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A drunken Swedish man had to be rescued by the coastguard when he tried to row home from Denmark. The man had been drinking in the Danish town of Helsinor but found that he didn't have enough money for the ferry home. He then stole a dinghy and tried to row across the Oresund Strait. Eventually he feel asleep half way across and drifted until he was rescued. He was later put on the next ferry home.

A man in Connecticut who was being sought for questioning by police made their job easy for them when he crashed his truck into a police garage. Police were looking for the man in regard to a number of accidents that he had been involved in the previous day. They obviously didn't have to look very far. Not a very bright criminal.

I often come across articles that make me think scientists have a little too much time on their hands. This is a good example. A group of scientists have been working really hard and have found the formula for the perfect sandwich. What a relief. It is based on algebraic variables and takes into account factors such as the thickness of the cheese and the bread and the amount of margarine that is used. You can give a go here and can be sure you will never mess your sandwich up ever again. Thank you science.

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.