Ten things which raised an eyebrow this week
- An amphibious scooter, the world's first video-phone, a mini-submarine, a side-by-side tandem, another bicycle with wings and an experimental gyrocopter are just some of the eccentric inventions of Victorian England discovered in a collection of hitherto unseen photographs this week
- Determined to ensure diners "enjoyed" their meals, one Chinese restaurateur took the extreme measure of serving noodles laced with opium!
- In Australia, scientists are baffled as to the source of 100s of green, furry balls Which have washed up on Sydney beaches recently
- A lucrative turtle smuggling ring has been taken apart after police arrested a man trying to cross the US/Canadian Border with more than 50 of the reptiles down his trousers
- When a particularly heartless thug robbed a young boy's lemonade stand, the local community came together to reimburse him and also to give him a gift of the thing he was saving his pennies for - a new puppy
- With friends like these, who needs enemies? An American beer bandit and his partner in crime were caught on CCTV in a robbery reminiscent of a Laurel and Hardy sketch! Police are confident of a conviction
- Having already moved it 3 times since August, authorities in Washington have finally decided to hire a professional beaver trapper to rid the city of a particularly persistent beaver who keeps rebuilding a dam under a city bridge
- Devastated by the drop in the price of the iPhone 6, a 20-something mobile phone salesman in China committed suicide after losing 100million RMB
- Cats are going missing in their droves in Sussex, so naturally there can only be one explanation - there must be a King Cobra on the loose!
- And finally, if you think you've had a bad week spare a thought for Leah Wright in Illinois. After falling asleep in a Taco Bell drive-thru, the young woman was subsequently arrested and charged with 2 felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, after police woke her and found her to be clutching a syringe of heroin while at the wheel of her car
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