Nature Two endangered tortoises meet for their first date via FaceTime Now that Hugo the tortoise is ready to settle down, his keepers have found him a lady friend who travelled from Europe to meet him. 03/08/2021
no comment This upside down house is Romania's newest tourist attraction Would you visit a house where the bath is on the ceiling? 20/04/2021
Poland Mystery animal sighting in Krakow ends up being a croissant Animal welfare officers said they were "almost swept off their feet by a laughing attack" when they realised the animal was in fact a flaky viennoiserie pastry. 16/04/2021
France Life is a Bitche for French town after Facebook page removed in error It was assumed that Facebook's algorithm may have confused 'Bitche' with an English insult. 13/04/2021
Italy Road sign typo 'sotps' Italians in their tracks during pandemic Road sign typo 'sotps' Italians in their tracks during the pandemic 26/03/2021
Experiences View history's most unusable objects in this virtual exhibition Explore impossible and improbable designs including a wavy ping pong table and Donald Trump's version of Monopoly. 01/03/2021
USA 'I'm not a cat': US lawyer accidently turns on feline Zoom filter "This kitten just made a formal announcement on a case in the 394th," the judge said on Twitter, proving he's no sourpuss. 10/02/2021
Green News PETA v Mesut Ozil: The battle for Arsenal's Gunnersaurus An unexpected offer has come out of the internet's favourite story this week. 07/10/2020
Living These funny animal photos are combining comedy with conservation Who doesn't love a picture of animals doing human things? 16/09/2020
France Thief left flat after inflatable flamingo helps police track him down Police easily identified a credit card thief after the individual's rather vivid purchase. 24/07/2020
Poland 'Please stop all crime': Polish police plea amid COVID-19 workload If only it was that easy. 20/03/2020
no comment Pig laughs in the studio as reporter chased during live TV broadcast You could say the pig was trying to hog the limelight 27/11/2019
no comment Nailed it! Bed of nails record broken in India A group of martial arts experts broke the Guinness World Record for amount of people lying on a multi-layered bed of nails. 25/10/2019
no comment 'Clowning around': World's clowns gather in Mexico City Clowns are very important to Mexican culture and life. Thousands pop up on traffic intersections and perform all kinds of tricks to earn a few pesos. 24/10/2019
United Kingdom Fur real? Couple held at airport security after cat climbs in luggage "Airport security were all very puzzled and repeatedly asked if the bag was ours after it has been through the scanner," Nick Coole said. 18/10/2019
no comment Jordan goes all Wacky Races as it hosts homemade cars contest Jordanian racers riding self-designed cars that look like a falafel sandwich or a giant mosquito showed off their skills in the country's second soapbox race 24/09/2019
no comment Kite festival fun in Russia despite lack of strong winds Lack of strong winds grounded the mega kites at a festival in Russia. But that didn't stop the participants having fun while showing off their kite flying skills. 03/09/2019
United Kingdom Pea shooting champion puffs a winner in world contest Defending champion Ian Ashmeade won this year's world pea shooting contest in Cambridgeshire, England. 14/07/2019
no comment Red Bull 'flugtag' sees crowds flock to Lyon in middle of heatwave Thousands defied a suffocating heatwave to witness the launch of home-made, often quirky aircraft over Lyon's rivers, as Redbull's flagship competition Flugtag took place in the French city on Sunday.. 01/07/2019
no comment Japanese compete to qualify in national pillow fighting tournament In the small fishing town of Ito, 150 kilometres south of Tokyo, people of all ages took part in a Japanese pillow-fighting tournament. They gathered from across the region to compete in the event that has been one of Japan's quirkiest since 2013. 25/05/2019
