UK Weird

Bakewell Custard Pie Fight 'Pies And Prejudice' Cancelled Due To Health And Safety

Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.05.2013 | UK

A custard pie fight due to be held in Bakewell later in June, has been cancelled after being deemed "too risky" by insurance companies. The fight w...

LOOK: Are These The Most Unusual Beauty Crazes Ever?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle

From enlisting tiny fish to chew dead skin off your feet in what's known as a fish pedicure (we've tried it, it tickled!), to the agony of getting a r...

Dentist Pulls All Of Man's Teeth Out Without Permission, Patient Says

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Warning: graphic video and images may cause distress If you have a fear of going to the dentist, we suggest you look away now. Seriously. Wh...

Jaws II: Two-Headed Shark Found (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK

A two-headed bull shark foetus has been found by fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico. The specimen is the first recorded incidence of the condition, k...

How To Live Without Fear

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle

How far would you go to conquer your fears? Thrill seekers in Russia are pushing themselves to the limit by embarking on a new training course to i...

Stars Wars' Emperor Palpatine Appears In Baby's Ultrasound Scan (PICTURE)

Rex Features | Sara C Nelson | Posted 11.05.2013 | UK

Ultrasounds can be pretty strange and unsettling at the best of times – but spare a thought for the parents of this little mite – who were present...

Weird Bugs Found In Man's Luggage

PA | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK

Tens of thousands of dried caterpillars have been seized by Border Force officers at a major UK airport. The discovery was made after a 22-year-old...

Is This The Most Unhealthy Christmas Dinner Ever?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle

It's official. The world's most unhealthy Christmas dinner* may have been found in a fish and chip shop in the West Midlands. Hollywood Fish Bar in...

You'll Never Guess The Age (And Sex) Of This Model...

The Huffington Post UK | Brogan Driscoll | Posted 22.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Meet Liu Xianping, the 72-year-old cross-dressing grandfather slash model who has taken the internet by storm. If you thought the average septuage...

Doodling On Your Breasts, The Perfect Christmas Gift?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Concerned that you might not be able to deliver the Christmas goods for your partner this year? Perhaps those purse strings are a little tight, or ...

Free Spray Tans For Jobseekers

The Huffington Post UK | Brogan Driscoll | Posted 07.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle

If there's one thing better than the sweet smell of successful job seeking, it's the sweet biscuity smell of spray tans. At least that's the case at o...

Atheist Students 'Ejected From Fair Over Blasphemous Pineapple'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 29.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education

A group of atheist students were kicked out of their university's fresher fair because of a "blasphemous pineapple" named Mohammed. The Reading Uni...

WATCH: Mike Tyson Stars In Bonkers Polish Energy Drink Advert

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 27.06.2012 | UK Comedy

If Mike Tyson were English, he'd be called an eccentric. As he's American, he's called plain ol' weird - but he's a very watchable weird. After all...

And You Thought Your Prom Photo Was Awkward...

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 10.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The school leavers' ball, fondly known as "prom" is supposed to be the time where caterpillars emerge from cocoons as butterflies, ugly ducklings are ...

WATCH: 10 Of The Weirdest Eurovision Song Contest Entries Ever

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Comedy

Humans are pretty weird, we Europeans even more so. Nowhere is this better proved than at the Eurovision Song Contest, where attention-seeking has-bee...

Shop Dummy Caught Trying To Stand For Election In Aberdeen

Posted 20.04.2012 | UK Politics

Police have begun an investigation after a candidate in Scotland's local elections turned out to be a shop dummy. The term "dummy candidate" is usu...

WATCH: The Laughing Dutchman - Man Can't Stop Giggling After Hip Operation

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 22.03.2012 | UK Comedy

Huug Bosse is a regular guy. Well, he was a regular guy until he had a hip operation and now can't stop laughing. As you do. Suffering from an unu...

Wolfman Takes Hollywood (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.03.2012 | UK

The world’s hairiest man is capitalising on his condition by launching a Hollywood career. Larry Gomez has already had a bit part in the Reese W...

'Hores' To Exotic Dancers: Website Reveals The Funniest Exam Answers

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 07.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A website has become an internet sensation after inviting teachers to submit their students' funniest exam paper answers. Funnyexam.com contains su...

What The Fresh Hell Is This? Introducing The Badgermin (PICTURES, VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 28.02.2012 | UK

What do you get if you cross a dead badger with a theremin? What are you sick, why would you even want to do that? Well, David Cranmer has, an...

Beirut River Turns Blood Red

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.02.2012 | UK

Dye illegally dumped by a factory is apparently responsible for turning the Beirut River an eerie shade of blood red. An investigation began last ...

Hull Chainsaw Massacre: Man Jailed

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 14.02.2012 | UK

A 24-year-old man has been jailed for three years after attacking customers in a Hull pub with a chainsaw. Dean Dinnen, 32, was thrown out of the ...

Three-Year-Old Makes Sainsbury's Change Popular Bread Name

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 02.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

It's official: Sainsbury's Tiger Bread is to be renamed Giraffe Bread, thanks to a letter written by a three-year-old girl and the heart-warming respo...

(PICTURES) Ink, Blood And Cold Steel: Tattoo Lovers Gather For Gruesome Show

Posted 30.01.2012 | UK

With pointed vampiric teeth, titanium horn implants and fluorescent eyes, it’s not necessarily Maria Hose Cristerna’s tattoos that are the most st...

WATCH: Girl Can Speak Any Word Backwards Almost Instantly

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 30.01.2012 | UK Comedy

The ability to hear any word, then say it backwards, isn't exactly the most useful skill in the world - but it is a damn impressive one, as this viral...