A 14-year-old girl from Russia was so scared of the May 21 doomsday and rapture prediction made by Harold Camping that she committed suicide the same day, investigators said Wednesday. The teenager wanted to choose death rather than be among the ones suffering on earth after the rapture.
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Driver Andrew Linn survived after a 5cm-wide (2in) metal pole went through his mouth and out the back of his skull during a car crash.
Mr Linn would have died if the pole went in either direction. The 34-year-old fell asleep at the wheel and hit a fence.
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Six-year-old Croatian kid Ivan Stoiljkovic astounds his family and the people in his village thanks to his magnetic body.
When he takes off his shirt the youngster is able to stick metallic objects such as spoons, mobile phones and even frying pans to his body.
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Authorities on Massachusetts' South Shore are investigating an apparent bizarre murder-suicide with a power saw that left a husband and wife dead.
The alleged crime was revealed at approximately 10 p.m. on Monday, when police officers in the historic town of Plymouth, located about 40 miles...
A 10-year-old girl was terrified when she discovered a five-foot corn snake lurking in her family's bathroom after it slithered up through their loo.
Roberta Vaituke spotted the snake when she popped in to use the toilet.
She ran to alert her parents and brother.
They plugged up...
The face of Jesus has been very busy, appearing on chicken feathers, a tea towel and a drainpipe among many other places – and it's come to light that it's also turned up on the end of a wooden log.
The log's owner, Mel Robertson, calls it the 'holy log' and says that she keeps it as a...
A youngster's ghostly playmate has been caught on camera in a photograph taken on a mobile phone, a family claims.
The spectral snap shows five-year-old Sirus Walsh standing next to a childlike ghost.
The family now claims their home is haunted – but insists no one is worried as their...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Three inmates and their loved ones were charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into a U.S. jail on the pages of a children's colouring book, authorities said on Tuesday.
The drug, Subozone, is normally used to treat heroin addiction and is classified as a controlled...
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A trip to the cinema is probably the best way of watching a horror film but a family claims they are part of their own ‘Scary Movie’ after being terrorised by poltergeists.
Lisa Manning and her two children have been living in fear following hundreds of eerie goings-on.
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A jackdaw bird has become a real-life Kes after befriending schoolboy Emmanuel Adams while he walked to school - and has now moved into the boy's home.
The jackdaw began landing on the head of Emmanuel Adams as he walked to school, and now comes with him into his home, perching on the...
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When most people burn a pie they throw it in the bin. Not Tony Johnson.
He has kept his meaty treat for almost 40 years and has taken it around the world on family holidays.
The 73-year-old says the Holland’s pie, which overcooked back in 1972, has become an heirloom which takes pride...
Bart, the lamb rejected at birth by his parents, has become so devoted to his carer Peter Mortin that he joins him at work in Norfolk.
Bart was rejected by his parents Marge and Homer after he was born too weak to stand up and feed.
The lamb one of only 300 rare Hungarian screw-horned...
Besse Cooper has officially been named as the oldest person in the world, having reached the ripe old age of 114.
Guinness World Records officially named the great-great-grandmother as the person who has lived the longest, following the death of Eunice G Sanborn earlier this year.
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SCOTTDALE, Pennsylvania — A man left his sleeping 4-year-old son home alone while he went outside and pretended to be a ninja warrior, police say.
The Daily Courier of Connellsville reported that Ross Hurst was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police found him dressed...
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Junrey Balawing will soon be crowned the smallest man in recorded history – as long as he doesn’t put on a sudden growth spurt.
Standing at 56cm (1ft 10in), the Filipino teenager is the same size as a one-year-old and will smash the existing record when he turns 18 this June.
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LONDON (Reuters) – The "three-year glitch" has replaced the "seven-year itch" as the tipping point where couples start to take each other for granted, according to a new survey.
Weight gain, stinginess, toe-nail clippings on the bathroom floor and snoring are...
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A husband who tried to ‘save’ his wife from a scary spider ended up needing treatment for burns after nearly blowing up his bathroom.
Christopher Robinson was ‘encouraged’ by his wife, Janine, to chase the arachnid – but failed to flush out the eight-legged beast when it scuttled behind...