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13th, July 2013 Strange But True

KY Arousal jelly spill shuts Post Office

The substance loose at the Guntersville, Alabama post office - the goo that saw two post office workers hospitalised as a precaution - has been identified... More »

13th, July 2013 Sports

Transfer balls: Manchester United give Wayne Rooney a grade one cut

More news on Wayne Rooney's departure from Manchester United... More »

13th, July 2013 Key Posts

Paul Gascoigne heads to Liverpool to die in peace

We're not looking for sharks in the seas off Britain this silly season. We're looking for former footballer Paul Gascoigne having a drink, or "committing suicide", the Sun calls it.... More »

12th, July 2013 Money

Estate agency writes the best property blurb ever - 'Due to the owner's hobby, we are unable to take internal photographs'

"Due to the owners hobby, we are unable to take internal photographs".... More »

12th, July 2013 In Pictures

47 gruesome photos of the San Fermin bull run 2013

How d'you like you beef..? More »

12th, July 2013 Reviews

Alabama education system sets easier test for blacks

Segregation is against the law in Alabama. But another form of racism has taken hold. The WSJ reports... More »

12th, July 2013 Reviews 1

Pew Poll results: America says journalists contribute 'nothing to society'

Who do you hate most? The Pew poll is bad reading for journalists. It's the women... More »

12th, July 2013 TV & Radio

Scan tells if your fetus is a lesbian

You're having a lesbian.... More »

12th, July 2013 Sports

Drawing a dick on the Tour de France

You should see the tight shorts... More »

12th, July 2013 Sports

Fox News reporter throws basketball in toddler's face

The child in question is called 'Trick Shot’ Titus Ashby who has deadly accuracy in the paint, lobbing free-throws in for fun. He's two years old... More »

12th, July 2013 Money

Don't use the Internet if you want to keep secrets - Russian spies revert to paper economy

That the only truly secure computer is one that's not connected to anything at all? It would appear that the Russians have worked this out... More »

12th, July 2013 Strange But True

Burglars steal grenade launcher, high explosives and change from Maine home

He had it for protection... More »

12th, July 2013 Sports 1

Transfer Balls: Wayne Rooney recuperates in a Chelsea kit

Rooney balls... More »

12th, July 2013 Sports

Transfer Balls: Gareth Bale gets his free Real Madrid shirt from a new Chelsea fan

Having heard Real Madrid call off their hackneyed pursuit of Spurs star Gareth Bale, the Mirror leads with news... More »

12th, July 2013 In Pictures

The world's scariest and most stupid sleeping machines and devices

Because sleeping is hard work... More »

12th, July 2013 Celebrities

Why Star Trek star Zoe Salanda ended her Burger King career

“When I was in my teens, I had a job at Burger King. Then one day I was in the middle of a transaction, and..." More »

12th, July 2013 Sports

The Ashes: Ashton Agar hits the balls of the century (photos and video)

Agar is the 19-year-old who smacked 98 runs off 101 balls on his Ashes and Test debut, the highest score by a No 11 in Test cricket... More »

12th, July 2013 Reviews

In photos: Greenpeace take on The Shard

Six female Greenpeace activists climbed all 72 floors of The Shard in central London, in protest at drilling in the Arctic... More »

12th, July 2013 Madeleine McCann 1

Madeleine McCann: Daily Express juxtaposes Our Maddie next to a family holiday competition

More media management. This time from ex-Job looking for some exposure... More »

12th, July 2013 Music

The Daft Punk Get Lucky condom contains no hidden message

Where JLS lead, Daft Punk follow. .. More »

11th, July 2013 Technology

In photos: Buttercup the backwards walking duck gets a 3D-printed prosthetic leg

Confit of duck... More »

11th, July 2013 Technology

How to perfome a fecal microbiota transplant (that's poo donation to you)

In the New York Times, Lee, tells us how her turds and, more vitaly, the beneficial bacteria in them, saved her friend's life. ... More »

11th, July 2013 Sports 2

Transfer Balls: Manchester City pay over the odds for Arsenal's Stevan Jovetic

Transfer Balls: A look at Macedonia and Fiorentina stat Stevan Jovetic in the news... More »

11th, July 2013 Strange But True

Man arested for sex with an inflatable pumpkin shags rubber pool flat

Is nothing safe..? More »

11th, July 2013 Strange But True 4

Hideous creature found on South African beach

What is it? More »