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Archive for February, 2004

Inmate who escaped with gun made of toilet paper recaptured

February 08, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A prison inmate who escaped by brandishing a gun made mostly of toilet paper and black ink was captured four days later after a real gunfight with police. No one was injured in the shootout Saturday.

Baby dies after operation to remove extra head

February 07, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

An infant in the Domincan Republic died Saturday from complications of having her second head removed. The girl was born in December with the undeveloped head of her twin, an extremely rare condition known as craniopagus parasiticus.

Two headed baby scheduled for surgery on Friday

February 05, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A baby born with two heads will have surgery Friday to have one of the heads removed. Eighteen surgeons, nurses, and doctors will perform the thirteen hour surgery to remove the head.

Doctors advised not to close incisions with paperclips

February 04, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A medical advisory board in Scotland is condeming the use of improvised equipment such as the use of paperclips to close incisions. In another example, a doctor used a mobile phone camera to send X-ray images for interpretation.

Drunk man mauled during attempted dog rape

February 04, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A drunk Thai man was mauled when he tried to rape an unwilling dog. He told police the brown female stray dog had been wagging its tail and “acting sexy” before the incident.

Grocery store sells human skulls

February 03, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

A grocery chain in Ohio has called in a team of experts to determine if ceramic skulls they have been selling are actually human skulls. The skulls were obtained through a government auction of seized or unclaimed property.

Woman claims she broke tooth eating Frosted Flakes

February 02, 2004 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News No Comments →

An Idaho woman is suing Kellogg’s after allegedly breaking a tooth while eating Frosted Flakes. Court documents filed for the woman state she suffered great pain after biting down on a crystallized piece of corn in the cereal.