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17th, March 2013 Flashback

Miss Atomic Bomb: when Vegas showgirls put the sex in Armageddon (photos)

In 1957, Copa Room showgirl Lee Merlin posed as cotton atomic bomb mushroom cloud. She was Miss Atomic Bomb... More »

17th, March 2013 Strange But True

Dundee drink driver too drunk to find the dock

To Dundee Sheriff Cour, where Thomas Murphy, 55, is due to be sentenced after admitting driving without a licence or insurance... More »

17th, March 2013 Reviews

Why it's good to own a gun...

Here's why... More »

17th, March 2013 Photojournalism

Nuxuno Xän's bushy afro in Fort De France, Martinique

Street art brightens up your day... More »

17th, March 2013 Reviews

St Patrick's Day in photos: drinking in Dublin, London, New York, Chicago, Tampa and Savannah

Mine's a Guinness.... More »

17th, March 2013 Strange But True 5

Jesus Christ spotted in Massachusetts dust sheet

"My heart went a million miles an hour. I was hyperventilating..." More »

17th, March 2013 Madeleine McCann 1

Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann's London Marathon 'death threat' sickens Frankie Boyle's Sun

Who has threatened to murder Kate McCann? And why?... More »

16th, March 2013 Reviews

Lance Corporal James Ashworth win the Victoria Cross

He was killed by a grenade blast in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on June 13 2012.... More »

16th, March 2013 Reviews

Face of the day: Swiss woman gang raped in India

India in the dock... More »

16th, March 2013 TV & Radio

Flower girl runs screaming from wedding (video)

I second those thoughts.... More »

16th, March 2013 Reviews

Stephen Lawrence: Gary Dobson drops his appeal and the white working class swoon

Dobson will not appeal his life sentence for his part in the murder of Stephen Lawrence. He's dropped his appeal... More »

16th, March 2013 Royal Family

When Zara Phillips met an 'unnamed overzealous' guard at the Cheltenham Festival

If Pippa Middleton is not in the stalls, the journalists turn their eyes to any other female Royal. They spot Zara Phillips... More »

16th, March 2013 Key Posts

The 25 most bizarre and adventurous aircraft ever invented

Would you get in any of them..? More »

16th, March 2013 Flashback

1948 test: How Masculine or Feminine Are You?

In 1948, the sexually confused could take Psychoquiz to determine how masculine or feminine they were... More »

16th, March 2013 Reviews

Operation Weeting: Murdoch's Times focuses on Tina Weever but ignores Rebekah Brooks

A special relationship, indeed... More »

16th, March 2013 Reviews 1

Devon abolishes the apostrophe - sticklers for good English take their markers

Mid-Devon District Council has abolished the apostrophe from all new street names. This will "avoid potential confusion". It does not say who might be confused... More »

16th, March 2013 Strange But True

Baby left on road when woman on bike gives birth without noticing

In Bangkok, Thailand, a woman straddling a motorbike travelling at speed gave birth to a baby and then drove on leaving it behind on the road... More »

16th, March 2013 Strange But True

Spontaneous combustion sets fire to New York restaurant

Why did the Chipotle Steak and Seafood Grill, Saugerties, Barclay Heights, New York, catch fire?... More »

15th, March 2013 Flashback

Mr Carron's Falling Cone for Victorian daredevils

The "contraption that allowed humans to experience the sensation of a free fall of 300m..." More »

15th, March 2013 Strange But True

Human statue punches idiot in the face (video)

Bravo! More »

15th, March 2013 Reviews 1

Should Eric Joyce MP blame his violence on his Army past?

Make the link... More »

15th, March 2013 Reviews

The gigantic foam Cosplay Titan sword with lights demands 'fear and respect'

It "splits into two pieces for easy transport"... More »

15th, March 2013 Celebrities

Carly Rae Jepsen gives the finger to the boy scouts of America

Nice on, Carly... More »

15th, March 2013 Reviews

Red Nose Day: English more tightfisted than Scottish, despite stereotype

You've heard the jokes about Scottish people being tight fisted. However, 'throwing his money around like a Scotsman with no arms' doesn't hold any water when you discover that it is in fact the English who are tightwads. More »

15th, March 2013 Sports 1

The Sun cites Hillsborough as evidence for a free and fair Press (irony overload)

You don't have to dislike the Sun and the tabloids to see the problem with his presented evidence for a free press... More »