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When Lieutenant Teddy Bacon lost his gold watch in 1941, he thought it was gone for good. The watch had slipped off his wrist into the harbour in Gibraltar. Surprisingly though, when the harbour was dredged in 2007 the watch was recovered and detailed harbour records meant it was returned to its owner. Perhaps more surprising it that it still worked perfectly.

If you get an itch whilst holding a loaded gun it would seem sensible to put the gun down and look around for something to care of the problem. One man in Texas finding he had a rather annoying itch scratched it with a loaded revolver and not surprisingly ended up shooting himself in the back. He was taken to hospital where he was treated for his injuries, it is not know whether he still has the itch.

A man in Tennessee who stole a pair of trousers whilst wearing a gorilla mask has been caught by police. The man had robbed a man at gun point and demanded that he had over both his wallet and his trousers. The masked gunman was later caught when police searched his car and found a gorilla mask, bandanas, 2 bullets, some latex gloves and the stolen trousers.

• Police in Lincoln are baffled after finding thousands of pounds of cut up money dumped in bins. The money has been cut into tiny pieces and is said to be beyond repair.

A man in Chicago has ordered a custom made beer can coffin. However, he has no plans to use the coffin just yet and instead threw a party for his friends using the coffin as a giant beer cooler.

A man in Crowley was arrested after he tried to cash a cheque for $360 billion. He had said the cheque had been given to him by his girlfriends mother so that he could start a record business. Surprisingly staff at the bank were a little suspicious and called the lady who had supposedly written the cheque. Also surprisingly she had no knowledge of writing the cheque. Now I think I might recall writing a cheque for $360 billion. Perhaps if he was trying to get away with it, he should have chosen to cash a cheque for a slightly smaller amount.

A luxury watch with a price tag of £150,000 has sold out within 48 hours of going on sale. That might not seem surprising but the watch is unusual because it doesn't tell the time. It has a crocodile skin strap and is made from steel salvaged from the wreck of the titanic encrusted with sapphires. The face is divided into two sections which signify day and night. It is described by the manufacturer as “world unique - a watch that does not tell the time” and the chief executive of the company says “Anyone can buy a watch that shows time, but only a discerning customer can buy one that doesn’t.” Call me old fashioned I think I will stick with a cheaper watch that tell the time.

Actually the headline is a little misleading; it’s actually the farmer that does the tai chi and not the cows themselves. Rob Tavener says that practising tai chi in front of his cows relaxes them and increases milk production. Apparently if he is relaxed and happy, then so are his cows. He says “Animals are very receptive to human moods and tai chi is all about leaving your problems behind and getting into a better zone,” he said. “The happier I am, the happier the cows are. And the happier they are, the more milk they produce.” I’m not convinced.