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A lady from New York had a surprise when she opened her washing machine to find a 8ft python. The snake had apparently managed to climb up the pipes where it ended up among her washing. She called animal control who took the snake to New York Wild Animal Kingdom where it is recovering from its adventure.

Motorists in Doebriach in Austria had to wait for several hours after camels stopped traffic. The camels had escaped from a nearby circus and ended up wandering along a busy road. An eye witness said "I came out of a bend on the road and suddenly saw a load of camels strolling around. I could hardly believe my eyes."  The camels were eventually rounded up and returned to the circus.

Nasa has appealed to its employees for donations of urine. The urine is needed for space tests on the new Orion space capsule. The testers need 30 litres of urine everyday in order to conduct the tests because as the head of support systems says "you can't make fake urine".

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.