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WEIRD & BIZARRE
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Archive 1996 |
Bizarre Deaths in Cairo |
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CAIRO - He went to collect
18 pounds (5 dollars) in rent, but ended up dying of a heart attack. Najah
Mohammad Abdallah, 38, infuriated by his tenant only paying 4 dollars, pulled
her hair. She fought back by biting his leg. His blood pressure dropped, he
fainted and died. The tenant was arrested after admitting to biting the
landlord, but says that she had meant him no harm. In a similar story, a Cairo
couple fought over the colour of a chick, which ended with the wife throwing a
coffee pot at her husband, causing his death. The fight broke out over the
weekend after their 12-year-old son came home with a green-coloured chick. The
wife felt it was dyed while the father felt it was naturally green. The wife,
determined to win the argument, threw the coffee pot, striking her husband's
face. He laid down for a nap, but never woke up. The wife was arrested when she
tried to obtain a burial permit. |
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Big & Bad |
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A 670-pound man's prison sentence
was reduced to house arrest because he was too big for prison clothes or a
prison bed. The police detective in charge of the case was not very happy about
the reduced punishment. "My view is he's just a thief who happens to be fat." |
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Snap You Lose! |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Two men
had their arms torn from their bodies as a result of a tug-of-war
contest in Taipei. Both men wrapped the rope around their left arm in
an attempt to have a better grip. Their limbs were torn when the rope
snapped during the contest, which involved over 1,600 participants.
Doctors performed a seven-hour reattachment operation and are hopeful
that the men will recover up to 70 percent of the use of their arms. |
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Frivolous Inmate Lawsuits |
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VISTA, Calif. - Prisoner
Joseph Baker, 36, filed a lawsuit against the county because the bag of tortilla
chips he purchased at the jail's store "did not contain the Food and Drug
Administration's regulation that stipulate that nutrition facts must be
contained on the package." Baker is seeking $100,000 because he "suffered health
problems" as a result of improper nutritional information. |
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Plane Too Large to Land? |
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CHISINAU, Moldova - Boris Yeltsin
has several planes, but the one he plans to take to the summit may be too big.
So they tested the size of the strip by sending in a plane similar to Yeltsin's
Ilyushin - 96 to the modest airport in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau. The
Ilyushin - 96 is equipped with special medical and communications equipment. The
result of the test flight? Yeltsin's plane, though large, will be able to land,
as well as three others he plans on bringing with him. (We're sure the
test/dummy pilot was also very happy.) |
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The More The Merrier |
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Zhang Chunyu, a
46-year-old Chinese taxi driver, was found to have four kidneys and four ureters
after visiting a doctor and complaining of stomach aches. Zhang said he never
felt ill and was shocked of the discovery. |
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Giddy Up! |
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A 17-year-old was
arrested and charged with robbing a bank while dressed in a cowboy outfit.
According to police reports, Dustin Marshall tipped his hat and yelled "Giddyup!"
as he pointed the "cowboy-type pistol" at bank employees. Marshall was also
charged with robbing another bank six days later while wearing a ghost mask. |
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Dopey Druggies |
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SOUTHBORO, Mass. - A
couple was charged with distributing, cultivating, manufacturing and possessing
marijuana after they accidentally dialled 911 instead of 411. Two officers
showed up at the house, and after being let in, they noticed Lorelei P. Leach
move a cigar box and bong into the kitchen. The officers said there was a small
amount of marijuana in the box, and Leach pointed to a kitchen cupboard that
contained more. Leach, 40, and her husband Stephen D. Cardinale, a teaching
assistant, are due to appear in court Dec. 3. |
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Foot Long Penis |
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PARIS - A man's penis
can be related to the size of his hands and feet. At least, that's the theory of
some scientists at the University of Geneva, who have been doing studies on the
Hox family of genes. These genes have been found to control the development of
digits as well as external genitalia. The scientists tested their theory by
removing the gene in question from laboratory mice, and found their offspring
were born without either digits or genitals. They are using this data to show
that a man's penis can actually be genetically linked to size of a man's fingers
and toes. "Digits and an ancestral genital organ could have emerged from the
same genetic regulatory innovation," research documents stated. "It also
suggests that those rude jokes about the predictive value of shoe sizes could
have some basis in fact." |
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Heavenly Sex |
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A couple was caught
having sex inside the famous St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The Dean of the
cathedral stated that the building "was full with tourists" and that the couple
"had to be pretty desperate." |
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