Weird News

A Kindergarten and Preschool in Brisbane facing financial difficulties sent emails to pupil’s parents requesting AU$2,200 for their preschoolers’ artwork portfolio, with the kids only aged up to 5. The centre’s volunteer management committee sent the email to help pay off its mounting debt owed to staff and keep the preschool afloat. The one-man committee later claimed that the portfolios were the ‘intellectual property’ of the centre. Parents were outrgaed by the bizarre request, and some went to the school and physically removed their own child’s work, which then escalated…

A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebralike stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the types of pizza lizards preferred to eat. Those researchers were honored Thursday in Boston with an Ig Nobel, the prize — a hand made model of a human stomach — for comical scientific achievement. In lieu of a big paycheck, each winner was also given a single hand wipe. “When I did this experiment, I hoped that I would win the Ig Nobel.…

An Indian man has been arrested by police in New Delhi after he had been found to be running a fake “embassy” from a rented residential building near the capital. The cops also recovered cars with fake diplomatic plates. Harshvardhan Jain, 47, had apparently duped people for money by promising overseas employment, said senior police officer Sushil Ghule of Uttar Pradesh state’s special task force. The force have reported that Jain claimed to have acted as an adviser or ambassador to entities such as “Seborga” or “Westarctica.” They also uncovered…

When it’s time for your beloved pet bunny, Fluffy, to end their time on this mortal coil, most pet owners will, with slightly moist eyes, likely bury them and plant something above them to remember them by. But Aalborg Zoo has their eyes on your soon to be departed pet, and their Facebook post (above) asking for ‘donations’ has caused a bit of a stir! It’s not quite “Fatal Attraction” but their request for soon to be departing small pets to feed the predators housed there has forced them to…

Apparently, in Ohio, when it is in a “boneless chicken wing”, according to the state’s Supreme Court. They recently ruled in a case where a diner sued a restaurant, Wings on Brookwood, after ordering boneless wings with parmesan garlic sauce, which then led to serious medical complications, and doctors found a long, thin bone had torn his esophagus and caused an infection. The judges ruled 4 -3 that “boneless wings” refers to a cooking style, and the diner should have been aware that any chicken dish can contain bones. The…