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New space hopper world record

New space hopper world record

Yorkshire Cancer Research have managed to beat their own record for the most people bouncing on space hoppers simultaneously for one minute. Last year the organisation arranged the inaugural ‘Bounce for…’ event at the Don Valley Bowl in Sheffield and set the world record with 771 volunteers bouncing down a 100 metre racecourse. And that [...]

Crocodile terrorises Russian lake

Swimmers at a tourist hot-spot in Russia got the fright of their lives this week when a two metre long crocodile swam into the lake with them. Lake Shira in Siberia, eastern Russia is a popular spot with tourists for swimming and other water sports. A local photographer hatched a cool money making scheme by [...]

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Serbian becomes human magnet

A Serbian man has become a human magnet after doctors zapped him with electricity to restart his heart. 66-year-old Sibin Ivanovic was undergoing surgery on his stomach when due to complications his heart stopped beating. Doctors used a defibrillator to send an electric charge through Sibin and restart his heart. Doctors say that Sibin will [...]

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Woman has gigantic snake growing inside her

A woman from Pakistan is appealing to authorities to assist her in getting surgery to remove a massive snake which is growing inside her abdomen. According to Pakistani press 50-year-old Rasheedan Bibi from Saggar, north of Lahore, accidentally swallowed a small snake which was in her drinking water several months ago. However after a few [...]

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Rasta arrested for raping goat

Police in Spaldings, Jamaica, are appealing for witnesses after a Rastafari was spotted hovering around a goat’s rear end on Friday. A police constable and two other witnesses spotted the dodgy looking Rasta standing behind the she-goat with his shirt suspiciously un-tucked from his trousers. When the copper shouted to the Rastaman to clarify what [...]

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Brand new Merlin

The cast of BBC’s Merlin have been in San Diego this weekend at Comic-Con, and it was announced that a fifth season has been commissioned for production after season four airs later this year. There were sneak previews of season four shown during the convention, watch out for those, we’ll post the videos as soon [...]

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Karen Gillan: “I’ll be back”

Karen Gillan basically spoiled everyone’s speculating fun by blabbing this weekend that she will be back for another series of Doctor Who, so she most likely won’t be dying any time soon. Speaking at the San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, ginger Karen has been telling Zap2it how much she’s been enjoying her first visit to [...]

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The world’s freakiest insects and creepy crawlies

Here for your reading pleasure is the top ten definitive list of the world’s most freaky and nasty looking creepy crawly bugs and critters. We’ll kick things off with this monster, it’s a Titan beetle. The Titan is one of the world’s largest beetles and is found in the South American rainforests, it grows up [...]

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Amy Winehouse found dead

Overrated singer and drug addict Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her North London home. Emergency services were called to the home of the troubled ‘Rehab‘ singer earlier today but the 27-year-old singer was reported to have died before ambulances arrived at her home in Camden. Due to gutter press continually staking out the [...]

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Warehouse 13 spin-off confirmed

More great news has broken at this week’s San Diego Comic-Con. Executive producer Jack Kenny was speaking on the Warehouse 13 panel yesterday where he gave away a few teasers of what lay in store during the current season of the show. But the biggest scoop Kenny gave out was the official confirmation that a [...]

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