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Marian Pius started the topic British woman didn't know she had 27 contact lenses on one eye in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
A British woman had 27 contact lenses on her eye and didn’t know about it, doctors said.
The 67-year-old woman reportedly believed that she was experiencing discomfort in her eye due to dry eye or old age.
“None of us have ever seen this before,” specialist trainee ophthalmologist, Rupal Morjaria, told Optometry Today. “It was such a large mass.…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic Australian senator of 9 years resigns after finding out he's from New Zealand in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
July 15 (UPI) — An Australian senator elected three times to Parliament resigned Saturday after revealing he’d learned was a citizen of New Zealand, and thus ineligible to serve.
Scott Ludlam, 47, a deputy leader of the minority Greens Party, apologized to constituents and said he was previously unaware of his New Zealand heritage. He said his…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic Tokyo woman nabbed for destroying 54 violins owned by ex-husband in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
An estranged wife of a former violin maker in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of destroying 54 violins and 70 bows collectively worth around 105.9 million yen ($950,700) that belonged to him, police said.Midori Kawamiya, a 34-year-old music instrument seller in Tokyo, has admitted to breaking into his home in Nagoya but…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic Man-killing-self-tells-police:-'Hurry-up,'-I'm-organ-donor in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — A Maine man told a 911 dispatcher he was killing himself and first responders needed “to hurry up” because he was an organ donor.
Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam says the man was still breathing when first responders arrived Sunday night but he died a few minutes later.
Bucknam says a handgun was found next to the m…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic Wyoming police get big surprise after panhandler Facebook post in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
Police in Wyoming never expected a Facebook post about giving money to panhandlers to go viral.
But when the Cheyenne Police Department’s Sunday post was shared more 46,000 times, it sparked about 8,000 comments from across the country — some supportive of the post and others critical.
The post shows a stack of money and a sign that says…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic Ohio woman calls 911 saying, 'I have a boa constrictor stuck to my face in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
An Ohio woman called 911 Thursday after a 5-foot-6-inch boa constrictor she had rescued wrapped itself around her face and began biting her nose.
The victim, a 45-year-old woman of Sheffield Lake, which is about 10 miles west of Cleveland, called authorities after one of the two boa constrictors she rescued the previous day had attacked her. The…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic Elderly woman kills copperhead snakes with shotgun, shovel and rake handle in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
A 72-year-old Oklahoma woman refused to let more than a dozen copperhead snakes slither under her home unchecked Friday, using a shotgun, shovel and rake handle to crush and blast the critters to death.
The woman, identified only as Mrs. Newby, was dubbed the “snake killer” after she was spotted with 11 dead reptiles on the ground, neighbor Susan…[Read more]
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Marian Pius started the topic Drunken passenger tied to seat after he 'punched a flight attendant in the face' in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
An air passenger was bound and strapped to his seat following a mid-flight fight across Russia.
A drunk passenger had to be bound to his seat after he allegedly punched a flight attendant in the face.
The man’s drunken tirade was captured on camera and shared online, following the altercation that unfolded on an Aeroflot flight in Russ…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic Delayed father punched in head by worker at Nice Airport, France in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
The frustrated passenger, obscured from view by other passengers, was holding a baby when the employee lashed out at him.
The moment an airport worker punched a frustrated passenger has been caught on camera by another traveller.
The unidentified man was holding his baby at Nice Airport in France while waiting for a delayed flight when the…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic It’s a bit sick to call Josef Fritzl and Elisabeth Fritzl a couple, but their di in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
2008 was the year when the horror story emerged, shocking Austria and creating waves of indignation around the world. Josef Fritzl held his daughter Elizabeth captive for 24 years inside a basement.
No, that was not the biggest grounding ever administered by a parent. Josef raped poor Elizabeth numerous times, and the abuse resulted in seven…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic The story of Chadil Deffy and Ann Kamsuk proves one crucial point – life is shor in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
Uninformed viewers might take the photo above as something that happens on a constant basis at weddings. The ceremony exhausted the bride, who fainted and had to be brought back to life with a kiss.
Unfortunately, that scenario works only in tales for children. TV producer Chadil Deffy granted his dead girlfriend the wish of getting married, in a…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic Zatera and Calvin Spencer form the luckiest couple in the history of humanity. in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
Winning the lottery and enjoying a care-free stroll through life is everyone’s biggest dream. This couple bought a winning ticket three times in just under one month.
Yep, you heard right. Ms. and Mr. Spencer did not settle with winning $1 million in the Virginia Powerball lottery. They kept on playing, and luck smiled back at them again.
A m…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic What happens when the doctors give you only a couple of weeks left to live, and in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
When 9-year-old Jayla Cooper was diagnosed with leukemia in a terminal phase, her biggest regret was that she would never get to wear a white dress and go down the aisle. However, her family walked all the needed miles to make that dream come true.
The hardest part about staging a wedding is finding a groom ready to play his role. During her…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic YForget about parents telling you who to marry in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
FThis poor 18-year-old from Eastern India listened to the village elders and married a stray dog. What’s the explanation behind this strange and unusual human-canine union?
The superstitious folks of rural India were convinced an evil spirit possessed young Mangli and that her first husband will get to suffer. Sheru’s role was to perform a cle…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic You might be over-obsessed with your person and still be light years away from w in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
The 43-year-old Chinese from Zhuhai married himself in a ceremony that raises a couple of interesting paradoxes. The ceremony in which he “exchanged vows” with a cardboard copy of himself wearing a traditional Chinese wedding gown might be the most absurd thing ever.
Do you count as gay if you marry yourself? How did the Chinese Communist gov…[Read more]
Marian Pius started the topic When the tallest man in the world gets married, you can bet we are talking about in the forum Weird News 7 years, 4 months ago
Sultan Kösen holds the Guinness World record for the world’s tallest man, standing a phenomenal 251 cm above the ground, Sultan probably had a hard time finding a woman like him, and eventually settled with someone enjoying the air richer in oxygen found at lower levels in the atmosphere.
Merve was introduced to Sultan through a mutual friend an…[Read more]