A Japanese pop star has shaved her head in contrition for spending the night with her boyfriend and issued a sobbing video begging forgiveness for the...

Racing car drivers need to have lightning-quick reactions and nerves of steel, not only to do well and win races... but sometimes just to survive. ...

When police in Australia were called in to investigate a case of a vehicle disappearing from an Adelaide car park, it initially looked like a typical ...

When Ole the Welsh corgi was swept away in an avalanche which killed one of its owners, it was thought he had suffered the same fate. But four days...

A student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created an 'almost self-balancing' electric unicycle which he uses to zip around the MIT ca...

Keepers at a Milwaukee zoo have launched an 'Apps for Apes' project which could see Orangutans being given iPads to video-chat with primates in other ...

Just before Christmas, emergency services released examples of daft 999 calls in a bid to prevent others from wasting their time. Unfortunately, if th...

Last week we discovered beluga whales say hello by waving and blowing bubbles. Now it's the turn of sea turtles to show us their underwater greeting. ...

TV news bosses in Norway were probably left thinking "OMG WTF" -- after inadvertently using an internet slang eye chart as a background for a report. ...

Everybody knows 999 is the number to ring in an emergency, but unfortunately some idiots dial it for less important matters -- like the man who called...

A butterfingered Chinese soldier almost killed himself and his drill sergeant when he fluffed a throw during hand grenade practice. This video -- w...

Researchers say there's a genetic explanation why some people love Brussels sprouts -- while others would rather eat a rubber shoe with their Christma...

It's a Spanish tradition that hidden in a nativity scene, there's a 'caganer' or 'pooper' -- a character bending down as though taking a poop. We're n...

With their big night of the year just a few days away, you'd think Santa's reindeer would be taking it easy at the moment. But no, judging by this ...

Sure he was busy helping Spain beat Argentina in the Davis Cup this week, but tennis ace Rafael Nadal also found time to pull a prank on teammate, Dav...

She only wanted a moment of quiet while she studied for her finals, but when this student exploded with rage in the middle of a library, she also beca...

Oskar is a blind kitten who became an online hit thanks to a clip of him playing with his first toys. Now, like any good YouTube star, he's released ...