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DeadBrain: Offbeat News
9th September
Last updated 2 hours, 22 minutes ago
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A wild pig wrestling competition has had to be put on hold after the animals went missing ahead of the event.
The Australian superstar Kylie Minogue has performed at a secret gig at the Ring O'Bells pub in Compton Martin, in North Somerset.
A border collie sheepdog in Northumberland hones his skills by herding ducks.
A toothless robber in China has been arrested after he tried to rob a Beijing bank so that he could afford a new set of teeth.
Comedian Tim Vine revealed the backdrop of the BBC's Edinburgh studio live on air, while appearing on the BBC's News Channel.
A Somerset couple have been travelling the country in an attempt to kiss at the end of every seaside pier in Britain before they marry in October.
Gandalf, the vulture who decided to go absent without leave during an airshow in Cumbernauld last Tuesday, has returned home
Spending a penny at the side of the road ended up costing German lorry driver Fritz Schinken more than £10,000.
Competitors took part in the first UK Backward Running Championships in Manchester on Sunday, completing a one-mile race in the wrong direction.
A woman and her son had a narrow escape when a tractor smashed into their front room moments after they left it.
Some scientists claim that potatoes can be made more healthy by electrocuting them for ten minutes.
The hunt for aliens should allow for the fact that ETs may be thinking machines rather than like us, a leading researcher says.
A joke by comedian Tim Vine is voted the best one-liner of this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Fran Dando is so scared of bananas that all it needs is a glimpse of one to make her shake, sweat profusely and even vomit.
The terrifying crocodile spotted in the English Channel is actually a piece of wood.
The Empire State Building is riddled with bedbugs, and tourists are alarmed at the situation.
A toilet belonging to John Lennon and one of his rarest albums, showing him naked, goes on sale at a Liverpool auction
Former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed says he ordered the store's royal warrants to be taken down and burned.
'Backward runners' from across the world gather in Manchester for the first UK championships


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