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Triceratops for sale
2008-03-10 11:30:00
  Good news for paleontologists and other dinosaur enthusiasts. Auction house Christies has announced it will auction a 65 million year old Triceratops skeleton. The auction will be held on April 16th in Paris. Experts predict the skeleton will change hands for over 500.000 euros. The Triceratops skeleton weighs over 2 tons and is 70 percent ...
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British MI5 used German astrologist against Hitler
2008-03-04 22:51:00
  The British Secret Service MI5 called in the help of a certain German astrologist during the Second World War. The astrologist was used in the battle against Hitler . This was made public today by the British National Archive. The German astrologist went by the name of De Wohl. He came to Britain in 1935 and ...

American wins free beer for the rest of his life
2008-02-28 23:20:00
  I think I have new hero. Though I also envy him big time ! An American man from the state of Virginia has to be the most lucky bastard on the face of the Earth. This lucky man will never have to worry about running out of beers for the rest of his life. Matt ...
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Guy wearing mini skirt distracts courtroom
2008-02-28 12:19:00
  A murder trial in a London courtroom, Old Bailey to be exact, had to be interrupted for a rather strange reason yesterday. On trial were six youths suspected of murder. The trial was interrupted because of a female jury member being distracted by a man in a mini skirt. The 37-year-old transsexual Brian Alliban ...
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Fake Belgian cops rob German elderly
2008-02-28 02:02:00
  Belgian criminals, posing as cops, have stolen at least 500.000 euros from German senior citizens. The Aken and Eupen Police Departments made this public yesterday. The fake cops have been operating around the the town of Sankt-Vith, on the Belgian-German border. Their scheme was the following: not far from the border they intercepted expensive cars ...
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Finnish ski jumper suspended for being piss drunk
2008-02-27 22:03:00
  The Finnish Ski Jumper s Association, or whatever you call it, has suspended a ski jumper named Harri Olli for the rest of the sporting year. The 22-year-old athlete failed to show up an an official party organized by the skiing federation. But what he did not fail to do  was getting wasted that same ...
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Guy?s world turns blue after Viagra ?overdose?
2008-02-27 13:04:00
  It appears some British guy is having some extraordinary side effects after taking too much Viagra . He just ate too many of the blue pills for too long. Now the guy, who had suffered from impotency, can only see blue colors. The guy’s world is one big blue experience. Viagra’s producer, Pfizer, has admitted ...
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Kinky cop fired for ?acting? in porn movie
2008-02-26 22:33:00
  The 36-year-old Hungarian police officer Livia Kovacs has lost her job on the police force. It happened after a fellow police officer had seen her  displaying her ‘acting’ skills in a porn flick. It wasn’t hard for Mrs. Kovacs to get accustomed to her role in the movie, because she played a dominant female police ...
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Japanese man finds fish hook in hamburger
2008-02-26 12:45:00
  A Japanese man started having severe pains in his stomach after he had eaten a hamburger. When he looked in the hamburger’s bag, he found a centimeter long fish hook in it. Japanese police announced this last Sunday. The guy was rushed to a hospital and after some tests the doctors found a second fish ...
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Austrian diver killed by shark in Florida
2008-02-25 21:54:00
  Last week we posted this news item about nobody getting killed by sharks anymore nowadays: Nobody get killed by sharks anymore ? But today it was made public that an Austrian man was killed by shark. The attack took place off the coast of Florida in the United States. This was reported by the Austrian Press Agency. The ...
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A parrot, a bicycle tire and a cool trick
2008-02-19 20:37:00
  Look at this video about a cool parrot deflating a bicycle tire. I think its hilarious. Especially if you keep in mind how small the animal is. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fhugemistakes.com%2F2008%2F0 2%2F19%2Fa-parrot-a-bicycle-tire-and-a-co ol-trick%2F'; addthis_title = 'A+parrot%2C+a+bicycle+tire+and+a+cool+tr ick'; addthis_pub = 'Bolkie';
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Monster frog discovered in Madagascar
2008-02-19 20:08:00
  Apparently researchers found a fossil of a “Frog from Hell’ in Madagascar . The beast must have weighed approximately 4 kilograms. The BBC brings it like this: A 70-million-year-old fossil of a giant frog has been unearthed in Madagascar by a team of UK and US scientists. The creature would have been the size of a “squashed beach ...
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Smoker assaulted with fire extinguisher
2008-02-19 15:19:00
  A viscous anti smoker in Germany became so angry when his girlfriend refused to put out her cigarette, he pulled out a fire extinguisher and covered her and her apartment with white foam. “At first my colleagues thought a bomb had gone off”, the spokesman for the Bielefeld police department told the press. The couple ...
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No Olympic Games for Kosovo ?
2008-02-19 00:13:00
  The chances for newly independent country Kosovo to compete in the coming summer Olympic Games in China are very slim. At least according to the International Olympic Committee.  For this to happen the United Nations needs to actually recognize Kosovo as a country first.  ” We need to wait and see what the United Nations ...
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Blizzard goes global with World of Warcraft e-sports tournaments.
2008-02-18 16:40:00
  Pulling WoW gamers from their PC’s, isn’t that a huge mistake? Blizzard thinks its time for World of Warcraft players to get out of the virtual world, move to another place and get right back in the virtual world. Last week Blizzard announced it will be organizing worldwide e-sports tournaments for their followers. Players will ...
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Woman has dead pitbull cloned
2008-02-18 15:05:00
  An American woman who cannot cope with the death of her dog is seeking ways for her deceased pitbull to be cloned. The South Korean Biotech Company RNL Bio has sent the woman an offer to clone her dog Booger for 150.000. The woman, Bernann McKunney from California, was especially fond of the dog, because ...
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Jackass calls 911 over 27.000 times
2008-02-18 12:49:00
  The police in California have arrested a man they suspected of making over 27.000 prank phone calls to the 911 emergency services.  During these calls he treated the emergency workers to bodily noises, murmur and other weird stuff. When found guilty of these matters, the 45-year-old John Triplette from Hayward, North-California, might be fined for ...
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Swimming atop a waterfall is a potential mistake
2008-02-17 19:59:00
These idiots are asking to be nominated for a Darwin award. They are swimming on top of the Victoria waterfalls. These are located between Zambia and Zimbabwe. According to Wikipedia these falls are up to 128 meters high. That would make a nice freefall when swimming over the edge. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fhugemistakes.com%2F2008%2F0 2%2F17%2Fswimming-atop-a-waterfall-is-a-p otential-mistake%2F'; ...
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Turkish woman poses as physician for 10 years
2008-02-17 14:18:00
  A woman in Turkey has worked as a medical doctor for ten years without ever having graduated from medical school. Turkish newspapers reported this stunning story on Saturday. The woman’s family had been putting so much pressure on her to become a doctor that she never had the stomach to tell them she had ...
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Missing husband spotted in movie
2008-02-16 19:44:00
  An Italian guy fled from his wife and took with him his mistress and 55.000 Euros of his family’s savings. He seemed to have disappeared without a trace. But not for long. One day, the 45-year-old Martino Garibaldi reportedly decided to close his shop and disappear together with his lover. But first he trashed his family’s ...
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Want grandchildren ? Marry your cousin !
2008-02-09 14:23:00
Marriages between distant cousins on Iceland seem to be far more productive then ?normal? marriages. On average more children and grandchildren are born as a result of marriages between men and women who are (distantly) related. This became clear after a study on the matter was published in the scientific magazine Science this week. Research was done under supervision of Agnar Helgason of biotech company deCode Genetics.A study was made on all marriages on the island between 1800 and 1965. Surprisingly marriages between cousins in the third and fourth grade came out on top of the fertility scale. The researchers involved in the study suspect a biological reason is behind these figures. These cousins probably benefit from affinity within the family as well as a healthy amount of genetic mixture.In many countries marriages and reproduction between cousins is strictly prohibited by law. The risk for diseases because of genetic resemblance is considered too large.
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The oldest athlete in the Peking Olympic Games ?
2008-02-09 13:56:00
A 67-year-old Japanese man is planning to compete in the Olympic Games in Peking next summer. Hiroshi Hoketsu, a horse rider who will turn 67 next month, is already a former competing athlete. But his last participation dates back to the 1964 Olympic Games , which were held in Tokyo. Should he compete, Hoketsu will be the oldest Japanese athlete to participate in the Olympics ever.Unfortunately for mister Hoketsu he will not be the oldest athlete to have participated in the Olympic Games. In order to obtain that record he must also take part in the next Olympics, which will be held in 2012 in London. The record of oldest athlete is currently held by Oscar Swahn from Sweden. Swahn was 72 years of age when he took part in the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.
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Big Mac biggest symbol of globalization
2008-02-09 12:15:00
The Big Mac menu, the most famous dish of the American fast-food restaurant McDonalds, is composed of about twenty ingredients and is therefore the best symbol of globalization. This is according to South African researchers.The scientists from the University of Stellenbosch have analyzed the ingredients of this menu, which exists of a hamburger, french fries and a cup of coffee.?We have discovered that this is a meal containing over twenty different ingredients, with their roots tracing back over the entire globe. It includes potatoes, originating from South America, flour and onions from the Middle East, coffee from Ethiopia and mustard from India?.According to John Wilson of the research team this shows that modern foods are more varied than foods from traditional societies: ? ?that such a meal contains more then twenty different ingredients is very impressive, especially when one keeps in mind that some traditional communities use only 50 to 100 ingredients in their cooking?.
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Austrian G.I. Joe turns into G.I. Jane
2008-02-08 20:07:00
The officers and soldiers of the barracks in Gratkorn, Austria, were shocked when it appeared that their colleague Gregor had changed into Jasmin during his holiday. The 46 year old captain complained about stress and took a three month holiday. He returned to the Army ?reborn?, because during his absence he underwent a sex change operation. Jasmin doesn?t have to fear about losing her job. The Army has decided to respect the captain?s sex change. ?We will not challenge this very personal decision?, an Army spokesperson declared. Though it will be hard for her colleagues to adapt to this extraordinary situation. ?We must wait and see if any problems may arise?, said one of the soldiers in the barracks, ?He left the building a man and returned as a woman. We find it rather strange?.
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Pregnancy makes women forget
2008-02-07 21:22:00
Researchers at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne have discovered some interesting stuff about pregnant women. The pregnancy is resulting in considerable amounts of amnesia. Scientists Henry and Peter Randell have tested the memories of thousands, both pregnant and non pregnant, women. The women carrying a baby appeared to have trouble remembering new information, unknown names and telephone numbers. Facts they had already known, however, they remembered without a problem. Strangely enough, the memories of the tested women did not appear to return to the old levels after the labour. The researchers are still clueless to as why this is the case. But they do expect that a pregnancy can influence the women?s cognitive skills a great deal. They also suspect stress, insomnia and the preparation to a new life to be factors.
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Wasps ground Qantas flights
2008-02-07 15:30:00
A wasp plague has prevented three Qantas flights from taking off properly at the airport of Brisbane in Australia. This has become clear from a security report. The insects had made nests in parts of the Airbus A330-fleet of Qantas, as a result of which they disturbed the flight equipment. In one of the cases a plane had to make a stop while already taking off. This caused the brakes to overheat the tires, which in turn caused six out of eight tires to blow up. The airplane remained stranded on the tarmac. The pilot was forced to start the braking procedure while already traveling at a speed of 226 kph. In turn the brakes reached a temperature of 685 degrees. Since the incidents Qantas implemented a weekly wasp nest checkup on their fleet. read more here
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Now official: Mother of all Pies !
2008-02-06 23:42:00
In Germany a Schwarzwalder Kirsch pie established a world record. The pie is now officially the biggest pie in the world and is to be implemented in the Guinness Book of Records. This was made public by the proud baker last Tuesday. The giant cake weighed a stunning 3000 kilos and measured a 10 meter diameter. To produce this monster the baker had to use at least 5600 eggs, 110 liters of Kirschwasser liquor, 700 liters of whipped cream and 800 kilos of cherries. It appears the pie was made in 2006 for a theme park in Southern Germany, but received official notice in the Guinness book just this week. It is said that 16.000 people enjoyed a piece of the "Mother of all Pies ".
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The world's most expensive license plate
2008-02-05 18:20:00
Nowhere in the world people are willing to bid more for special license plates then in the United Arab Emirates. The little rich state on the Persian Gulf is currently holding the record for the six most expensive license plates in the world. Numbers ?5? and ?7? were just recently auctioned for 6,75 and 2.97 million dollars respectively. Next week number ?1? will be up for auction and is expected to bring in the most money. ?The lower the number, the higher one has to bid, ? told Abdullah Al Mannaei, organizer of the sales in capital Abu Dhabi. The little country is already the proud owner of the biggest shopping mall and the largest tower in the world. And although the United Arab Emirates is in the Middle East, the biggest indoor ski park is also to be found here. Tala Khouri, who recently paid top dollar for license plates ?5? and ?7? acknowledges the fact that these plates have become status symbols. The ?5? plate is mounted on his red Rolls Royce. This very expensive car is sti...
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Extreme Hangover
2008-02-03 15:49:00
A 29 year old Belorussian is happy to be alive. Local police found him on the street and decided to rush him to the hospital. Doctors measured a deadly blood alcohol level: 1170mg per 100 ml blood. This was 22 times the amount allowed to drive a motorvehicle and twice the amount usually considered lethal. According to the doctors the reason for this insane level of intoxication was the fact that the guy finished five bottles of vodka in record time. The drunk was unconscious for two consecutive days. "When he opened his eyes, he had a bit of a headache", one of the doctors told the press.
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Researchers find pregnant mummy
2008-02-03 15:18:00
Researchers of the university of Seoul have discovered a centuries old mummy , which appeared to be pregnant. The surprising discovery was made by using scanning imagery on the remains. The mummy was found six years ago in Korea. The scientists suspect that the baby is 440 years old. The mother was somewhere in her twenties and lived during the Joseon dynasty. This dynasty ruled between 1392 and 1910 in what is now present day Korea.
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