Lorraine Cobourn developed the curious phobia after being hit by a yellow taxi and breaking her hip.
A farmer in Ireland has decided to replace his dog with a more contemporary solution to herding sheep.
Richard Bootman got the shock of his life when he opened his packet of Steak and Onion potato chips.
Li Yanzhi succeeded in memorizing an entire English-Chinese dictionary containing 220,000 words.
The remains of two pretzels dating back 250 years were discovered beneath the floor of an old bakery.
The famous Morning Glory hot spring pool has turned green due to visitors throwing things in to it.
An image of a 'mushroom cloud' on the Red Planet has caught the attention of conspiracy theorists.
Australian Jarred Smith got the shock of his life when he ventured in to his kitchen to make some lunch.
Sara Brautigam suffers from a rare condition that stops her heart beating for up to a minute at a time.
Germany has come up with a novel new way to stop drunk revelers from relieving themselves on walls.
During the 1960s athlete Reg Spiers came up with an ingenious way to get home after running out of money.
An appeal has been launched asking visitors not to screw small wooden doors in to the bottom of trees.
Virgin Money is offering a variety of bizarre insurance policies covering a range of unlikely scenarios.
An amateur photographer has captured the moment a weasel hitched a ride on the back of a woodpecker.
The popular Simpsons character apparently calculated the particle's mass 14 years before its discovery.
Residents have been going out at night wearing protective headgear following a spate of owl attacks.
Mamitho Lendas had been taking photographs of his wife when he accidentally stepped back over the edge.
Living a lifetime without the ability to feel pain is actually more of an inconvenience that it sounds.
A woman in South Korea this week awoke from a nap to find the robotic device attached to her hair.
Every note in the set has been replaced with actual cash to celebrate the game's 80th anniversary.