More stories by alex ingham

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Thousands of people gathered near The New York times building in Manhattan to witness two people climbing the massive skyscraper.

First to successfully reach the top was 45 year old Alain Robert, otherwise known as “Spiderman,” who claimed that his most recent assent was to raise awareness about Global Warming.

The Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy was the world’s first ever primate testing centre, revolutionary in its medical discoveries and responsible for sending monkeys into outer space. The institute which was once the envy of the West, is now a dilapidated shell of its former glory.

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‘Because they grow fast and they are so much better to tattoo than fish.’- Wim Delvoye

Belgian Conceptual Artist Wim Delvoye has been tattooing live pigs since 1997. Tattoos that range from Disney characters such as Ariel the Mermaid to Louis Vuitton logos are spread all over the pig's body. It’s a gradual process, that results in the pigs looking like Yakuza gang members.

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‘Whilst trying to decide what this monster thing was, my husband informed me that it was a Potato Bug. No way, bugs do not come in a size large enough to wear a dog collar; yes it was that big.’- Rhonda

The above account forms part of hundreds, describing encounters of a strange bug found in suburban homes throughout California.

When you answer to nature’s call sometimes she says ‘hello’ back.

Militias and gangs are common across Central and South America. Image via Cambio.com

A group of U.S.

‘Pulled it out and looked at the data surface and it appeared that there was yeast growing on the surface of the CD.’ – Dr. Cameron Jones

Bacterial growth

A Melbourne scientist and night club owner has discovered that growing micro organisms onto compact discs can alter and reshape the music or images stored within them, to the extent that totally new sounds and remixes are formed within the CD.

Named the ‘optical biocomputer’ by its inventor Dr. Cameron Jones, the process was discovered by complete chance whilst Dr.

‘Here in Buñol we have never liked bulls.

‘We couldn't force-feed it, because we don't know which head eats.'

Meet the snake, crocodile and tortoise that are not only connected by their cold blood. These animals all have polycephaly: the condition of having two heads.

These ‘conjoined twins’ although different are locked within the same operating body and generally considered as one creature. It is rare to find human conjoined twins as 75 percent are born dead or die within 24 hours and even more uncertain are the fates of other species suffering from a similar condition.