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Archive for June, 2003

Robber who left artificial leg at crime scene jailed for three years

June 25, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A man in London has been jailed for three years after being found guilty in a robbery where he left his artifical leg at the scene of the crime. The man told police he planned to use the robbery money to buy drugs.

Apple caught rigging new G5 system’s performance tests

June 24, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Apple has been caught rigging the numbers in favor of its new PowerPC G5 personal computer in comparison to Xeon and Pentium 4 systems. In addition to testing using a compiler tweaked for its own system, Apple didn’t even use top-of-the-line products from its competitors. True results show a faster PC-based system can be had for around a thousand dollars less than a new G5.

Burning sex toys close highway

June 23, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A shipment of sex toys caught fire Monday, closing Britain’s M6 Northbound. The road was closed for six hours while firefighters worked to douse the truck’s flaming cargo of dolls, whips, and other sexual paraphrenalia.

Psychiatrists studying people who have sex in their sleep

June 22, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

Canadian psychologists are studying a disorder which causes people to engage in sex while sleeping. The disorder, known as sexsomnia, affects both men and women and the cause has not been fully determined.

08-year-old girl marries stray dog

June 20, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

An 8-year-old Indian girl married a stray dog on June 11 in order to ward off an evil spell on her. The ceremony was attended by more than 100 locals who celebrated with dancing and drinking.

A third of Australians live life stoned

June 19, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A study shows 27 per cent of Australians rely on drugs or drink risky levels of alcohol for their mental well-being. Prescriptions for anti-depressants or sleeping pills combined with illegal drugs brings the total on medications to more than 30 percent of the population.

Headless corpse found near castle Frankenstein

June 18, 2003 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

German police are investigating the discovery of a headless body near castle Frankenstein in Germany, a ruin many see as the inspiration for Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel about the mad scientist who made a monster from body parts.