Topic: STRANGE - on January 12, 2007 at 11:02:00 AM CET
Man electrocuted by do-it-yourself mole-killer
A German retiree who wired up a high-voltage cable to try to wipe out the moles digging up his garden killed himself instead, police said Thursday.
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Topic: STRANGE - on January 8, 2007 at 7:53:00 AM CET
400-Year-Old Telescopes Appear in the Strangest of Places
Like cell phones or the Internet in recent history, the telescope's introduction in the early 17th Century had a swift and lasting impact on the world. Telescopes revolutionized military strategy and within months showed the father of astronomy, Galileo Galilei, that Earth is not the center of the universe.
Until recently, scholars thought only 8 or 10 of these important early telescopes _ made between 1608 and 1650 of tightly rolled paper and crudely ground lenses _ had survived to the present day.
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Topic: STRANGE - on January 7, 2007 at 10:33:00 AM CET
US military develops self-cleaning underwear
Self-cleaning fabrics could revolutionize the sport apparel industry. The technology, created by scientists working for the U.S. Air Force, has already been used to create t-shirts and underwear that can be worn hygenically for weeks without washing.
The new technology attaches nanoparticles to clothing fibers using microwaves. Then, chemicals that can repel water, oil and bacteria are directly bound to the nanoparticles. These two elements combine to create a protective coating on the fibers of the material.
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Topic: STRANGE - on January 5, 2007 at 3:00:00 PM CET
US law bans Cubans from Swedish hotels
Swedish hotels are turning away official delegations from Cuba because of American laws.
Hotel chains Scandic and Sheraton have said that the controversial Helms-Burton Act prevents them as American companies from playing host to delegations from Havana.
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Topic: STRANGE - on January 4, 2007 at 4:21:00 PM CET
10 Weirdest Posts of 2006
2006 brought about the creation of Weird Asia News and although we are not that old, we feel we have been around long enough to present to you our top 10 picks for the weirdest site of 2006.
- World Record in Japan: Largest Orgy
- Asian mother breast feeds Monkey Son
- Wrong parking spot kills elderly lady
- Chinese Martial Arts Master Fly Killer
- Chinese man washes hair for first time in 26 years
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Topic: STRANGE - on December 29, 2006 at 11:13:00 AM CET
For sale on eBay - dream holiday with a stranger
Wanted: Young single woman in need of cut price romantic Caribbean holiday. The holiday for two is on sale on Internet site eBay for just a fraction of its 2,400 pound value.
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Topic: STRANGE - on December 22, 2006 at 11:47:00 AM CET
Bigamist who claimed to be secret agent is jailed
An American paedophile was jailed today for five years after he bigamously married a British woman and deceived two others, claiming he worked for the CIA.
William Jordan, a 41-year-old IT consultant, has at least 10 children: five to his first wife, two with her au pair, two to his second 'wife' as well as at least one more in the US.
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Topic: STRANGE - on December 21, 2006 at 11:39:00 AM CET
School accuses 5-year-old of sex harassment
A kindergarten student was accused earlier this month of sexually harassing a classmate at Lincolnshire Elementary School, an accusation that will remain on his record until he moves to middle school.
Washington County Public Schools spokeswoman Carol Mowen said the definition of sexual harassment used by the school system is, "unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors and/or other inappropriate verbal, written or physical conduct of a sexual nature directed toward others."
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Topic: STRANGE - on December 15, 2006 at 11:13:00 AM CET
Flush with cash? Pay £5 to spend a penny in five-star luxury
Even taking inflation into account, it seems a rather high tariff for spending a penny. A new five-star, ladies' toilet is about to open with a £5 entry fee. The luxury powder room, called WC 1, aims to offer the most glamorous comfort break imaginable for time-poor, cash-rich shoppers and busy career women.
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Topic: STRANGE - on December 1, 2006 at 10:13:00 AM CET
Show Goes On For Orca Who Hurt SeaWorld Trainer
Some days, killer whales just wake up on the wrong side of the pool.
A 2 1/2-ton orca that dragged a trainer underwater during a show at SeaWorld may have been put out by a spat with another whale, grumpy because of the weather or just irritable from a stomach ache, according to marine mammal experts.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 29, 2006 at 3:55:00 PM CET
Deadly polonium-210 only $69!
Polonium-210, the radioactive isotope fingered as the substance used to off exiled Russian KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, is available to buy online for just $69 plus shipping and handling.
New Mexico firm United Nuclear Scientific Equipment & Supplies offers a sample of radioactive element on its website, as part of its aim of putting the "fun back into science".
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 29, 2006 at 1:17:00 PM CET
US drinker stabbed for not washing hands
Those men among you who indulge in the woman-enraging provocation of not putting the loo seat back down after taking a leak should count yourselves lucky you're not in Fort Worth, Texas, where some people take the matter of good toilet habits very seriously indeed.
Just ask 25-year-old Morgan Jackson, who was with two drinking buddies in the car park of the Tumbleweeds Sports Bar last Thursday evening when an infuriated toilet user charged them with a knife "because he apparently grew angry that one of the men didn't wash his hands in the bathroom", as the Houston Chronicle explains.
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