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So the diet’s going well, then?

A bunch of dieters in Sweden got a wee fright at their Weight Watchers meeting: the floor of the room they were meeting in collapsed. Imagine that, you’re standing around feeling all fabulous and self righteous over all the cottage cheese you’d been “enjoying” in your efforts when BANG … it’s not the rug being […]

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Bugatti fished out of lake

Remember the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that was buried in Tulsa, Oklahoma? If not, click here (the link will open in a new window). The lovely Miss Belvedere wasn’t quite so lovely when she was unearthed in 2007 and now there’s a rare Bugatti also gaining lots of interest after being given a damn good thrashing

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Adal Rifai in Louie Saunders' gift-wrapped apartment.

Christmas all wrapped up

Imagine coming home to find everything in your home gift-wrapped. That’s what happened to Chicago bloke Louie Saunders when he went out of town and left a spare key to his apartment with a friend. Sixteen people used 35 rolls of paper to wrap everything from couch cushions to the contents of the fridge.  

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