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14th, November 2013 Flashback

The Dionne Quintuplets Story In Photos: Kidnap, Freak Shows And Hollywood Glitz

On May 28, 1934, the Dionne Quiontuplets were born. They became the first quintuplets known to survive their infancy... More »

14th, November 2013 Liverpool 1

Liverpool Legend Michael Owen Talks To Us About His Picture Frames

In case you missed it, the Daily Mail produced an "exclusive" account of Michael Owen's life. The former Liverpool and England player is mesmeric in his dullness. Highlights are... More »

13th, November 2013 In Pictures

Bolivia Skull Festival - Photos

The skulls shown at the Cementerio General chapel during the Natitas Festival celebrations in La Paz, Bolivia... More »

13th, November 2013 Politicians

Why Have The Tories Been Hiding All Their Speeches Under Their Beds?

They have attempted to erase a record of all party speeches from the internet; the ones given in the decade before they came to power. What are they up to?.. More »

13th, November 2013 Sports

Roberto Di Matteo Still Being Paid Daft Amounts Of Money By Chelsea

Like feeling depressed? Money a bit tight and worried about Christmas? Well, check this - Roberto Di Matteo is still being paid £130,000-a-week by Chelsea... More »

13th, November 2013 Strange But True

Epic Letters: Nicholas Gets A Warning From School

Ever get suspended from school? More »

13th, November 2013 Arsenal 2

Arsenal Fan Lost Home To Manchester United Fan Who Staked His Wife In Bet

Before the game, Henry Dhabasani staked his two-roomed house in a bet with Rashid Yiga, that Arsenal would win the game. On his part, Yiga staked his new Toyota Premio car and his wife that Manchester United would win... More »

13th, November 2013 Sports

Terry Butcher Prepares To Bleed For Hibernian

Hibs fans... Be afraid... More »

13th, November 2013 Key Posts

Top 10 Mike Tyson KOs (Possibly Done On Drugs)

Tyson spoke about all this in his book, Undisputed Truth, which stated that he'd taken 'blow' and 'pot' before fight. Imagine how good he would've been if he wasn't stoned... More »

13th, November 2013 In Pictures

Paul Kuczynski's Super-Smart Illustrations

Paul Kuczynski is the Polish designer whose satirical illustration's are well worth a look... More »

13th, November 2013 Gifs

Meanwhile... In Russia: 14 Gifs Of Life Over There

Russia... This is you, this is... More »

13th, November 2013 Reviews

Sheffield Man With Fire Extinguisher Hose Up His Bum Racially Abused Staff At London Premier Inn

To the Premier Inn on London's,Leicester Square, where CCTV records a man emerging from a storage cupboard with a fire extinguisher hose up his bottom... More »

13th, November 2013 Celebrities

The Sun Employs 'Lying, Cheating' Katie Hopkins

Compare and contrast... More »

13th, November 2013 Reviews 1

Why Did A Thief Steal A Wheelchair Ramp From Liverpool's Lime Street Station?

Who stole a wheelchair ramp from platform nine of Liverpool's Lime Street railway station? More »

13th, November 2013 Reviews

Cockney Of The North: Northumberland Widow Receives 'Brown Bread' Letter For Dead Husband

Are you brown bread? That's Cockney rhyming slang for “dead”. Sheila Delhoy spotted the phrase on a letter sent to her husband Ken who died in February 2008... More »

13th, November 2013 Strange But True 13

Chorley Shoplifter Had Massive Hoard Of Toilet Paper

What happens in Chorley... More »

13th, November 2013 Reviews

Sexist Husband Left Bomb For Wife On Kitchen Counter

To Florida, where Randolph Troy Smith has left a 'bomb' on his estranged wife's kitchen counter... More »

13th, November 2013 Sports

Chelsea: John Terry Does Sexual Cold Turkey In Galatasaray

Terry, the FKW and Chelsea legend, is wanted by Roberto Mancini's Galatasaray... More »

13th, November 2013 Flashback

Terrible Food: WeightWatchers Crown Roast of Frankfurters

D'lish... More »

12th, November 2013 Sports

Everton and Manchester United's Mr Wayne Rooney And The Brothel Ban

Oh, the irony... More »

12th, November 2013 Flashback 1

Ray Davies Reviews The Beatles Revolver: 'Really It's A Load Of Rubbish'

"Taxman" - "It sounds like a cross between the Who and Batman. It's a bit limited, but the Beatles get over this by the sexy double-tracking... More »

12th, November 2013 Flashback 1

Eva Braun's Looted Knickers Are On Sale

Mistress and wife (33 hours) of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler......looted from the Eagles Nest in Obersaltzburg, Austria on May 6, 1945... More »

12th, November 2013 TV & Radio

The Epic Struggle (An Epic Vine)

The struggle More »

12th, November 2013 Celebrities

Abbey Clancy Wear's Julien Macdonald's Table Runner (Photos)

Our pick of the photos, though, is not Abbey holding the seat of her patriotic table runner in the manner of Justin Bieber with a full pull-up, but she and Julien gazing into each other's teeth... More »

12th, November 2013 In Pictures 2

E.J. Bellocq Storyville Portraits: Prostitutes Of 1912 New Orleans

In 1912, John Ernest Joseph Bellocq took these photographs of prostitutes in Storyville, New Orleans... More »