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Palace skinny dip spares no blushes (07 October 05:26) |
| Oct 7 - A naked man led police in Tokyo on a two-hour chase in and around the moat of Japan's Imperial Palace.
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Monkey waiters in Japan (06 October 02:31) |
| Oct 6 - Hard pressed to find good helping hands these days? Not bothered that these helping hands may not be human?
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Zero-G fashion in Japan (05 October 11:02) |
| Oct. 5 - Designers take haute-couture to the stars at the Japan Aerospace 2008 show.
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Driver survives lightning strike (05 October 06:04) |
| A gas pump likely saved the man's life when a bolt of lightning threw him to the ground while he was filling up his truck.
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And Finally: An Airbag Saved My Life (02 October 02:12) |
| Oct 1 - Base jumping championships, praying for road safety, and an airbag for people.Chad Ruble reports.
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Monkey business (01 October 04:10) |
| Oct 1 - Man dressed as a monkey used to scare away monkeys who have been causing a nuscience to passengers at a railway station in India.
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Serious monkey business in India (01 October 06:12) |
| Oct 1 - An Indian man has come up with a novel way of making ends meet - he dresses as a monkey to scare away monkeys for money.
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Japan's silver lining (25 September 03:46) |
| Sep 25 - Whether behind the wheel or just walking down the street, Japan's growing elderly population now has a cushion in case the road gets rough - airbags.
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Illusionist floats away (25 September 02:49) |
| Sep 25 - After a series of stunts around the world, illusionist David Blaine's latest in New York disappoints much of his audience.
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And Finally... Chad Vader. (25 September 02:55) |
| Sep 24 - Star Wars video game hype
Dog poo DNA updatePrison hotelDavid Blaine upside down.
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Air guitarists rock out for victory (23 September 06:28) |
| Sep 23 - Competitors hope to shred the competition as Brighton hosts the 2008 UK Air Guitar Championship.
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Hanging out with Blaine (23 September 12:35) |
| Sep. 22 - The illusionist David Blaine is seeing things from an unusual perspective as he begins a three day stunt in New York's Central Park.
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And Finally... Dog Poo DNA (18 September 10:07) |
| Sep. 18 - Stinky CSI patrol, street luge, crying over cannoli, the whale whisperer, and an 80-year-old body builder.
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Pimp my rickshaw (17 September 06:32) |
| Sep 17 - A traditional Beijing rickshaw is given a makeover with the addition of the rear body of a Mini Cooper.
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Sparky snake drama (15 September 06:05) |
| Sep. 15 - Residents of a Sydney suburb called firefighters to rescue a two-metre long diamond python after it had coiled itself around a power line.
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New York's gastronomic battle (13 September 03:22) |
| Sep 13 - Men compete in a cannoli eating competion to see who can stomach the greatest amount of the sweet cream-filled pastry.
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Politicians strip off (10 September 04:17) |
| Sep. 10 - The naked truth about politicians - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other top politicians are shown nude and in a compromising position on a new sculpture.
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Ripley's "freaky" manimals (04 September 10:16) |
| Sep 4 - Some extreme examples of self-styled human freaks were the headliners at an opening of an exhibit at a London museum.
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Body-piercing for the faithful (04 September 06:47) |
| Sep 4 - People from a village in India's eastern Jharkhand pierce their bodies in a bid to please the goddess 'Mansa'.
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And Finally... Walk on Water (04 September 03:16) |
| Sep 3 - Chad Ruble presents the best of Reuters Oddly Enough video.
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Stiletto sprint (02 September 03:26) |
| Sept. 2 - Hundreds of women - and a few men - turned up in heels and hot pants for a short but ungainly race in Australia.
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And Finally... Sky Dining (28 August 10:28) |
| Aug. 28 - Four courses fifty meters up, pet Olympics, and an exoskeleton that helps paraplegics walk.
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Squishy start for Tomatina (27 August 09:16) |
| Aug 27 - The annual tomato throwing festival kicks off in Bunol, Spain.
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Pet Olympics for athletic dogs (25 August 06:25) |
| Aug 25 - As the human Olympics ends, the canine equivalent is reaching its climax this week as Hong Kong hosts its first for pets.
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And Finally... Wheel News Update (22 August 01:36) |
| Aug. 21 - Tortoise finds a new lease on life, roller skating record, baby Siberian tigers, boxing dog and the Splash Diving Championships.
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Presidential flip-flops (21 August 06:22) |
| Aug 21 - Flip-flops decorated with miniature heads of U.S. Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have given summer fashion a political twist.
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Rogue monkey causes chaos (20 August 06:12) |
| Aug 20 - A monkey evades dozens of net-wielding police officers and chasing press after sitting down on a sign board for more than two hours at a busy station in Tokyo, Japan.
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Tortoise gets her skates on. (19 August 07:06) |
| Aug 19 - A pair of wheels gives a paralysed tortoise a new lease of life.
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Put Your Paws Up (15 August 02:18) |
| Aug. 14 - Police dog in Peru learns to box.
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Bath at a Burger King (14 August 07:36) |
| Aug 13 - A Burger King employee is fired after bathing in a restaurant sink.
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And Finally... The Park Knight. (13 August 10:45) |
| Aug. 13 - The domino effect, cool explosions, Robbie-the-Pooh, and a video vigilante with a thing against parking violations.
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And Finally . . . (08 August 01:34) |
| Aug. 7 - The best of Reuters Oddly Enough this week.
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UK couple wings it with wedding vows (06 August 05:10) |
| Aug 5 - The bride, the groom and the minister perform the marriage in a three-way, wing-walking stunt.
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Santa's summer vacation (06 August 02:35) |
| Aug 6 - Christmas came early as St. Nicholas dressed in a swimming costume and abandoned his vacation to help kick off Christmas world at Harrods department store in London.
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The battle of the beetles commences (01 August 05:11) |
| Aug. 1 - Japanese kids battle out their Rhino Beetles at the latest beetle wrestling finals.
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And Finally... Boy Bites Dog. (01 August 04:47) |
| Jul. 31 - Boy that the pitbull should think twice about biting, South Korean ice bar, the celebration of the navel, and backhoe painting.
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Japan's belly button festival (29 July 03:06) |
| Jul 29 - Residents of the Japanese city of Shibukawa took to the streets with their stomachs painted in bright colours.
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Grass roots of motor sports (29 July 05:53) |
| Jul 29 - The annual 12-hour lawnmower race in Pulborough, England saw little grass cut as the bladeless mowers raced through the night.
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Dresscode violation at Cartier polo (28 July 11:43) |
| Jul 28 - A naked dash across the pitch in front of a celebrity audience briefly halts a England-v-Australia match.
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Boy loses canine tooth biting dog (25 July 06:22) |
| Jul 25 - The Brazilian boy had a backyard encounter with a pet dog and turned the tables on the beast, who was in attack mode.
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And Finally... Bridal Boot Camp (25 July 02:24) |
| Jul. 24 - Bridal boot camp, Santa Congress, tortoise coupling, and swamp soccer top this week's Oddly Enough video.
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Santas' ho-ho-hot summer bash (23 July 08:56) |
| Jul 23 - Santas get together for a mid-summer convention before the hard work starts next Christmas.
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Chimp in daring zoo break-out (23 July 04:18) |
| Jul 23 - Dodging tranquillizer darts and yelping at his captors, a brazen chimp staged his own version of The Great Escape.
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High heel sprinters (21 July 02:46) |
| Jul 21 - Hot on their heels, scores of girls test the strength of their stilettoes by taking part in a high heel race in Moscow.
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Baby elephant learns to paint (19 July 09:29) |
| Jul 19 - A family of painting elephants prepare to wow audiences at a Japanese zoo.
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Broom-wielding gran thwarts raid (18 July 08:11) |
| Jul 18 - A British woman sends a pair of would-be robbers packing after bashing them with a broom during a hold-up
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World's smallest hotel? (18 July 03:07) |
| Jul 18 - At just 53 square metres - a hotel in Bavaria in southern Germany says it's the smallest in the world.
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And Finally... Songs For Surgery (17 July 11:32) |
| Jul. 17 - The best of Reuters Oddly Enough this week.
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Not dirty dancing - poodle prancing (14 July 06:07) |
| Jul 14 - Japanese learn to waltz with retrievers, polka with poodles and rumba with dachshunds at dog dance classes offered in Tokyo.
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And Finally... *Burp* (10 July 09:41) |
| Jul. 10 - Methane measuring, "free hug day", drive-in weddings, and a five-year-old piano prodigy.
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