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10th, April 2013 Politicians

Is North Korea's London mission the world's most humdrum embassy?

Hyon Hak Bong is North Korea's ambassador to the Britain. The embassy is a seven bedroom house in Ealing, west London.... More »

10th, April 2013 Reviews

Face of the day: the Eurasian Eagle owlet at the National Aviary

I wish I could fly right up to the sky... More »

10th, April 2013 Strange But True 2

Man puts live eel up his bum, with predictable results

We've all read the stories about bizarre sex, like the guy in Spain who got killed by a rockslide while forcing himself onto a chicken... More »

10th, April 2013 Politicians

Margaret Thatcher and a pet black sheep called Barack Obama

Thatcher: cats or dogs? Lady Carla Powell of Bayswater settles the debate... More »

10th, April 2013 Reviews

South Koreans prepare for war and death by sleeping in coffins

Jung runs a seminar called the Coffin Academy, where, for $25 each, South Koreans can get a glimpse into the abyss... More »

10th, April 2013 Flashback

1979: The lunatic Schlitz malt liquor advert

In 1979, consumers were turned onto the flavours of Schlitz Malt Liquor with a family of Afro-American space voyagers, their pet jive-bot and a massive rampaging bull... More »

10th, April 2013 Money

If Bitcoin walks like a Bubble and quacks like a bubble then why isn't Bitcoin A Bubble?

There seems to be some assumption being made that if Bitcoin is a bubble then therefore it's not real, or not really going to change the world... More »

10th, April 2013 TV & Radio

Gay farming with a £2 coin

Have you ever been gay farming in a public toilet? More »

10th, April 2013 Reviews

North Korean children sing about shooting 'the American bastards'

The Norther Korean kinder are taught to sing a song called “Shoot the Yankee Bastards”. One verse goes... More »

10th, April 2013 Technology

Remember the game Snake? Want to see what it looks like to complete it?

The snake, of course, wasn't allowed to touch its own tail or it would die, so what happens when you complete the game?... More »

10th, April 2013 Strange But True

Shiva is reincarnated as a huge pumpkin

"Seeing it, I had an intuition that it is Lord Shiva. The pumpkin is oval in shape similar to a 'Shiva Linga'.." More »

10th, April 2013 Politicians 2

Owen Jones: Tony Blair was a national catastrophe that still poisons us

Owen Jones is turning into a troll. Writing in the Independent, he looks at Margaret Thatcher's legacy.... More »

10th, April 2013 Strange But True

Seven-metre-long wasp nest found in home

To San Sebastián de la Gomera in the Canary Islands to see the seven-metre-long wasp nest, home to millions of wasps... More »

10th, April 2013 TV & Radio

Rescue crew race to save sinking canoe (video)

Help is on the way! More »

10th, April 2013 Reviews

Former vice mayor drive at 90 mph with his genitals dangling from car window

Multi-tasking man shows off... More »

10th, April 2013 Money 2

How to prove that the minimum wage destroys jobs

The minimum wage in the US is currently $7.25 an hour. We have to assume that the people doing this work cannot find jobs at that minimum wage. For they'd be off earning $7.25 an hour rather than working for $1.25 to $5 an hour if they could... More »

10th, April 2013 Sports 1

Does West Ham's Paolo Di Canio lounge ban fascists?

Karren Brady, vice-chairman of West Ham United, uses her Sun column to explain her club's view on Di Canio... More »

10th, April 2013 Reviews

Woman divorces husband because he has a little wang

"We've never had sex in our entire marriage. He's also impotent and unable to fulfil his responsibility as a husband..." More »

9th, April 2013 Politicians 3

Football must have no minute's silence for Margaret Thatcher: what madman wants to remember the 1980s?

The best thing you can say about Margaret Thatcher's attitude to football was that she rarely used it to coin easy popularity. To her, football was a thing that needed controlling... More »

9th, April 2013 Sports

Is Harry Redknapp a kipper? That question to Spurs chairman Daniel Levy

Is Harry Redknapp a kipper? Or was he sleeping on the job? Redknapp, currently bossing Premier League strugglers Queens Park Rangers told Twentyfour7Football magazine... More »

9th, April 2013 Sports 3

Liverpool and Uruguay's Luis Suarez punches opponent in the face

Well, massive talisman Luis Suarez is in trouble again after punching someone in the face during the World Cup qualifier between Uruguay and Chile... More »

9th, April 2013 Politicians 1

20 people who have no idea who Margaret Thatcher was

Ignorance is advertised on twitter... More »

9th, April 2013 Reviews

Which gamers are best at sex?

People who play video games, believe it or not, have sex. But which gamers are the best in the bedroom? Well, thank god someone did a survey to find out exactly that!... More »

9th, April 2013 Money 2

Woo Watch: No, your chance of becoming wealthy does not depend upon your star sign

What they've found is simply random variation, not any connection with your star sign and the likelihood of your making a pot of cash... More »

9th, April 2013 Reviews

All hail the drunk Russian tank driver!

Remember during the Cold War, everyone being thunderingly terrified of the Russians? They were efficient like Germans, but brutal like they were feral! And they had gnarly scars and punched bears for a laugh!... More »