One young Christmas fan decided to take matters in to his own hands in Jackson, Mississippi this week.
Letizia Marsili and five other members of her family are affected by an unusual pain insensitivity.
A YouTube prankster had to be rescued by the fire service after his latest stunt went spectacularly wrong.
Visitors to China's Guishan Zoo found little more than some farm animals and a pen full of inflatable penguins.
Belgian artist Mikes Poppe chained himself to the marble to highlight the 'inescapable burden of history'.
A man in India with suspected food poisoning was found to have 5kg of metal objects inside his stomach.
One brown bear turned the tables on a Russian hunter earlier this month by stealing two of his firearms.
Self-taught rocket scientist 'Mad' Mike Hughes is hoping to reach 1,800ft in his own steam-powered rocket.
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, some people still believe that the Earth is flat.
Eagle-eyed Star Wars fans have spotted the iconic spacecraft sitting under a tarp near a golf club.
Patrick Maze was shocked to discover that an entire house had appeared on his property overnight.
50-year-old Nikki Love managed to run an entire marathon every single day for more than two months.
Newly resurfaced footage from the 1930s shows the remarkable life of Mickey the Minneapolis fire cat.
Tom Morgan managed to reach a height of 8,000ft by attaching helium balloons to a camping chair.
Diver John Craig had been spear fishing off the coast of Western Australia when the incident occurred.
An intriguing optical illusion has been leaving social media users scratching their heads this week.
Photographs of a 'macho' marsupial standing in a creek in Western Australia have gone viral online.
Footage uploaded on to Twitter today shows what looks like a crocodile in the waters of Chelsea Harbor.
Tea fanatic Nathan Derek Garner decided to cement his love for the popular brew by changing his name.
A man from Casper was picked up by local law enforcement after claiming to have come from the future.