If this article is to be believed a man has created a whisky made from urine. The whisky is made using the high sugar urine produced by diabetes patients. The urine is filtered using the same processes which are used to purify water. This removes the sugars which are used in the fermentation process. The whisky is not available commercially but if do you want to try some tasting opportunities are available at the Materials design event in London in September.

This cute little guy is Luntik. He is unusual because he has an extra pair of ears in front of his regular ones. The ears don’t have any canals so unfortunately the cat is not blessed with super hearing but it does make him look a little unusual. The cat was pictured at a service station in Russia and other than the extra ears appears perfectly normal.

A man in Austria has created what is thought to be the world’s largest lederhosen. measuring over 15ft long and four yards wide they took two months to make. Tailor Walter Sinnhofer used 77 square yards of cow hide to make the lederhosen which weigh 50kg. He is now waiting for Guinness World Records to officially confirm they are in fact the world’s largest pair.

A two headed calf has recently been born in Egypt. The calf which is normal in every other way has been hailed as a divine miracle. Its two heads are divided centrally meaning that it has two complete sets of eyes and two mouths. The calf is in a stable conditions and is expected to survive but due to the weight of its heads is currently unable to stand.

According to this article performing Shakespeare plays to cows can help them to produce more milk. Researchers have found that Shakespeare’s plays help to relax a dairy herd and boost milk production by as much as 4%. Cows also produce more like when they are played slow music as this has the similar effect of alleviating stress. In an experiment actors from a theatre group entertained cows at the Pleasant Farm near Maidstone. They found that the plays helped to relax the cows although they stick to light hearted comedies rather than tragedies which could have the opposite effect.

In one of the more unusual animal stories I have come across recently a Jack Russell was rushed to the vet because he managed to glue his jaws together. The dog named Toby had eaten the morning post and the sticky mess of glue and envelopes had formed a substance similar to papier-mache and glued his jaws shut. His owner found her pet when she returned home and quickly realised he couldn’t open his mouth. He was rushed to the vet and sedated whilst the substance was removed and appears to have suffered no ill effects.

This is probably one of the more unusual stories I have seen recently. It involves a man called Steven Sparks who decided that a trip to a Victorian sewer would be the prefect way to propose to his girlfriend. Whilst it might not be everyone's idea of romance it seems the lady in question was happy to accept and the proposal met with the sweet smell of success. I wonder whether the wedding will be more conventional.

This was the outcome after an incident in Berkshire when a bus driver went under a low bridge. Luckily the driver had just dropped off the bus load of school children he was carrying and was in the bus on his own at the time. It seems the driver who usually drives a smaller bus simply forgot he was driving a double decker. Instead he now has an open top bus.

According to this article a postman in Germany has married his cat. Uwe Mitzscherlich had been told by a vet that his pet Cecilia might not have long to live. In order to show his devotion for his cat he decided to marry her. Officials refused to carry out the ceremony and man and cat eventually had to be married by an actress who played the registrar.

According to this article Wang Xianjun has eaten over 1,500 lightbulbs over the course of his lifetime. Apparently he ate his first lightbulb at the age of 12. He eats no more than one lightbulb a day and only at breakfast time. He first smashes them before eating them piece by piece and says they are crispy and delicious.

In an unusual break in in New Jersey a burglar has broken into a restaurant simply to cook himself a meal. The incident happened in a restaurant called the Matsu Sushi Grill in Hillsdale, New Jersey. The thief broke in through the exhaust fan in the back wall of the restaurant. He then took some chicken from the freezer and made himself a chicken and rice dish in a frying pan. After eating he left a pile of dishes and a ignored the cash in the cash register. The thief has not been caught but it is thought it might have been a homeless person looking for some food.

A Labrador called Bracken is lucky to be alive after he swallowed a football. The football which measured 12cm became lodged next to the dogs heart and it was only when the  dog developed a cough that he was given an x-ray to determine what was wrong. The ball was successfully removed after an operation and the dog appears to be no worse for wear after his ordeal.

A German man has been jailed for 14 weeks after being stopped at an airport with geckos in his underwear. The man attempted to board a plane in New Zealand with more than 40 geckos and skinks concealed in his underwear. He was convicted of two charges under the Wildlife Act and five under the Trade in Endangered Species Act for taking the creatures from the wild gecko and skink populations.

A German man has been jailed for 14 weeks after being stopped at an airport with geckos in his underwear. The man attempted to board a plane in New Zealand with more than 40 geckos and skinks concealed in his underwear. He was convicted of two charges under the Wildlife Act and five under the Trade in Endangered Species Act for taking the creatures from the wild gecko and skink populations.

If you feel you have a little too much blood and would like a little more beer then this scheme could be for you. Cascade Regional Blood Services in Tacoma, Washington is offering donors a free pint of beer every time they give blood. They are hoping the scheme might encourage more people to donate. Donors have to be over 21 and are given a coupon entitling them a free pint when they donate blood through the scheme. It appears to be having the desired effect with the blood centre saying the scheme has worked so well that it is being expanded.

Staff at a supermarket could have been justified in asking a customer this question when he was spotted behaving strangely. It appeared he was stealing food and had stuffed several sausages down his trousers before trying to walk out the door. He was stopped and searched and the sausages were confiscated. The manager of the supermarket was keen to point out that the sausages had not been returned to sale.

A penguin called Ralph has recently been given a new wetsuit. Usually Humboldt penguins like Ralph gradually lose their feathers to be replaced by a new set. Ralph, however, lost all of his feathers in just one day leaving him at risk of severe sunburn. His wetsuit helps to protect him from the sun and allows him to do all of the things that penguins usually do.

This little guy managed to survive a seven hour long 70mph journey attached to the front of a BMW. Mervyn Draper had swerved to avoid a hedgehog and noticed another creature by the road but had assumed he had missed it. The following morning he found the rather angry stoat wedged through the grille of his car. The stoat was later removed unharmed and is now recovering in a wildlife hospital.

A group of Somerset based cheese makers have launched the first piece of cheese into space. The mission which is hoped to be the first space flight by a piece of Cheddar launched a 300g wedge of Cheddar into the upper atmosphere. Unfortunately not everything has gone to plan and the GPS tracking system has stopped working causing the cheese to be lost in space. The organising are now appealing for help to find the cheese once it lands.. It is thought it could turn up anywhere between Pewsey in Wiltshire and Hertfordshire.

This is one of the more bizarre stories I have come across recently. It suggests that stoned wallabies are responsible for making crop circles in parts of  Tasmania. Apparently the wallabies have been getting into fields of poppies which are being grown for medicine. The problem is that they quickly become intoxicated by the legally grown opium which makes them run around in circles creating the crop circles in the fields. Other animals such as sheep have also been spotted acting unusually in the fields so it appears the effect is not restricted to the kangaroos.

If you are thinking of robbing a convenience store you would think that the first thing you need is a good disguise. One man, however, appears to think differently. He robbed a store using an ingenious beer box disguise which he had obviously made himself. Despite his unusual choice of headwear the man managed to get away with $50 of cigarettes.

According to this article £300,000 of taxpayers money was spent on research into finding out which kind of water ducks prefer. This hugely important and ground breaking research was carried out by Defra with the aim of making sure that ducks kept on farms are properly treated. During the three year study by Oxford University scientists offered the ducks different types of water including a trough, a pond, a shower and a nipple drinker. It was found that the ducks preferred standing under a shower and that they spent twice as long under the shower as they did in the other water.

It never fails to amaze me the strange places that images of Jesus appear. The latest one has been found on the lid of the jar of Marmite. As you can see from the image it clearly resembles an image of Jesus if you have a vivid imagination. If you don’t then it simply Marmite on a lid. I will let you decide.

According to this article gardeners are increasingly starting to use wallabies as an alternative to lawnmowers. Apparently private orders for wallabies have jumped recently as landowners choose to use them on their land. Traditionally people with large gardens have used sheep to graze their lawns but it appears that wallabies are a friendlier alternative. Wallabies are not cheap at around £150 for a male and £650 for a female but it appears that demand for them is rising with Waveney Wildlife Britain’s biggest private supplier reporting orders doubling in the last five years. If you are looking to keep a wallaby they need about an acre of land and fences at least 5ft high so they cannot escape.

If you are having an affair and want to keep it secret then you might want to check out this article on how not be found out. It’s about a boss and his secretary who were having an affair. Unfortunately for them the woman was performing oral sex on him when their car was struck by a reversing van. The impact caused her to bite off his penis. An ambulance was called by a private detective who had been hired by the mans wife to catch the couple out. I guess there are no excuses for this one.

A man in Northport, Alabama woke up with a start after he shot himself. He has been sleeping with a loaded gun when it went off in the night hitting him in the shoulder. Luckily the injury was not life threatening.

This is slightly unusual, its the story of a woman in Detroit who escaped being shot after a bullet bounced off her bra. The woman was in her house when burglars targeted the house next door. When she looked out of the window to see what was happening a shot was fired. The bullet went through her window and hit her but in lucky escape it was deflected off the wiring in her bra, Although she did sustain some injuries the bra slowed the bullet down and probably saved her life. The local police sergeant said "We need to get some bulletproof vests made from that. It is some strong wire."

A woman in Brazil has survived being shot because she had a wad of cash stuffed into her bra. Ivonete Pereira was travelling on a bus from Salvator to Bahia when two armed robbers tried to hold up the bus. She knew that bus robberies were common so had hidden all of her money inside her bra. When a shootout began between the robbers and police Pereira was hit by a spray bullet but the cash inside her bra has slowed it enough that she was not killed. Instead she was taken to hospital to have the bullet removed. What a lucky escape.

This is Ziggy the Pekingese with a difference. Ziggy unlike other dogs can paint. He does this by using a paper towel roll attached to a paintbrush which he grabs in his teeth to create his masterpieces. Not surprisingly Ziggy favours abstract art such as the pieces pictured to the left. There does however, appear to be a demand for Ziggy’s work with his paintings selling at auction for around $250. Now I wonder if I can teach my cats to paint.

It’s a conversation you might have in a pub after a few beers, if a crocodile and a shark has a fight which will win? This question appears to be answered if this article is to believed. It highlights an incident (pictured left) where the two creatures did indeed fight with the crocodile coming off better. In fact the 15ft saltwater crocodile proceeded to eat the shark after disabling it, proving that on this occasion the answer to the question is clearly crocodile.

A barman in Norfolk found himself in trouble with his boss after he cooked the pub takings. Luke Woolston, the barman at the Jolly Farmers in Ormesby, Norfolk stored the money inside an oven for safe keeping after he cashed up. Unfortunately he had failed to realise that the oven was switched on and it was only when he smelt burning that he realised he had cooked £1,000 on the pub takings. He later confessed to his boss by text message who took the unusual tactic of simply telling the customers what had happened saying I thought I could handle it in one of two ways - either give him a strong talking to or tell two or three customers, thinking it would be round the village in no time and his life would be hell for two or three weeks. It seems to have worked."

This is a good example of a rather bad thief who robbed a petrol station but was then quickly caught after he ran out of petrol. The man had robbed a petrol station in Florida, threatening the clerk with a knife. He then fled with the money but unfortunately for him he ran out of petrol not far from the scene of the crime. He was arrested only a few hours later after he abandoned the car. A perfect example of how not to commit a crime.

Police in Nigeria are holding a goat in connection with an armed robbery. Vigilantes had apprehended the animal which they claim was a criminal who had used black magic to turn himself into a goat. It is claimed that two men tried to steal a Mazda 323 but when pursued by the group of vigilantes one escaped and the other turned into a goat using magic.  Police have been unable to confirm the story but the goat is still in custody pending any evidence that it might have actually started off as a man..

A parrot has been banned from attending football games because of his impression on the referees whistle. The parrots owner Irene Kerrigan has been taking her parrot to watch her local club Hertford Heath for some time. The parrot usually mimic the fans by repeating what they say but his latest trick on mimicking the referees whistle managed to stop the match on several occasions. When the referee realised that it was the parrot he was asked to leave.

One potential burglar in Edinburgh got a shock when he tried to break into a flat and was faced with the Norse god Thor, or at least a male dressed as Thor. The burglar leapt from the first floor window of the flat in order to escape Torvald Alexander who was dressed as Thor for a New Year's party that he was going to. Mr Alexander said the burglar may have been intimidated by his costume.

A suspected drink driver who was being chased by the police ended up running himself over with his own car. The driver was being pursued by state police after a tip off that he might be drunk. The police chased the car which swerved across two lanes of a highway before driving through a ditch and a barbed wire fence. The driver then attempted to put the truck into park but instead put it into reverse. He then fell out of the open door and both of his legs were run over. I think he might have a hard job proving he was sober.

According to this article Mexico will dive out free Viagra and other drugs that enhance sexual performance to impotent men. The idea is simply to make people happy because as the mayor says sexuality "has a lot to do with quality of life and our happiness." The drugs will be available to the men over 70 and will be handed out at special clinics from the 1st of December.

A man has to be taken to hospital after he became stuck to a toilet. Emergency services were called to a public toilet after a man found himself stuck. An ambulance crew were unable to free him so he was taken to hospital still attached to the seat. A doctor used a special chemical to free the man and the toilet was later returned. It appears that someone had left glue on the seat as a prank. 

A passenger on a French train had to be rescued from a train toilet after his arm became stuck. The man became trapped after he tried to fish his mobile phone out of the toilet bowl and his arm got stuck in the suction system. The high speed train was stopped for two hours to allow fireman to cut through the train's pipework. The man was eventually rescued from the train with the toilet still stuck on his arm. The fire brigade then had to saw through the toilet to remove it.

A drunk pony had to be rescued from a swimming pool after he ate too many fermented apples and fell into the water. The pony broke into a garden in Cornwall to get to the fruit trees. He gorged himself on the fermenting apples, getting himself "punch drunk" and then ended up in the swimming pool. The pony was later rescued by a team of firefighters who used a harness to pull him out.

An attempt to break the world record for the world's largest sandwich has failed because onlookers ate it. The 1,500 metre long sandwich was going to be filled with ostrich meat before being displayed in the park in Tehran. As the sandwich was being measured hungry spectators rushed forward and started eating it meaning that the exact length of the sandwich could not be verified for the world record attempt.

Cooks in Iran have assembled what could be the world's largest ostrich sandwich at a food festival in Tehran. 1500 cooks used 1,000kg of ostrich meat to make a 1,500m long sandwich which they hope will be large enough to earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records. It took two days to prepare the enormous sandwich which was created as part of an effort to promote Iran's ostrich farming business.

Romanian police have arrested a horse because they suspected it was drunk. The officers noticed the horse because the cart it was pulling looked out of control. They ran an alcohol test which came back positive and the horse was then arrested. It is thought the horse had been given alcohol before it was sold to make it look stronger and healthier.

This is interesting, it about a herd of elephants that pass through a hotel during their migration. The Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia was built right on the elephants migration route and rather than find another way around the elephants simply walk straight though. The herd of 10 elephants appear every November and take the same route every year to get to their favourite mango trees.

Two robbers had to leave half of their loot behind because they didn't have a big enough car to carry it away. The robbers could have escaped with £1 million when they hijacked a security van full of cash. Unfortunately when it came to fitting the loot in the car they were forced to leave half of it behind in the van. The van was later discovered with half the money still inside.

A women is Australia has been trapped inside her home by a large pig. The pig which is as big as a Shetland Pony won't let Caroline Hayes out of her house. Caroline and other neighbours had been feeding the pig which they named Bruce but he started to become aggressive when hungry. Animal rangers plan to catch him and take him to a piggery.

This giant ice penis was photographed by a man called Andy Rouse in Antarctica. The article that accompanies the picture gives assurances that it is a genuine picture rather than a photoshopped job. What do you think, giant ice penis or clever Photoshop work?

A confused Swedish woman checked herself in at Stockholm's Arlanda airport after misinterpreting instructions. The 78 year old lady checked in her suitcase and then climbed on the belt after it. She arrived in the baggage handling bay where she was rescued by surprised airport staff. The woman suffered no injuries and managed to get her flight on time. Perhaps this conveyor belt system could be a way of speeding up the check in process.

This rather curious cow managed to get her head stuck in a washing machine drum that was dumped in her field. RSPCA inspectors were alerted to the usual situation by a passer by and the cow was later released unharmed.

Police in Bristol who were called out to deal with an escaped alligator might have been relieved to find out that it was simply a toy. Roads were sealed off as they stalked the creature which was hiding in bushes. However, after 30 minutes emergency workers used a camera to zoom in on the reptile and found that it was a harmless stuffed toy.