News & Articles : Weird but True
PRISONER GETS DRUNK ON SWINE FLU GEL [+]
25-09-2009
A Dorset (UK) prison has removed anti-bacterial hand gel pumps, which contain alcohol, after an inmate reportedly got drunk on them. The gel was made available on Monday at HMP The Verne in Portland to help combat the spread of swine flu. But the Prison Officers Association (POA) said within ...
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25-09-2009
A Dorset (UK) prison has removed anti-bacterial hand gel pumps, which contain alcohol, after an inmate reportedly got drunk on them. The gel was made available on Monday at HMP The Verne in Portland to help combat the spread of swine flu. But the Prison Officers Association (POA) said within ...
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MCDONALD'S VS MCCURRY [+]
23-09-2009
Fast food giant McDonald's lost an eight-year trademark battle against a Malaysian curry restaurant after the country's highest court allowed the latter to use the prefix 'Mc'. Malaysia's Federal Court dismissed an application by McDonald's Corporation to appeal against an earlier Appeals Court judgement which allowed McCurry to use the ...
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23-09-2009
Fast food giant McDonald's lost an eight-year trademark battle against a Malaysian curry restaurant after the country's highest court allowed the latter to use the prefix 'Mc'. Malaysia's Federal Court dismissed an application by McDonald's Corporation to appeal against an earlier Appeals Court judgement which allowed McCurry to use the ...
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RECESSION HITS GERMAN SEX INDUSTRY [+]
17-04-2009
According to "Süddeutsche Zeitung", the recession has reached the German sex industry as well, with many brothels offering specials to keep business pumping.Recently Frankfurt’s oldest bordello was forced to close and Cologne pornography producer Bernd Schütt told the paper that the entire German sex industry is facing a “crappy situation.”Flat ...
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17-04-2009
According to "Süddeutsche Zeitung", the recession has reached the German sex industry as well, with many brothels offering specials to keep business pumping.Recently Frankfurt’s oldest bordello was forced to close and Cologne pornography producer Bernd Schütt told the paper that the entire German sex industry is facing a “crappy situation.”Flat ...
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MOST BIZARRE COMPLAINTS MADE BY BRIT HOLIDAYMAKERS [+]
19-03-2009
Extremely white sand, too many fish in the sea, and the possibility that mosquitoes could bite are some of the most bizarre things that Brit holidaymakers have complained about in a new study. Based on the research by The Association for British Travel Agents and Thomas Cook, a list of ...
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19-03-2009
Extremely white sand, too many fish in the sea, and the possibility that mosquitoes could bite are some of the most bizarre things that Brit holidaymakers have complained about in a new study. Based on the research by The Association for British Travel Agents and Thomas Cook, a list of ...
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POLITICAL PARTY BUYS RIGHTS TO SLUMDOG TUNE [+]
05-03-2009
Aiming to spice up its election campaign, India's ruling Congress party has bought the rights to "Jai Ho," the Oscar-winning song from "Slumdog Millionaire." The world's largest democracy will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13 in a mammoth logistical exercise in which 714 million people will ...
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05-03-2009
Aiming to spice up its election campaign, India's ruling Congress party has bought the rights to "Jai Ho," the Oscar-winning song from "Slumdog Millionaire." The world's largest democracy will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13 in a mammoth logistical exercise in which 714 million people will ...
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NO SEX PLEASE: WE'RE GERMAN [+]
04-03-2009
Germans would rather talk about death, sickness or money problems than sex. A new poll of nearly 2,000 Germans showed sex to be the subject they least liked to talk about, with 64 percent saying it was something they would rather avoid. Just below sex on the list of ...
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04-03-2009
Germans would rather talk about death, sickness or money problems than sex. A new poll of nearly 2,000 Germans showed sex to be the subject they least liked to talk about, with 64 percent saying it was something they would rather avoid. Just below sex on the list of ...
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CYPRIOTS AND U.N. SOLDIERS: ASPARAGUS STANDOFF [+]
04-03-2009
U.N. peacekeepers have upset traditional wild asparagus harvesters on the ethnically divided island of Cyprus by preventing them from entering a buffer zone to gather the tasty shoots.U.N. soldiers, restricting access to the buffer zone which splits the island from east to west after Cyprus was divided in a Turkish ...
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04-03-2009
U.N. peacekeepers have upset traditional wild asparagus harvesters on the ethnically divided island of Cyprus by preventing them from entering a buffer zone to gather the tasty shoots.U.N. soldiers, restricting access to the buffer zone which splits the island from east to west after Cyprus was divided in a Turkish ...
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