. Whilst the food is above jail-standard, diners can look on at the confinement rooms, water torture devices and in-restaurant entertainment – music bands who play from inside a giant birdcage contraption – whilst they eat.

7) World’s largest disco ball at Bestival

A giant disco ball at this year’s Bestival has been verified as being the world’s biggest. The ball, 10.33 metre in diameter, was raised and spun at the festival on the Isle of Wight. The record was verified by Guinness World Records adjudicator Mark McKinley, and beat the previous record of 9.98m. Festival curator Rob da Bank said: “We love a challenge at Bestival, so when Nile Rodgers asked us to do something spectacular we knew it had to be beyond amazing.”

8) Kid face-plants Obama’s Oval Offices sofa

It’s not everyday you get to meet President Obama in the Oval Office. But for this kid, Obama wasn’t doing much for him. Bored stiff, he decided to dive headfirst into the comfy couches. The youngster’s father was meeting with Obama as a departing United States Secret Service agent alongside his wife when the hilarious snap was captured.

9) Scientists brew tea in a chocolate teapot

Chocolate experts have recently crafted a chocolate teapot that did not completely melt even after boiling the water to brew a cup of tea, it has been reported. The experiment took place at Nestle’s Product Technology Centre in York in the UK. Master chocolatier John Costello chose dark chocolate made with 65 per cent cocoa solids, since the low fat content would help it hold its shape better. The teapot was a success, surviving having boiling water poured into it. One of the key steps involved not stirring the water, but rather allowing it to just settle and brew the tea.

10) Koreans give right arm to dodge holiday chores

This is one (underhanded) way of avoiding having to help during the holidays. Some sneaky people have decided to buy fake casts so they don’t have to give a hand during a three day holiday weekend in South Korea. The increase in sales of phoney casts may be because woman are fed up with having to do all the work during the Chuseok festival. They traditionally carry out most of the duties, including preparing and cooking elaborate ceremonial dishes, while the men of the family chat, drink and watch television. ‘We have been selling this for 10 years now, but sales increased drastically starting last week,’ said a manager at an online vendor.

11) Obese cat starts fitness regime

One of the world’s fattest cats has had a haircut and started hitting the treadmill in an attempt to turn his life around. The cat, aptly named King Leo, was found on the side of the road in Nashville, Tennessee weighing 23lbs (that’s the same weight as a bowling ball) and with severely matted hair. The ten-year-old cat was taken to Cat Shoppe Rescue where he received care, before being adopted by veterinary technician, LaTisha Lampley who gave him a trim and is working on reducing his weight. King Leo’s health is now being monitored, and he is going through a physical therapy regime that includes water treadmill sessions.

12) Astronaut lives on ocean floor for a week

An astronaut is spending a week living at the bottom of the ocean to simulate and prepare for future space missions. Jeremy Hansen is currently on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean at the Aquarius Reef Base in Florida, about 20m (65ft) below the surface. He has been tweeting images of his underwater adventure.

13) Football fans really do love swearing

People who live in North Yorkshire swear the most on Twitter and football fans spout the most profanities, research for Radio 4 has found. The research suggested those in the countryside swear more than in cities online, with a spike in “f-words” at the time people left work. Analysts observed the use of Twitter in the UK over a course of a week, compiling a list of towns featuring the most and least swear words. The area of Redcar and Cleveland, in North Yorkshire, came top, with six out of the top ten locations studied hailing from Scotland. Researchers noted the balance of swearing was skewed towards the country rather than cities, despite the cliches about the two differing areas, with 2.15 per cent of all tweets containing the word f—.

14) Meet Claudio the man born with an upside down head

A man born with physical disabilities so severe his head is upside down has defied the odds to become an inspirational public speaker. Claudio Vieira de Oliveira, 37, was born with his neck is folded back on itself, as well as badly deformed legs and almost no use of his arms and hands. Doctorstold his mother to stop feeding him as a newborn as they believed he had no chance of survival. But Claudio from Monte Santo, Brazil, has overcome his extreme disadvantages to graduate as an accountant and become a public speaker.

15) Myanmar beauty queen runs off with crown

A Burmese beauty queen has allegedly disappeared with her jewelled tiara after being dethroned as Miss Asia Pacific World for ‘being rude’. May Myat Noe, 18, was crowned as the most beautiful woman in south-east Asia in May by the South Korean pageant, but the organisers wanted her to have breast enhancement surgery before they could get her a record DEAL. David Kim, director of media for Miss Asia Pacific World, said Miss Noe had been a disappointment from the outset.

16) Giant Hippo splashes into River Thames

Along London’s River Thames are some notable landmarks: the LondonBridge, the MillenniumBridge, and now, a giant floating hippo. The nearly 70-foot-long replica of the water mammal—named “HippopoThames”—is the latest project of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. HippopoThames is inspired by everyday objects, especially those that time warp people to their childhoods. It’s also designed to force viewers to appreciate public spaces, even after the installations are removed.

17) The turbanator: Man wears the world’s heaviest headpiece

Some people appear to have the weight of the world on their shoulders but Avtar Singh Mauni carries his burden with pride. The devout Sikh is the owner of the world’s largest turban, which measures 645m when unwrapped – equal to 13 Olympic-sized swimming pools. He has been adding to his 100lb headdress for the past 16 years and it takes six hours to put on. “I don’t consider it to be a burden. I’m most happy when I wear it,” Singh Mauni said. “I just keep putting on the cloth from top to bottom one layer at a time just like you would lay the storeys of a building.” The size of his turban makes getting into a car impossible so he rides a motorbike across the Punjab region.

18) Top UK snowboarder starts shaving business to FUND Olympic bid

One of Britain’s top snowboarders who lost her FUNDING after a nail-biting finish at Sochi 2014 has launched a monthly razor delivery service to finance her training towards the next Winter Olympics. Zoe Gillings has become a rider-cum-entrepreneur and launched her latest business, PoundShaveClub, where customers join a “razor/shaving plan” to receive a razor and four blades a month in the post from £3.50 a month.

19) The Chairless Chair lets you sit anywhere

Have you ever waited in a busy queue wishing you had a chair to perch on? Swiss start-up company noonee has the perfect solution after creating the ‘Chairless Chair’ which enables you to sit down whenever you like. The strap-on chair acts as lightweight, energy efficient device and is attached to your legs, allowing you to walk around freely and sit down when you want. A button is used to control the lock mechanism and requires a special utility belt to attach to your waist. The user just needs to move into the desired pose, activate the Chairless Chair, and then they can sit back and enjoy provided posture support.

20) 1,000-pound alligator snared in Alabama hunt

Hunters in Alabama snared an alligator weighing more than 1,000 pounds, the largest ever caught in a legal hunt in the state, conservation officials said. The alligator, caught with a snare hook in a southern Alabama state park, was so heavy it required a backhoe to hoist it onto a scale, said Mike Sievering, a state wildlife biologist who supervised the hunt. “He was an eyeful, I’ll say that,” Sievering said. The alligator, which weighed 1,011.5 pounds and measured 15 feet long, was more than 100 pounds heavier than the previous state record holder, he said.[/COLOR]

21) 5-pound Pomeranian is world’s fastest on two feet

Jiff was already cute, lovable and talented. Now he’s proven he’s speedy too. The 4-year-old, 5-pound Pomeranian blazed into the 60th edition of the Guinness World Records book that comes out September 10. He can run 10 metres on his hind legs in 6.56 seconds and 5 metres on his front paws in 7.76 seconds. Both times are faster than any other dog on the planet has clocked.

22) Dutch spend Rs 3.6 crore to fence off king’s Greek holiday home

The Dutch government paid 461,000 euros (Rs 3.6 crore) to fence around King Willem-Alexander’s seaside villa in southern Greece, RTL News reported on Wednesday, drawing media criticism and demands for an explanation. The Dutch monarchy remains popular one year after Willem-Alexander ascended the throne after the abdication of his mother Queen Beatrix, but critics say it costs too much, especially at a time when the country is struggling to emerge from recession.

23) Famous giant panda fakes pregnancy, gets nice things

Officials called off the live broadcast of a giant panda giving birth because, as it turns out, she wasn’t actually pregnant. Ai Hin, a 6-year-old giant panda living at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Center in China, had exhibited signs of pregnancy for two months. But the center realised she actually had a “phantom pregnancy.” The life of a pregnant giant panda living in captivity sounds pretty sweet, relatively speaking. She gets her own suite loaded with amenities such as air-conditioning, around-the-clock care and a serious supply of buns, fruit and bamboo. Pandas with phantom pregnancies sometimes notice the nicer set-up that comes with initial signs of pregnancy and carry on with the charade.

24) Guard outside BuckinghamPalace shows off his dance moves

Guarding the Queen’s home is a serious and solemn duty. So it’s a good thing Her Majesty was not around to see this soldier apparently pirouetting on the forecourt of BuckinghamPalace. In his red tunic and bearskin, the Grenadier Guard was filmed seemingly trying to ease the boredom of his two-hour shift with a series of remarkably elegant dance moves. His antics delighted tourists but the army and ministry of defence were not amused. He could now face disciplinary action.

25)Gustavo Silva Nunez, an artist based in Valencia, Venezuela, creates incredibly lifelike paintings of people swimming in water, his use of light and reflections making them appear three-dimensional.

To add to the realism, he poses next to the paintings in strikingly interactive ways, making it look as though he is grabbing onto the swimmers’ limbs or shielding himself from their splashes.
These images are brilliant not only because of what they are portraying, but also because of the way they are portrayed.
Pictures of his artistic achievements were posted on social networking sites and due skill, Gustavo Nunez Silva has quickly attracted tens of thousands of fans.

26) Coming soon: ‘Star Wars’ hoverbikes

If New Zealander Chris Malloy succeeds in his endeavour, we may soon be able to fly like a Star Wars character — through the air on a hover bike.
The futuristic flying machine, which can reach altitudes of up to 10,000ft, is a new type of helicopter which they call a quadcopter. They have already manufactured a model, one third the size of a real one, and this is already popular with drone enthusiasts. But the team behind it say that this is only the beginning.
They are confident that soon they’ll be able to test a real, full-sized one, controlled by a human rider. And they say the quadcopter is safer than a conventional helicopter.
Malloy said: “The advantage that the hoverbike has over helicopters is that it can fly amongst trees safely. Rotor-strike is a major issue with helicopters, but this design eliminates rotor-strike by protecting the propeller blades from the ground as well as from airborne obstacles. The helicopter is inherently complex, but the hoverbike is simple. So, that makes it safer. And it’s built to be robust and be flown in environments that would present problems to a typical helicopter.”

27) The artist who draws pictures with typewriter

London-based artist Keira Rathbone makes one-off complex images with the help of typewriter.
According to the Huffington Post, Rathbone said she began experimenting with the typewriter[COLOR=#0000FF !important]art in around 2003 and when she started typing out and about in London and Bristol, she realised that it was very unusual.[/COLOR]
Now people from all over the world contact her to tell her they are inspired or enquire about buying work or want to hire her to type at their events, she further added.
Rathbone has sold art around the world, online and even in Selfridges department store.

28) Texas brewery creates ’99 pack of beer’

Austin Beerworks, a brewery in Texas, has created the 99 pack of beer, meaning loyal customers can keep blood alcohol levels higher for longer.
The pack resembles a cannon and looks to be about eight feet long. Good luck fitting this monster pack in your car.
The brewery is only making a limited number and potential customers will have to track the company on Facebook for information on how to purchase one.
The brewery originally described Peacemaker as “extra pale” because of its color, but consumers were confusing the beer for a more hop-forward pale ale, which prompted the company to make a change and charge up the MARKETING behind it.

29) Chinese farmer grows ‘Buddha-shaped pears’

A farmer named Hao Xianzhang in China has been growing pears that are shaped like ‘Buddha.’

Xianzhang, who spent 6 years perfecting the method by growing the fruit inside moulds, said that his pears were high in demand because they symbolized “good luck,” ABC News reported.

To grow the pears in shape, the farmer put the pears while they were little in the moulds, and when they took up the space inside the case, he would remove the moulds, letting the fruits develop further on their own.
Xianzhang, who has priced the 10,000 pears he grew in his backyard at $8 per fruit, added that he was inspired by an old Chinese myth about a magical fruit shaped as Buddha, which claimed to give immortality.

30) World’s biggest egg goes under the hammer

A massive, partly fossilized egg laid by a now-extinct elephant bird has sold for more than double its estimate at a London auction.
Christie’s auction house said that the foot-long, nearly nine-inches in diameter egg fetched $101,813.
The egg is over a foot long and is big enough to hold the contents of seven ostrich eggs, 100 chicken eggs or 12,000 hummingbird eggs, the Daily Express reported.
The extinct elephant bird egg is the largest egg ever recorded.
Errol Fuller, curator of the sale at Summers Place Auctions, said that the egg of one of these birds was simply a miracle and it was over a foot in length and larger than any known dinosaur egg.

31) This nail polish can detect ‘date rape’ drugs

A team of students from North Carolina has come up with a new nail polish that detects date rape drugs and keeps women safe from being a victim of sexual assault.
Undercover Colors nail polish, which hopes to be the “first fashion company empowering women to prevent sexual assault”, changes color when in contact with date rape drugs like Rohypnol , Xanax and GHB, Cnet reported.
Undercover Colors said on their Facebook page that their goal is to invent technologies that empower women to protect themselves from this heinous and quietly pervasive crime and with their nail polish, any woman will be empowered to discreetly ensure her safety by simply stirring her drink with her finger.
While the nail polish is still in the early experimental stages, the team has already raised 100,000 dollars for product development and is still searching for additional investors.

32) Lobsterman catches ‘one-in-two-million’ blue lobster

A lobsterman from Maine in the New England region of the northeastern United States says one of his traps caught a one-in-two-million crustacean: a blue lobster.
WCSH-TV reports that Jay LaPlante of the Miss Meghan Lobster Catch Company caught the curious creature in Scarborough around 10.45 am on Saturday.
LaPlante and daughter Meghan were hauling traps when she discovered the bright blue critter.
The story has a happy ending for the lobster. Meghan says she is naming it Skyler and donating it to the Maine State Aquarium, far from any dinner rolls or pats of butter.
The aquarium says it has three other blue lobsters and an orange one.
LaPlante says it’s the first time he has caught a blue lobster.

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