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Pet Monkey Escapes, Bites Boy on Buttocks
September 09, 2005 5:55 PM EDT


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A monkey, apparently a pet, escaped, then chased a 12-year-old boy into his house and bit him on the buttocks in the western Malaysian state of Pahang, a news report said Friday.


Copyright 2005 Associated Press

SHANGHAI, China - A restaurant in northeastern China that advertised illegal tiger meat dishes was found instead to be selling donkey flesh ? marinated in tiger urine, a newspaper reported Thursday.



The Hufulou restaurant, located beside the Heidaohezi tiger reserve near the city of Hailin, had advertised stir-fried tiger meat with chilies for $98as well as liquor flavored with tiger bone for $74 a bottle, the China Daily reported.
Raw meat was priced at $864 per kilogram.


The sale of tiger parts is illegal in China and officers shut down the restaurant, only to be told by owner, Ma Shikun, that the meat was actually that of donkeys, flavored with tiger urine to give the dish a "special" tang, the newspaper said.
The report didn't say how the urine was obtained.


Thu Sep 8, 6:58 PM ET, AP Odd News

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world's strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass.

"Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic. It tastes like a quirky mixture of beer and sherry," said Bavarian brewer Harald Schneider.

Schneider, who lives in southern Germany where beer is a tradition, said his beer fermented for 12 weeks for an alcohol content twice that of Germany's other strongest beers.

"People will only be able to drink two or three glasses, otherwise they'll drop like flies," he said.

Schneider expects the holders of the world's strongest beer, the Boston Beer Company, to put up a fight.

"I'm pretty sure the Americans have something up their sleeve."

ZAGREB, Croatia Sep 16, 2005 ?
Ever wondered how a lion feels, trapped in a zoo cage? Visitors to Zagreb's zoo can find out, with two cages there set aside for humans as of Friday.
The cages which visitors will be able to enter and leave at will are labeled "Homo Sapiens" and are even partially furnished.
But the project, launched by the head of the zoo, Mladen Anic, goes beyond offering a behind-the-bars experience to warn about human devastation of nature.

"We wanted people to get a perception of how the animal perceive the cage," Anic told The Associated Press. "But we also wanted to inform people about all the ecological problems for which humans are directly responsible."
One cage is for "good man," and is furnished with things made of natural materials bamboo chairs, and water and fruit displayed on a wooden table. The other, for "evil man," has materials that harm nature plastic chairs, and garbage in the corner, with a note above the mirror reading: "The most dangerous beast on the planet."
The "good" cage contains brochures on how to protect the environment; the "bad" one shows how it is being ruined.
"I hope this will make people think about the fate of ourselves and our planet," Anic said.
Already on Friday, dozens of people toured the cages. A group of youngsters amused themselves by throwing food to friends in the cages.

Source: Associated Press 2005

Dead Python Had Tried to Eat Six-Foot Alligator Spectacle Raises Discussion of Nonnative Species in Everglades By DENISE KALETTE, AP


MIAMI (Oct. 5) - The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the Everglades food chain, and the results of the struggle are horror-movie messy.

A 13-foot Burmese python recently burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole, authorities said.

warning: this picture is gross! (http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/6973/captsgeogx76051005183436photo0.jpg)

A Longbeach California firefighter rescued the same woman he helped deliver into the world 20 years earlier. When he helped rescue her, he later asked her name and when she gave it, it rang a bell. He realised it could be the baby he helped deliver in the back of an ambulance...turns out she was! The reunion made them vow to stay in touch.

More Weird Mating Habits: The longest-lasting copulation, according to University of Arizona biologist John Alcock (interviewed for an August Knight Ridder story), is that of the lowly "stick insect" (of the phasmida family), which goes on for several months at a time, even though, he said, it is "not clear this is welcome to the female." The male attaches himself to the female's back, which allows her to continue with her daily routine during the mating, while also discouraging competitor males. According to other biologists, some ticks spend up to eight hours on what resembles foreplay, and butterflies, snakes and houseflies can also go on for hours. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch-Knight Ridder Newspapers, 8-28-05]


At Northern Ireland's Belfast Zoo in September, Phoebe the chimp and two others managed to climb out of their compound, and armed security guards had to come round them up. In an effort to frighten the animals into submission, they fired shots into the air, and according to the reporter for The Guardian newspaper, the chimps not only became docile at the sound of gunfire, but they put their hands up. [The Guardian (London), 9-8-05]


In September, veterinarian Jon-Paul Carew of the Imperial Point Animal Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., surgically removed a 13-inch-long serrated knife that had been swallowed by Elsie, a 6-month-old St. Bernard puppy, and the dog is now doing fine. The blade was lodged between her esophagus and stomach for about four days and was detected by an X-ray. Said Elsie's owner, "She wants to eat everything and anything." [South Florida Sun- Sentinel, 9-23-05]

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Beware of Strange iTunes/QuickTime Movies! (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1904362,00.asp)

4 oakwood mutineers escape on fort bonifacio cell:embarassed: the fort bonifacio is one of the heart of AFP is the home of elite forces and the marines camp.why such as strictly camp is easily be escape without any knowledges of the duty security around the premises? something fishy is going on inside the camp:wah: :wah:

Man bites Dog....(same tv program in Holland)

THIS IS REALLY STRANGE:

this is what is read from Mr. Ramon Tulfo "US Stand firm, so what" sa inq7.net today.

Para nyang sinasabi sa ating lahat na di tayo mabubuhay kung wala ang mga kano sa ating bansa. Para ba nyang sinasabi na ok lang na ma-rape yung kababayan ko dahil mga kano naman sila eh. daanin na lang natin sa usapang maayos. hayaan na lang nating yun mga kriminal sa kamay ng US govt. kasi nga may VFA na kung saan parang scape goat nila yun eh.

BALIGTARIN KAYA NATIN: Eh kung tayo kaya ang mang-rape ng Kana sa ating bansa. At wag natin ipakita sa US yung mga kriminal. Do you think kakausapin ka rin ni Uncle Sam?? baka nga sila pa ang magpunta dito at personal na patayin yun may sala...

really strange dahil di na nya naiisip ang simyento ng bansang pilipinas..:disappointed: parang syang di pinoy..

Woman Challenges Anti-Pig Law and Wins (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/15/ap/strange/mainD8I8K3GG0.shtml)
Colorado Springs City Council voted to allow potbellied pigs after woman challenges law

Gold Hunter Digs 60-Foot-Deep Hole in Yard (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/15/ap/strange/mainD8I8RJ4O0.shtml)
'Carried away' California gold hunter digs 60-foot-deep hole in front yard

Naked Man Takes 'Risk', Gets Shot At (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/15/ap/strange/mainD8I8DBSO0.shtml)
Mich. man runs naked to show girlfriend taking risks is important, but then gets shot at

Suspected Bank Robber Flees in Cowboy Gear (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/14/ap/strange/mainD8I88IR82.shtml)
Suspected bank robber stops in Texas Western store, flees in his new cowboy gear

Town Orders Man to Find New Home for Goat (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/14/ap/strange/mainD8I87DGO0.shtml)
Montana town council orders man to find new home for goat that eats weeds, grass on his lawn

Man Resigns Job, Sends Tarantula (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/14/ap/strange/mainD8I875H83.shtml)
Man pleads guilty to sending tarantula to colleague on same day he resigns

Plumber Finds Drugs in Bathroom Vanity (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/14/ap/strange/mainD8I89AEG0.shtml)
Plumber buys bathroom vanity at Home Depot and finds marijuana and cocaine inside

Hitler Memorial Said Won't Open in Wis. (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/15/ap/strange/mainD8I8TMV01.shtml)
Wis. county officials say retired farmer has agreed not to open memorial to Adolf Hitler

Suspect's Dog Bites Him in Police Chase (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/14/ap/strange/mainD8I874U80.shtml)
Police pursuit ends when the suspect's dog, not happy about being bounced around in the car, bites its owner

Naked, Cuffed Suspect Flees From Hospital (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/14/ap/strange/mainD8I7N67G2.shtml)
Naked, handcuffed burglary suspect flees from hospital with blood spurting from a stab wound

Can't Possibly Be True
Near Tampa, Fla., in May, Robin Key, 44, survived a .38-caliber gunshot through the windshield of her minivan when the bullet came to rest in her lap after being slowed by hitting her shoulder belt and bra strap. And in New York City in April, Glenda Clarke, 26, in a rest room of a nightclub when a gunfight erupted outside, survived a bullet that tore through a door, grazed her scalp, and came to rest in her thick hair weave. [St. Petersburg Times, 5-16-06] [New York Daily News, 4-9-06]
A so-far-unnamed 15-year-old New York City girl (a student at the once-most-dangerous Hillcrest High School) was arrested in May and charged with attacking three classmates by biting them viciously on the face, necessitating plastic surgery for at least one, who had a chunk of flesh gnawed off before bystanders could restrain the girl (described by classmates as a "goth vampire"). "She was trying to get to my jugular," the victim said. "For some reason, she just likes to bite." [New York Post, 5-1-06; WABC-TV (New York), 5-6-06] In May, a judge in Edmonton, Alberta, ordered Shee Theng, 30, to serve a nine-month community-control sentence for partially scalping his then-girlfriend by attempting to "style" her hair with a power drill, a technique he said he learned about on a TV infomercial. Theng admitted that he knew it was a bad idea because he had previously screwed up his own hair trying it out. [Edmonton Sun, 5-11-06]

Gator Lunges at Man Delivering Newspapers (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/419373.html)

JUNE 22, 2006
A man delivering newspapers at 5 a.m. Monday heard an unusual sound as he got out of his truck to retrieve a misthrown newspaper. He walked between two parked cars and saw a 4-foot alligator. Details (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/419373.html)

Fla. Police End Dirty 'Grills' Dentistry (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/419399.html)

JUNE 22, 2006
Call it the bling sting. Detectives had been watching the Blue Diamond Jewelry shop for a month after getting reports that its workers were fitting customers with gold teeth caps using filthy equipment. Details (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/419399.html)

Man's Bottle Message Found After His Death (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/419374.html)

JUNE 22, 2006
Years after casting a bottled-up note into a lake for a class project and just one year after his death, a man's childhood message has been found and returned to his mother. Details (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/419374.html)

Police Clock Man on Motorcycle at 142 Mph (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/419375.html)

JUNE 22, 2006
A child-welfare worker was clocked at 142 miles an hour on his motorcycle while leading police on a two-state chase, authorities said Thursday. Details (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/419375.html)

Officials Seek 'Enormous Ears Bandit' (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/419396.html)

JUNE 22, 2006
Bank robbers apparently don't have an advocacy group protesting such insulting law enforcement monickers as the "Overweight Bandit," "Big Nose Bandit" and "Oldtimer Bandit." Details (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/419396.html)

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Toilet Cleaners Are 'Restroom Specialists' (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/22/418978.html)
Fla. Restaurant Sells $100 Hamburger (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/21/418754.html)
Woman Seeking License Sends Car Into Canal (http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/06/21/418656.html)

An Iowa tribunal turned down Chris T. Coppinger's demand for unemployment benefits in May, following his firing from a charitable fund-raising company in Davenport for various alleged indiscretions. Among the company's charges was that Coppinger had had sex on top of his desk with a co-worker, but Coppinger argued that that should not be a terminating offense, since many other company employees had had sex on his desk, too. [Des Moines Register, 5-15-06]

Never Give Up: Ronald Blankenship, a shoe repairman in Birmingham, Ala., finished second in June's Democratic primary for sheriff and was placed in a run-off, when the Birmingham News discovered details of an apparently shady past: faking his death in connection with an insurance policy, assault and passing bad checks. Blankenship's defense, a week later: It must be another Ronald Blankenship (even though "both" men have the same middle name and birth date and coincidentally are married to women with the same first, middle and maiden names). [Birmingham News, 6-13-06]

Honesty Is the Best Policy? (1) Jonifer Jackson, 20, was arrested in Clarksville, Tenn., in April and charged with reckless endangerment for firing a 9 mm pistol while street-preaching (because, he told police, it was the only way he could get people to listen to him). (2) Phillip Daniels, 42, was arrested in Dallas in April, as the one who had set off five explosives in the previous two weeks (which he told Dallas' KXAS-TV were done just because he likes the sounds). (3) Yasuhisa Matsu****a, 25, was arrested in Iwata, Japan, in March as the man who stole a high school girl's swimsuit, put it on, and pranced around in it while relieving himself because, he told police, "(I)t felt so good." [WSMV-TV (Nashville)-AP, 4-3-06] [KXAS-TV (Dallas), 4-4-06] [Mainichi Daily News, 3-4-06]

The Latest American Right
In the course of an April ruling that the New York City school system had gone too far by firing Toquir Choudhri for poor work habits, administrative law judge John Spooner declared that city workers have a "right" to surf the Internet for personal use while at work. Choudhri was expecting reinstatement, but two weeks later Chancellor Joel Klein fired him anyway, citing poor work habits beyond his Web-surfing. (Choudhri was unavailable for comment, in that he was suspected of being on leave in a country on whose tourist Web sites he had been lingering.) [New York Post, 4-23-06, 5-6-06]

Ironies
In May, in the midst of the Ford Motor Co.'s "Red, White & Bold," buy-American ad campaign touting its classic Mustangs, the research firm CSM Worldwide (using statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation) revealed that 35 percent of the 2006 Mustang's content came from overseas, and in fact, that five Honda models and seven Toyota models contained more U.S. content than the Mustang, including Toyota's Sienna minivan, which was 90 percent U.S. [Wall Street Journal, 5-11-06]

More Ironies: (1) The May 10 tornado that hit Highland County, Ohio, touched down in the town of Hillsboro, along Wizard of Oz Drive. (2) In April, The Washington Post, covering outdoor press conferences by Capitol Hill legislators to decry the then-recent bump in gasoline prices, reported that the vehicle of choice for most of them returning to offices only a few blocks away was a gas-guzzling SUV, and in fact that several senators hopped into idling SUVs even to travel across the street from the Capitol to their offices. [WCMH-TV (Columbus), 5-11-06] [Washington Post, 4-27-06]

- In May, in the midst of the Ford Motor Co.'s "Red, White & Bold," buy-American ad campaign touting its classic Mustangs, the research firm CSM Worldwide (using statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation) revealed that 35 percent of the 2006 Mustang's content came from overseas, and in fact, that five Honda models and seven Toyota models contained more U.S. content than the Mustang, including Toyota's Sienna minivan, which was 90 percent U.S. [Wall Street Journal, 5-11-06]

- More Ironies: (1) The May 10 tornado that hit Highland County, Ohio, touched down in the town of Hillsboro, along Wizard of Oz Drive. (2) In April, The Washington Post, covering outdoor press conferences by Capitol Hill legislators to decry the then-recent bump in gasoline prices, reported that the vehicle of choice for most of them returning to offices only a few blocks away was a gas-guzzling SUV, and in fact that several senators hopped into idling SUVs even to travel across the street from the Capitol to their offices. [WCMH-TV (Columbus), 5-11-06] [Washington Post, 4-27-06]

Two Headed Cat Born (http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9506448/detail.html)

Cop's Night Job As Hooker Is Nixed (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/20/ap/strange/mainD8IVMSA00.shtml)
New Zealand police say cop can't take night job as hooker



Cleveland Takes Offense at Fiji Water Ad (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/20/ap/strange/mainD8IVLSM01.shtml)
Cleveland takes offense at ad for water that is 'not bottled in Cleveland'

9-Year-Old's Porker Goes for a Record $51G (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/20/ap/strange/mainD8IVQNSO5.shtml)
Piggy bank: 9-year-old's porker goes for a record $51,000 at Wyoming fair, but bidder begs off

Police Say Chef Beat Up Co-Worker (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/19/ap/strange/mainD8IV8S386.shtml)
Chef finds himself in hot water after alleged beating of colleague over tepid appetizers

Mich. Teen Flips Jeep During Drievr Test (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/19/ap/strange/mainD8IV9UFO0.shtml)
Michigan teen flips Jeep, hits 5 vehicles during driver's exam

Wyo. Police Pledge Crackdown on Streakers (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/19/ap/strange/mainD8IV8U6O1.shtml)
Wyoming police pledge to crackdown on demolition derby streakers

Consonant-Loving Thief Takes Rs From Signs (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/19/ap/strange/mainD8IV8TS80.shtml)
Consonant-loving thief baffles Indiana police after stealing dozens of the letter R from signs

Australian Motorist Plays Dead for Car Help (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/19/ap/strange/mainD8IV8THO0.shtml)
Stranded Australian motorist tries to summon help by playing dead in the middle of the road

Carrots Good For Your Eyes...Unless Thrown Like Baseball! (http://www.postchronicle.com/news/strange/article_21230014.shtml)
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Magicians Battle It Out for World Title (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/31/ap/strange/mainD8J6VCAG0.shtml)
Magicians battle it out for world title - and lucrative contracts

$3 Bill Printing Plates on Auction Block (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/30/ap/strange/mainD8J6FJ300.shtml)
Early printing plates for $3 bills, other odd currencies expected to bring big bucks at auction

Giant Dead Eel Tossing Contest Canceled (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/30/ap/strange/mainD8J631O00.shtml)
Purported animal activist forces English fishing village to end annual dead eel tossing contest

Man Accused of Biting Off Rooster's Head (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/ap/strange/mainD8J5PVMG0.shtml)
N.Y. man accused of biting off the head of his pet rooster arrested by animal protection agents

Man Finds 188-Year-Old Bible in Dump Bin (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/ap/strange/mainD8J5PVH80.shtml)
Virginia electrician discovers a 188-year-old King James Bible at dump bin

Perry Campaign Changes Check Code (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/ap/strange/mainD8J5Q8KG0.shtml)
Campaign of Texas Gov. Rick Perry to change check code on small donations

Baboons Make Trouble for Construction Team (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/ap/strange/mainD8J5N29O0.shtml)
Baboon hecklers make trouble for construction team at animal park in northern England

Teen Saves Boy, but Is Later Hospitalized (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/ap/strange/mainD8J5MTJO0.shtml)
Austrian teen saves Russian boy from drowning, but winds up in hospital himself after insect attack

Paris Bans Thong Bikinis, Nudity at Event (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/ap/strange/mainD8J5N0AO0.shtml)
Paris reportedly bans thong bikinis, topless sunbathing and nudity at beaches event

Man Finally Gets Diploma After 70 Years (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/ap/strange/mainD8J5ML5O0.shtml)
Better late than never: Wyoming man finally gets his diploma after 70 years

http://www.allfunnypictures.com/images2/hippodwarf.jpg
this is really strange......

LATEST AP STRANGE NEWS

Milwaukee Is Named 'Drunkest City' (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/ap/strange/mainD8JMV7IO0.shtml)
Milwaukee is ranked by Forbes.com as 'America's Drunkest City'

Judge to Rule if 'Meowing' Is Harassment (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/ap/strange/mainD8JMP2JG0.shtml)
Pa. judge must decide if teen's 'meowing' amount to harassment

Woman Gives Birth While Stuck in Traffic (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/ap/strange/mainD8JMRF081.shtml)
Woman gives birth while stuck in rush-hour traffic in Miami

'Hitler' Restaurant to Change Name (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/ap/strange/mainD8JMQV383.shtml)
Bombay restaurant owner agrees to change name of his 'Hitler's Cross' eatery

Malaysia Holds Exposition on Toilets (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/ap/strange/mainD8JMQEN80.shtml)
Hopes high for Malaysian toilet expo to transform filthy public restrooms

Vegas Closing 24-Hour Marriage Office (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/ap/strange/mainD8JMSBHOG.shtml)
Getting hitched in Vegas will require some planning; 24-hour marriage license office closing

Officials: Man Says Penis Pump Is a Bomb (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/ap/strange/mainD8JMSCT01.shtml)
Illinois man traveling with his mom accused of telling airport security penis pump was a bomb

Bare-Breasted Porn Stars Ride Choppers (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/23/ap/strange/mainD8JMBBVO0.shtml)
Two dozen bare-breasted porn stars parade on motorcycles and military vehicles in New Zealand

Wife Wakes Sleeping Husband in Driveway (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/23/ap/strange/mainD8JMBEDO0.shtml)
Arkansas man asleep in driveway awakened as wife turns in to park the car

Pa. Officer Accused in Bra Theft Scheme (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/ap/strange/mainD8JMFB480.shtml)
Pa. police officer accused of having girls shoplift bras for her, then lying about occupation

A man in Winnipeg was adding a basement to his house and had it propped on beams. Yesterday morning he awoke to smashing glass. The house had tipped off the beams and into the neithbors window! What a strange sight it was! Poor guy, his house was unsalvageable and had to be demolished!

http://i.livescience.com/images/090311-vampire-mouth-01.jpg (http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=history&c=news&l=on&pic=090311-vampire-mouth-02.jpg&cap=In+a+mass+grave+dating+to+the+1500s+on+the+Ven etian+island+of+Lazzaretto+Nuovo%2C+this+skull+of+ a+woman+was+found+with+a+brick+shoved+in+its+mouth .+Researchers+think+gravediggers+came+upon+the+ske leton+and+feared+she+was+a+vampire.+Credit%3A+Matt eo+Borrini+via+New+Scientist.+Used+with+permission .&title=)
In a mass grave dating to the 1500s on the Venetian island of Lazzaretto Nuovo, this skull of a woman was found with a brick shoved in its mouth. Researchers think gravediggers came upon the skeleton and feared she was a vampire.
Credit: Matteo Borrini via New Scientist.

German Restaurant Serves Insects

A restaurant in Germany has just started serving insects on its
menu three days ago. Chef Lars Schebuble said he was bored with
serving typical food and wanted to try something new. "While I
was away on holidays I saw that insects are eaten in many parts
of the world,...and I thought, why not offer it in Germany too,"
he said. There are items on the menu such as cockroach pasta,
and sauteed maggots with green leaves that are available al
Berlin's Soda restaurant. Customers have tried the food and
some say they would come back for more. No one has yet
complained of stomach problems.