After a hard day, who doesn’t want to curl up and catch some winks on the sofa? At least that’s what seal pup “Lucky” had in mind when he wandered into a house in Bay of Plenty Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in early December. Seal pup crawls through cat door, Seal pup + climbed into front seat + turned on radio
While doing a Pilates exercise this month, a 59-year-old woman’s body “swallowed” one of her breast implants. Breast implant slid into the space in between the lungs. Valsalva maneuver, double mastectomy + breast cancer survivor loses implant during Pilates, New England Journal of Medicine + Disappearance of a Breast Prosthesis during Pilates
A gambling website purchased strands of the King of Pop’s Michael Jackson hair at auction, Michael Jackson hair + $10,871 and planned to convert the hair into a roulette ball, to be sold to any interested casino. "We want Michael to continue to rock and ‘ROLL’ forever”
When the hosts of this cable science show Mythbusters were testing projectile speeds, one of their cannonballs flew through a suburban California Dublin, California home’s front door, its master bedroom and into a neighbor’s minivan. Mythbusters cannonball aiming for water-filled garbage cans, MythBusters cannonball + residents sleeping , Adam Savage + “This is the worst we can imagine happening”
On Oct. 25, a Brooklyn-based performance artist Marni Kotak gave birth to her son, Ajax, in a New York art gallery Microscope Gallery Brooklyn as an act of artistic expression. "The Birth of Baby X", Jason Robert Bell, +"The Birth of Baby X" + 19 to 20 people present, Marni Kotak + telling our child his life is a precious work of art
In July, fishermen Pisces Fleet discovered a one-eyed albino dusky shark fetus inside its mother. That many thought were doctored. Cyclops shark did not survive, cyclops shark + less than 50 examples of an abnormality like this have been recorded
A Michigan woman, Sarah Deming sues "Drive", sued the distributor Filmdistrict of Ryan Gosling’s action/drama over a trailer that she found misleading. Sarah Deming + "having very little driving in the motion picture", Sarah Deming + Drive + racism against members of the Jewish faith
South Korean scientists cloned Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer a beagle puppy that glows green under ultraviolet light. The puppy its name Tegon the beagle is part of a study that hopes to someday find cures for human diseases, glowing dog + cure for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Ruppy the red fluorescent puppy, Mr. Green Genes the cat
An unidentified 22-year-old woman reported a third nipple … on the bottom of her foot. The growt, "Pseudomamma on the foot", comes complete with an areola and hair. The dermatological community’s calling it the first report of SBT , Supernumerary breast tissue on a sole.
Zola, a male gorilla at the Calgary Zoo, was taped busting some break-dance moves in June. His dance skills make sense his first zoo home was in the birthplace of breaking, Zola the gorilla + Bronx Zoo.
A 49-year-old woman Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov, who was wrongly declared dead, arose at her own funeral. The shock of seeing mourners surrounding her coffin caused her to suffer fatal heart failure. Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov + alive at funeral 12 minutes, Fagili Mukhametzyanov suing hospital
Jesse Mattos lost his high school class ring in a butcher shop toilet Dunsmuir, California 72 years ago and chalked it up to a loss. In May, a sanitation workerTony Congi + class of '76 found the monogrammed ring and tracked down its 90-year-old owner. Tony Congi + ring + bucket of debris
An Israeli couple, Lior and Vardit Adler named their newborn daughter Like, after a feature on social networking site, Facebook. Here’s what inspired the choice, Vardit Adler + "unique, creative and totally new". Vardit Adler + Dvash and Pie, Egyptian baby named Facebook
After viewing a YouTube clip of an 18-month-old, Baerke van der Meij, kicking soccer balls into a toy bin, a Dutch soccer team, VVV-Venlo, offered the tot a 10-year professional contract. Baerke van der Meij + "symbolic" contract, Baerke van der Meij + grandfather played for VVV-Venlo
A newspaper vendor, Miljenko Bukovic in Chile has spent 10 years and money Miljenko Bukovic + $4,000 collecting 82 tattoos of his favorite actress, Julia Roberts. Miljenko Bukovic + tattoos + "Because she's beautiful"
A Mexican teen, Estibalis Chavez hunger strike staged a hunger strike in front of the British embassy in Mexico City in hopes of earning an invitation to the royal wedding, Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Estibalis Chavez + 16-day hunger strike. She didn’t get an invitation, but she did win a free trip, Octavio Fitch Lazo bought London ticket. "My mother was a big fan of Lady Di too and she died when I was born", Estibalis Chavez royal wedding painting
In February, surgeons in China removed a rusty 4-inch blade from the skull of a 30-year-old patient Li Fuyan who, unknowingly, had it stuck there for four years. Li Fuyan stabbed in jaw by robber, Li Fuyan + severe headaches bad breath and breathing difficulties
