Three rescue dogs in New Zealand have received training to teach them basic driving skills.
The country has attracted attention again this week with a rather strange claim from archaeologists.
Stephen Wright had a miraculous escape after he was hit on the head by a train going at 70mph.
A clever prank from a show in Brazil is being hailed as one of the most terrifying wind-ups of all time.
One man has decided to record himself reciting the world's longest word at 189,819 letters long.
Teenager Nicole Delien suffers from a rare sleeping disorder known as 'Sleeping Beauty Syndrome'.
Violinst Ben Lee has gained the title after playing Flight of the Bumblebee at 15 notes per second.
Max Galuppo got came across a painting of someone rather familiar within the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
55-year-old Ian Lock found something unexpected when he went to open a bag of rocket salad.
Following the poor summer in Britain this year some bees have started looking elsewhere for nectar.
Dumurkota village in India was ransacked after a herd of 50 elephants broke in to a local liquor store.
Friends and relatives of Gilberto Araujo were stunned when he walked in during his own funeral.
Despite irrefutable evidence that the Earth is a sphere there are still some people who claim otherwise.
A live shark mysteriously fell from the sky over a golf course located four miles from the sea.
Insurance companies have had to deal with some rather ridiculous claims from mobile phone owners.
Families settling down to a showing of Madagascar 3 ended up with Paranormal Activity 4 instead.
Six Italian scientists face up to six years in prison because they failed to predict an earthquake.
A teacher in Southwest Florida was injured after being hit by a fish that had fallen from the heavens.
Marina Chapman spent five years of her childhood being raised in the jungle by a colony of monkeys.
Two die hard Star Trek fans have cemented their relationship in Britain's first ever Klingon wedding.