Remains believed to belong to da Vinci's Mona Lisa discovered in Florence, Italy
Posted by: madn3wz
Florence :: Italy | updated 2012-07-27 22:37:19 -0700 | odd-news
FLORENCE, Italy (Tue, July 24) – Italian archaeologists have dug out a skeleton today believed to be of Lisa Gherardini, the woman who inspired one of the most emblematic works of Leonardo da Vinci, “Mona Lisa”. Lisa Gherardini (1479-1542), also...
Russian police found drugs more dangerous than heroin .
Posted by: lethibichlan
Makhachkala :: Russia | updated 2012-07-27 12:07:44 -0700 | odd-news
New drugs are discovered, called "zhgut" (mixed), looks like a mixture of smoke. Agency Federal Drug Control put this drug in the list of banned substances, which would allow criminal prosecution of traffickers and the drug use. It is known...
Landslide in seaside resort of Hornsea reveals cache of 1000 deadly bombs
Posted by: prabirghose
Hornsea :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-07-27 12:09:48 -0700 | odd-news
A huge cache of bombs and rockets have been discovered in the East Riding beach of Mappleton, near Hornsea which is a popular seaside holiday resort. This has been reported in telegraph.com.uk of dated 22nd of July 2012. This area...
Noisy cow bells invite punishment in Austria
Posted by: prabirghose
Steyr :: Austria | updated 2012-07-27 12:11:55 -0700 | odd-news
A farmer in Austria has been fined €100 ($118) by the court because the bells he had put on his cows were too noisy and were causing disturbance to the locals who were unable to sleep properly because of this...
Wreck of WWII British cargo ship SS Gairsoppa found with $37-million of silver
Posted by: prabirghose
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-07-27 12:14:02 -0700 | odd-news
The British cargo ship SS Gairsoppa had been torpedoed by German U-boat U-101 in WWII and the wreck has now been located 15,420-feet deep – it has in its hold a total of $37-million of silver. The ship was returning...
The ‘bra’ is not a modern affair, it existed even in the 15th century!!!
Posted by: prabirghose
Innsbruck :: Austria | updated 2012-07-27 12:17:38 -0700 | lifestyle-news
History is being rewritten - the ‘bra’, believed to be something of a modern day invention which added glamour to women, had its origin in the 15th century as reported in The Telegraph of dated 19th of July 2012. Till...
France: FEMEN plans to open training centre in Paris tomorrow
Posted by: madn3wz
Paris :: France | updated 2012-07-27 03:00:05 -0700 | odd-news
Women’s activists group FEMEN, based in Ukraine, is now planning to go beyond borders and want to open its first center outside Ukraine. FEMEN are notorious for their topless protest against sex tourism, electoral fraud against politicians like Putin, Yanukovych...
Taking overdose of Travel Sickness tablets left Chelsie Toms fantasized and petrified of her ...
Posted by: NadeemIftekhar
Plymouth :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-07-27 12:20:40 -0700 | odd-news
Overdose of ‘Travel Sickness’ tablets had strange effect on a seven-year-old girl; while on a school trip, the girl began hallucinating. Apparently taking as many as 7 tablets accidentally, Chelsie Toms not only went incoherent; she also vomited in front...
Unfortunate death of a couple in a tunnel in Dorset
Posted by: prabirghose
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-07-27 12:20:42 -0700 | odd-news
The couple was found dead in their car inside the Beaminster Tunnel in Dorset. Heavy rains and landsides had blocked the entrances of the tunnel and the couple died unnoticed and lay there for nearly a week before being recovered....
UFO sighting in Qawra, Malta: Romanian tourist captured the object in his cell-phone camera
Posted by: madn3wz
Valletta :: Malta | updated 2012-07-27 12:22:26 -0700 | odd-news
VALLETTA, Malta (Mon, Jul 16) – A tourist from Romania photographed a UFO coincidently while he was walking along the seafront in the popular northeast Malta tourist town of Qawra. According to details; the 29-year-old Zfort Ertfay witnessed something mysterious...
Woes for weathermen of Netherlands who err in their forecasts
Posted by: prabirghose
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2012-07-27 12:24:17 -0700 | odd-news
The breed of weather forecasters are in for bad times in Netherlands. The councilors there are planning to come down heavily on those who are not serious about providing the accurate information on weather and do not predict the weather...
Racing pigeon lost in Cannock found in Quebec!!!
Posted by: prabirghose
Cannock :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-07-27 12:26:40 -0700 | odd-news
Percy, aka ‘No. 12’, a racing pigeon from Cannock in Staffordshire in England went missing from 9th of June 2012 after a race. The race was from Fougeres in Brittany to France but Percy failed to turn up in his...
World's largest Atlas unveiled in Britain
Posted by: marysteven
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-11-02 14:27:17 -0700 | odd-news
Now you can see the world's largest atlas at the British Library in London which is on full display. The atlas measures 1.8 metres high and 1.4 metres wide and weighs 24 stones.Guinness World Records adjudicator Raymond Marshall confirmed the...
Essex woman has this strange water addiction of drinking 44 pints a day
Posted by: marysteven
Southend on Sea :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-07-27 12:33:37 -0700 | odd-news
I have heard of people addicted to different fluids like drinks, nailpolishes, paints and some other weird stuff and i have written reports on them too but hardly did i knew about the addiction of a common need like water....
Sukhoi fighters to record the highest number.
Posted by: lethibichlan
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2012-07-27 14:22:10 -0700 | odd-news
This is the conclusion of the analysis centers the world arms trade (SAMTO) announced on 10/7 takes place on the occasion of the International Air Show 2012 Farnborough in England. According forecasting of the Center analysis commercial world arms, in...
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