Coffee crazy
Researchers from Durham University in the UK have revealed that people who drink more than seven cups of instant coffee a day have a greater tendency to hallucinate, often hearing
Child romance
Three German children were caught by police at a train station near Hanover, Germany while trying to run away to Africa for a wedding in the sun on New Year’s
Too fat to fly
An Indian airline has sacked 10 air hostesses for being too overweight to carry out their duties. Jitendra Bhargava, a spokesman for Air India, said that the air hostesses were
Arsonist squirrels
Squirrels have been blamed for causing a fire at the house of the former Attorney General, Lord Mayhew, in Kent, UK. It is believed that the squirrels gnawed their way
Fake granny
A Chilean man was foiled in his plan to steal 80,000 dollars from his 82-year-old grandmother by making his 21-year-old girlfriend disguise herself as the elderly woman and withdrawing money
Beer goggles
A study carried out by researchers at Canada’s Lakehead University has shown that alcohol affects women’s ability to rate attractiveness in male faces. During the study, a number of women
Old wives’ tales
An article published in the British Medical Journal written by researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine has dismissed commonly held beliefs as nothing but myths. Researchers said that there
Witless robber
A witless bank robber in Chicago, US, is facing a life sentence after leaving behind a trail of clues that led the police straight to him. The suspect, 40-year-old Thomas
Baby boom
An American woman from Arkansas has given birth to her 18th child – and says that she and her husband have no intention to stop adding to their family. The
Cut price shuttle
For those with a few million dollars to spare after Christmas, NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Agency of the US government, has put three second-hand space shuttles up for

