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Can you survive eating nothing but potatoes?
The potential health impacts for a man who vows to spend a year eating just spuds.
Fake tan fail: Why you shouldn't take tips from Facebook posts
It's not quite the "bronzed goddess" look she was hoping for.
Video of knife-wielding crab goes viral
Armed with a kitchen knife and an attitude to match this crab is not to be messed with.
Inside the secretive city of Ashgabat
Ashgabat is a curious spectacle, rivalling Pyongyang for eccentricities and Dubai for exceptional architecture.
As happy as a pig in water
You can swim with just about anything these days - but on a tiny island in the Bahamas, pigs paddle with tourists.
Meanwhile, in New York, an igloo is for rent
One enterprising New Yorker figured out how to make quick buck off the blizzard that's hit the city's tourism industry hard.
Workers briefly think they've hit jackpot
Staff thought they had won the US$949m Powerball jackpot only to realize they were looking at the wrong day's numbers.
Teeth growing from head of lion
A dead mountain lion has baffled biologists after it was found with a fully formed set of teeth growing out of its forehead.
Strange but true: Mantises go to the movies
Scientists have developed insect-sized three-dimensional glasses to prove that praying mantises see their world in 3D.
Penis signature proves hard to validate
One man's battle to have his phallic sketch recognised as his signature.
What spiders, gum and haemorrhoids have in common
Do we really swallow spiders in our sleep? Does gum stay in your gut for years? The truth about those urban legends.
Video of shark strapped on car goes viral
The footage, shared yesterday afternoon, has already been viewed more than 330,000 times.
Newspaper reports Santa has died
An obituary was published claiming 227-year-old Santa has died and a funeral will be held at the North Pole Chapel .
Model eater devours scorpions, tarantulas
On a trip to Thailand, the former Miss Earth New Zealand ate 10 scorpions in 90 seconds, scoffed a hairy tarantula and downed a 2kg feast of curry.
Man hoverboards into shop, steals drinks
The Metropolitan Police are seeking help to find a Lucozade bandit who's methods of crime are causing bafflement and admiration around the world.
Five strange but true scientific facts
Scientists have demonstrated how robots can learn much like tots do.
Yo-ho-ho and a massive crash
A Russian sailor crashed a 7000-tonne cargo ship while driving at full speed - after drinking half a bottle of rum.
Transgender man gives birth
A man who transitioned from female to male a decade ago was shocked to discover he was pregnant.
Five strange but true scientific facts
Living relatives of a 7-year-old boy, sacrificed in a gruesome ceremony by Incans 500 years ago, have been tracked down using genetic technology.
Watch: Seal catches a ride on a whale
The seal enjoys a brief moment of elegant beauty as a whale lifts him majestically into the air.
Giant sinkhole swallows cars at IHOP
Around 15 cars were engulfed in the 50-feet-wide sinkhole which had a depth of roughly 30 feet.
Five strange but true scientific facts
The spuds Matt Damon's stranded astronaut Mark Watney grew in The Martian may be closer to science fact than science fiction, say Kiwi and Australian researchers.