Weird News

Hairs and Graces
American football player Troy Polamalu has had his hair insured for a cool million.
Princess Diana lingerie scandal
A Chinese firm is accused of exploiting Princess Diana's memory by featuring her likeness wearing lingerie in a new campaign.
Golfer sparks fire
A wildfire in California was sparked when a golfer trying to hit a ball struck his club against a rock.
Tourists flock to coal mining town
A rundown former coal mining town in Taiwan is becoming a tourist resort because of its huge stray cat population.
Stripper protest
Strippers in Ohio are protesting outside a church whose members are trying to put their nightclub out of business.
Apple DNA code cracked
A team of experts have sequenced the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple.
Knitting grannies
Twenty grannies have spent two months knitting nearly 70 pounds of wool for a car.
Bear-y nice
A friendly bear has become a minor celebrity in a Chinese zoo by posing for pictures with tourists.
Marital confusion hits horse race
A video of a New Jersey racetrack announcer's call as two horses with opposing names battled it in the final furlong has gone viral on YouTube.
Fatty fingers
Japanese sumo wrestlers have been given iPads because their fingers are too fat to use mobile phones.