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Archive for February, 2008

Italian police seize 1,000 counterfeit hams

February 29, 2008 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

Italian ham police seized 1,000 Parma prosciutto hams because were stamped with fake trademarks. To get the trademark, the ham must come from pigs of a certain weight and it must be aged in carefully controlled rooms. The phony baloney hams didn’t follow the instructions so they were lesser quality. Link

Newborn baby falls through train toilet onto tracks

February 28, 2008 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

A young woman in India gave birth on the toilet of a moving train, with the newborn baby girl falling onto the tracks below. Toilets on Indian trains usually have just a hole that lets everything just fall down onto the tracks. In this case, the emergency stop was pulled on pulled and a search mounted for the flushling. One and a half hours later the newborn was discovered on the tracks alive.

Alcoholic parents force kids to breastfeed from dogs

February 27, 2008 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

Some alcoholic Aboriginal parents have so neglected their children that the hungry kids were forced to breastfeed from dogs to survive. The impoverished communities offer nothing to do to the downtrodden residents who spend their time drinking and taking drugs.

Kids watch python eat family dog

February 27, 2008 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

Two children in Australia had the unfortunate experience of watching a 16 foot python swallow their family dog. When the parents were called, only the Chihuahua’s tail and back legs were hanging out of the the 110 pound snake’s mouth. Wildlife experts plan to relocate the snake to the wild after it poops out the dog.

Restaurant creates 134 pound superburger

February 26, 2008 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

A Michigan restaurant is hoping to find a place in the record books for its 134 pound hamburger. In addition to beef, the burger includes bacon, cheese and a fifty pound bun. During cooking the patty required three men to flip it.

Starbucks closes for 3 hours to train employees

February 26, 2008 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

Starbucks will close all stores Tuesday from 5:30pm to 8:30pm to train employees. The chain plans to instill a focus on its customers who will at the same moment be a block away buying coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts.

Man dies during cake eating contest

February 24, 2008 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

A man in Swansea, Wales, died during a cake eating contest at a local pub Friday. Police have notified the next of kin and report nothing suspicious about the death.