Volunteers in Indiana yesterday nabbed a bird-brained fugitive that had been on the run for months.
Authorities in Martinsville believe the emu – a large ostrich-type bird – was an escaped pet seen around town since June.
It may not be able to fly, but it’s not a bad swimmer. The emu made its way halfway across the White River before getting caught in a current and turning back.
The posse trapped it near the river.
He didn’t even need Viagra.
A Chinese man named Zhan has lifted a 165- pound barbell for 10 seconds – with his penis.
Zhan, from Harbin City, said the unusual skill runs in his family.
Zha, 55, told the Yangtsi Evening Post his dad taught him how to do it when he was 18.
Rudolph might want to spend next Christmas in Russia.
A new hotel with a special parking lot for reindeer is coming to Siberia.
The inn, in the north Russian city of Nadym, will open in time for a major sports competition that includes, what else, reindeer racing.
Businesswomen parcticing the world’s oldest profession in the Dutch town of Groningen say their profits are up when crime is up.
That’s because criminals keep the cops busy. When things are quiet, the ladies of the night say, bored cops park in the red-light district and entertain themselves by watching prostitutes at work.
This, understandably, drives off clients.
“Instead of focused inspections, [cops] are coming and watching like monkeys,” according to a written complaint handed to the mayor.
Call out the gumshoes.
Thieves in Germany broke into a warehouse in the town of Steinfurt and made off with 200 fully loaded chewing-gum machines, police said yesterday.
The machines and their contents were worth more than $13,400.
“We don’t have a clue,” said a cop. “We can only assume they used a large truck to get away with so many machines.”