February 2012
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QuirkyLeaks
We decided to do a QuirkyNews item on a parody of the Wiki Leaks saga. Here is the result. Hope you enjoy our video :)
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64 years old and still the same old lard
A German man who was given a tub of lard 64 years ago has recently taken it to food safety agents and suprised to find out it was still edible.
I certainly wouldnt be sure about eating it after 64 years but also eating lard out of a can? Who does that?
January 2012
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Expensive paper mache
An Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euro. Frank Buckley built the apartment in the lobby of a Dublin office building that has lain vacant since its completion four years ago at the peak of an ill-fated construction boom, using bricks of shredded euro notes he borrowed from Ireland’s national mint.
This may be one of the most expensive paper mache...
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The new popular kid in class
A FOUR-year-old Connecticut boy brought nine wrapped bags of cannabis to his elementary school for snack time. The boy’s teacher at Hanover Elementary School, in Meriden, said the special-needs student pulled the bags from his coat pocket during Tuesday’s snack time and announced he had snacks
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End of the world?
Conspiracy theorists have been given more ammunition for their “end of the world in 2012” claims. The sudden appearance of 20 tonnes of dead fish in Kvaenes, in the northerly district of Nordreisa is believed to be another sign that the Mayans and Hollywood are right and that 2012 IS the year we all go to hell.
Lucky Find
A woman in Sweden has found her wedding ring 16 years after she lost it. Lena Paahlsson went to pick carrots in her backyard and found the ring on one of her carrots. Her only explanation was the ring must of fallen into the mulcher in the kitchen and then was thrown into the garden bed 16 years ago.
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Thieving Dingo
A group of five friends were relaxing around a camp fire near Glen Helen, when one of them observed an orange flash making a lunge for their bags.
Joel Maher (20) yelled out that the dingo stole his iPod. They chased it with their car but it got away eventually. Luckily he didn’t also lose his wallet and mobile phone, on top of his iPod.
If this happened to me, I would also laugh about it...
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Bringing in the experts?
Jiang Bo, a dolphin at Nanjing’s Underwater World park in eastern China has had life saving surgery after swallowing a volleyball while playing in his pool. Concerned doctors initially called upon the medical expertise of Six-foot-four (1.95m) Meng Da, a professional basketball player to try and reach down Jiang Bo’s mouth and pull it out.
Doctors finally made the logical decision to...
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In a Sticky Spot
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Tough Love
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It wasnt me officer, a ghost did it
This man takes passing the buck to a whole new level. The Wisconsin resident tried to blame a ghost for the strangle marks left on his wifes neck after an argument. I always thought that ghosts are unable to touch humans. Apparently I was wrong.
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Toylet!
What else can you do at the toilet?
The Japanese video game company, “Sega”, have installed an interactive video game urinal (called the “Toylet”) in bars around Japan. It has been tested at the train stations of Akihabara, Soga and Ikebukuro in January, 2011. Very bizarre, right?
You may be thinking, “What could Sega be getting out of this?”. Well, the 4...
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Sexy Politics
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Next Superstar in Winter X Games
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Another use for Viagra?
A British TV gardener David Domoney has claimed that Viagra gives drooping blooms a lift and can extend extend the shelf life of cut flowers. I wonder if we will start to see industrial size bags of Viagra being made for Gardening enthusiasts. I’m not sure how I would react if I saw my dad pulling a giant bag of Viagra out of the garden shed.
I think I would be hoping that it’s going to be used...
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Checkers with a twist
Anyone up for a game of checkers? How about an experience of underwater diving?
Currently in Estonia where the temperature is below zero and outdoor water is in the form of ice… avid underwater divers can do their diving at indoor pools.
Doesn’t sound exciting does it? However, you can now play checkers underwater at the same time! This adds the challenge of staying grounded at the...
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Sydney man chases alleged burglar with sword
How many people have a replica sword hanging in their apartment or bedroom? Not many I would think, but perhaps it’s a good idea to get one now?
Jake Terrey (21), from Summer Hill, Sydney, Australia, was about to become a burglary victim, but turned the tides against the burglar by grabbing the replica sword. The burglar of course ran off quickly in fear of the sword.
Jake is a fan of ブリーチ...
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Mountain Dew dissolves a mouse. My poor poor...
The soft drink company PepsiCo which is Mountain Dews parent company has recently been fighting a legal battle over a man who claims he found a dead mouse inside his can. PepsiCo has refuted these claims, stating that the mouse would of been dissolved over the period of bottling to opening the can.
This is an excellent rebuttal from PepsiCo but it’s confirming my decision to stop drinking...
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Flag up bum
Warriner mooned the Royal Couple while they were visiting Brisbane last year. He was charged with public nuisance.
“I had a flag up my bum for the Queen”
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Another reason to save the Panda Bear?
According to An Yansh, a Chinese entrepreneur, Panda dung is rich in nutrition and should be much better than chemical fertilisers when making tea. I am all for saving the Pandas and getting rid of chemical fertilisers but I don’t think I’ll be paying $34,000 for 500 grams of this tea which is what it costs.
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The Quirky news blog
Hello world, welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Quirky News Blog. In the freaky world we live in today there are so many weird and wacky news stories everyday. We thought that instead of you doing the searching for these stories we would bring these news stories to you. No topic or subject matter is off limits and we will attempt to bring a wide variety of stories to the table.
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