A young man in the UK got a serious shock when the PS2 that he’d won on eBay arrived at his home in Aylsham, Norfolk. The game system — which he’d paid £95 for — arrived without the two games promised by the seller, but with £44,000, or about $90,378. The boy and his family […]

Germany has banned the makers of Tom Cruise’s new movie from filming at military sites in the country because the actor is a Scientologist.
The German defence ministry said Cruise has “publicly professed to being a member of the Scientology cult”.
Scientology masquerades as a religion to make money, Germany said, but leaders of the church reject […]

Elwood, a 2-year-old Chinese Crested and Chihuahua mix, was crowned the world’s ugliest dog Friday, a distinction that delighted the New Jersey mutt’s owners.
Elwood, dark colored and hairless - save for a mohawk-like puff of white fur on his head - is often referred to as “Yoda,” or “ET,” for his resemblance to those famous […]

Akira Amari, minister of economy, trade and industry, tried out Toyota Motor Corp.’s futuristic “i-unit” single-seat electric vehicle at his ministry in Tokyo on Thursday.
The vehicle, which was exhibited at Toyota’s pavilion in the 2005 Aichi Expo, can be controlled by pushing and rolling a round controller with the driver’s right hand. In addition, the […]

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Welcome to the world’s first ever glow-in-the-dark bra.
It’s been designed to it’s easier to find the good bits in the dark … erm … we meant it’s been designed to mark the 10th birthday of the Playtex MoonWalk, which raises cash for breast cancer charities.
The light-up lingerie seen here - which also comes in cream […]

Astronomers are monitoring an asteroid named Apophis, which has a 1 in 45,000 chance of striking Earth on April 13, 2036.
“It’s not just Apophis we’re looking at. Every country is at risk. We need a set of general principles to deal with this issue,” Schweickart, a member of the Apollo 9 crew that orbited the […]

Yes, that’s right folks. Those crazy kids over at Dutch gym Fitworld will be running ‘naked Sunday’ from next month. If you hadn’t guessed it already, the main theme is “naked workouts”.
“I heard that some other gyms are offering courses on ‘pole-dancing’ as a sport, so I thought: Why not bring something new to the […]

An escaped chimpanzee at Little Rock Zoo fled into a service area and decided to raid the refrigerator. Juice and soft drinks were amongst the items pilfered.
The monkey then went into the bathroom and started cleaning the toilet with a toilet brush. She also scrubbed the refrigerator with a sponge.
Judy (the monkeys name) was then […]

Why be victim to fashion as well as a victim to assault.
Introducing the new Taser ‘C2 Personal Protector’, on sale in America this April. ‘The Next Generation of Personal Protection’ will shoot 50,000 volts of electricity into your assailant while at the same time offering ergonomics and excellence. In addition to the sleek design, the […]

New scratch, sniff and smell stamps have been released in China to celebrate the Year of the Pig.
Scratching the stamps releases a smell of sweet and sour pork. Ditto when the stamps are licked.
The stamps are on sale now in time for their New Year on February 18.
Luckily, you’ll have to wait a decade until […]

Summer Williams. Houston Texans cheerleader. Nasa employee.
“Well,” Williams said, “I don’t actually use the term ‘rocket scientist.’ ”
That’s what she is, though. Williams is a 25-year old aerospace engineer for the Jacobs Engineering Group, which is NASA’s main scientific support contractor. Williams, a small-town Kansan, is an assistant project manager on the group that figures […]

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Samsung and Korea University have teamed up to defend the universe from aliens by developing a machine-gun equipped sentry robot complete with “two cameras: one for day-time and one for infrared night vision, zooming capabilities, a speaker for notifying the intruder, sophisticated pattern recognition to detect the difference between humans/trees, and a […]

Happy new year from the team at Neebone!

The live action version of the comic classic Iron Man aka Tony Starks is to be played by Robert Downey Jr.
Marvel’s president of productions, Kevin Feige, said Downey Jr’s “versatility… makes him an ideal fit to play such a complex character”. We cannot think of another actor better suited to bring one of Marvel’s crown […]

Mr. T does indeed have birthdays and today he turns 49-years old.
Real name Lawrence Tureaud, Mr.T was a bodyguard for 10 years - protecting the likes of Muhammad Ali, Michael Jackson, Lee and Diana Ross. He also took a hand to acting which included his role as a boxer in Rocky III.
But his most memoral […]

An elderly woman of Fort Myer was bit on the ankle by an Alligator while working in her garden. She responded by hitting it on the nose with her garden hose.
“I just whacked him right in the snout with the nozzle,” she said. “After that, he took off,” Gittles told the News-Press of Fort Myers.
…story […]

Mary Carey kicks off her campaign for governor of Los Angeles after losing her first bid three years ago during the recall election.
She previously ran as a democrat, but is now running as an independent and needs 165,000 signatures to get on the ballot.
Story @ ABC

Charging $0.002 per gallon for $2.75 per gallon gas was a big mistake for an Indiana gas station.
Drivers pulled up to find the amazing discount and proceed to fill up as much as they could. The mistake at the Shell station in Plainfield was caught early on Tuesday morning, but not before many drivers […]

“Ninety-nine per cent of those who wear hoodies are law-abiding citizens.” said Yorks Archbishop Dr John Sentamu.
“In a rapidly changing culture, many are bewildered about how to communicate with young people,”
“There are a lot of young people here today and to me that is very telling - they play a major part in the life […]