The Odd Files

It turns out there is such a thing as double bananas – and this man has proof. Richard Preece, 33, found the extremely rare fruit in a bunch of bananas he had bought in his weekly shop in Asda. The father-of-three – who has completed charity fun runs dressed as Bananaman – was a little shocked at the bizarre discovery. His wife, Samantha, said: ‘It is the most bizarre coincidence. ‘It was just in a bunch of ordinary bananas so it was a bit of a shock. ‘When Sam opened it up none of us could quite believe it. I never even knew that you could get double bananas. ‘I showed my kids and they were quite amazed as they had never seen anything like it before. ‘When I put it on Facebook I wasn’t expecting the reaction that I got with the amount of innuendos and other implications people were commenting.’ In case you were wondering, the double banana tasted no different to an ordinary one, according to children Beatrice, nine, and Felix, six. ‘I thought my days...

Fishermen have been given a fright after a weird-looking creature with scales, feet, toes and a human-like nose was discovered in the ocean. The strange hybrid, which has human-like feet allowing it to walk across the seabed, was hauled out of the depths of in the Caribbean. It has scales like a fish but two feet complete with toes, as well as a "perfectly formed human nose" above its mouth. And the alien-looking being , found in the sleepy harbour of Windward on the tiny island of Carriacou, has disbelieving fishermen stumped. One islander said: "Everyone crowded around to look - nobody had ever seen anything like it. "Quite a few people were pretty scared and thought it looked like something out of a sci-fi horror film." Veteran fisherman Hope McLawrence, 74, who found himself staring into the eyes of the "alien" creature when he hauled in his nets, admits he was astounded. He says the foot-long creature has two feet with toes, no...

Doctors were desperate to diagnose a teenager who couldn’t even drink water without being violently sick, but what they discovered left them stunned. Medics treating Ayperi Alekseeva found a massive hairball blocking her digestive system. The 18-year-old needed emergency surgery, or she would have died from extreme dehydration and malnourishment. The hairball, which weighed 9lbs, was formed because the girl chewed the tips of her hair, and even ate hair and bits of wool she found on the carpet at home. Ayperi, from Batken Province in Kyrgyzstan, had to be transported to a hospital in the capital city of Bishkek for treatment. Doctors said that despite looking through 50 years of medical records, they have never been able to find a case involving a hairball this large. Prof Bahadir Bebezov, who performed the life-saving surgery, added: ‘The parents brought her in after she started losing weight, and she couldn’t eat anything. By the time we got her, should could not eve...

This one appears to have an eye (Picture: Gay Men Draw Vaginas) If the Kickstarter to sponsor a man’s potato salad didn’t impress you, this $37,000 attempt to publish a  book of vaginas  will. Based on the Instagram account  @gay_men_draw_vaginas , which is quite literally exactly as the name suggests, the new project hopes to pull together all the wonderful illustrations of the female anatomy as detailed by homosexual men. The social media account was launched in June this year by Shannon O’Malley after a gay friend drew a  very  impressive and detailed vagina for her. As you do. All women DO have unicorns coming out of their private parts (Picture: Gay Men Draw Vaginas) She’s since collected over 300 drawings, and the account now boasts everything from hand-drawn works of art that’ll teach us all a thing or two about what really is down  there , to designs so silly they’ll make you snort out loud and embarrass yourself. The campaign  has al...

Joshua Werbicki Caught on camera: Joshua Werbicki is alleged to have had sex with a family dog A pizza delivery driver was arrested after he was allegedly caught on camera having sex with a family dog. Joshua Lee Werbicki, 22, was arrested and charged with felony cruelty to animals on Friday. Police say he was allegedly caught having sex with a German Shepherd cross which belonged to his housemate on hidden surveillance cameras in his home. The owner of the animal, described as a family dog, told police he'd noticed his pet had been limping noticeably and had signs of physical injury. Police reports say the dog also appeared fearful when approached by family members. Werbicki is being held on $2,500 bail and could be banned from owning or living with any type of pet in the future. Mirror UK

British police are looking for a pair of crooks with sticky fingers who made off with a hive full of sleeping bees. The hive, which was taken from a community garden in Norwich between Dec. 13 and 22, contained an estimated 20,000 to 60,000 bees that were hibernating for the winter. A Norfolk Police spokesman told the Telegraph that "it would have taken two people to move the structure." "Police are keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has information concerning the whereabouts of the stolen hive." - Huffington Post

Brave adventurers at the highline festival walk across ropes up to 61m long NAKED - but the Andy Lewis took it a step further. Balancing 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further - by tightrope walking NAKED. The brave adventurers leave their clothes behind and wear only a single safety rope secured tightly around their waists, ankles, and - in the case of American Andy Lewis - even their private parts. The pics of Lewis and Austrian Mich Kemeter crossing the 61-metre stretch of rope were taken by Philadelphia photographer Jared Alden, 31, after his love of travelling and adventure merged into his passion for photography. They were taking part in the GGBY highline festival at an unknown location in the remote Utah dessert.-  Mirror UK

A teenage girl who was left horrifically disfigured in a fire has had a new face grown on her BREAST by doctors. The move follows a similar operation in which another group of Chinese doctors managed to give a car accident victim a new nose by growing it first on his forehead. In the latest operation 17-year-old Xu Jianmei woke up after the operation this week to find that she once again had a chin, eyelids and an ear. But she said best of all she could smile properly for the first time in 12 years since the fire that left her horrifically disfigured when she was just five. The parents had been able to afford plastic surgery to improve her life in any way but that changed when doctors working on the pioneering new technology offered her the chance to have surgery for free. It meant that the girl from the small Chinese fishing village received the face transplant using tissue from her chest in an operation that has now been carried out. The transplant team in...

It may sound clichéd but the world’s tallest man is on cloud nine after meeting the woman of dreams. Sultan Kosen, who stands at 2.52m (8ft 3in) tall, had given up on finding love as women were put off by his stature – until he met Merve Dibo. The couple wed in Turkey today – and even though farmer Mr Kosen, 30, towers over Ms Dibo, who stands at 1.73m (5ft 8in) tall, the couple couldn’t be happier, he said. ‘Now I will have my own family and private life,’ he told reporters. Recalling his long search for love and happiness, he added: ‘How unfortunate I could not find a suitable girl of my own size. But in my fiancee I’ve found the person for me.’ Now his dream of finding love has come true, he hopes to find a car big enough for his huge frame so his bride can travel by his side. After becoming the world’s tallest man in 2009, Mr Kosen achieved near celebrity status, and as a result the couple had plenty of VIPs to invite to their nuptials in his home city of Mardin. ...

Splits decision: 86-year-old Tao Ouyun performs the impressive manoeuvre (Picture: Rex) An 86-year-old woman from China has wowed locals with her ability to do the splits. Tao Ouyun, from Yuyao in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province, hasn’t let age prevent her from doing what she loves most, which is practicing Tai Chi. The exercise could be part of the reason she is still able to perform the impressive splits manoeuvre as it keeps her flexible. She was snapped posing in two positions that are enough to make most people’s eyes water. The first one involved her parting her legs across a concrete floor and the second saw her plant her right limb vertically on a pole. The impressive veteran has been practicing the martial art for 36 years after taking it up following her retirement from a weaving factory. - Metro UK LIKE us on Facebook too:-

An eight-year-old girl has written a heartfelt letter to a Labour MP about her family’s poverty, raising new concerns about the cost of living in the process. The hand-written letter was given to Stephen Timms by the girl’s parents when they attended his constituency surgery in East Ham, and he later posted it on Twitter. ‘Things are becoming more and more difficult,’ she writes in the letter, explaining that her family have found it difficult to feed themselves and have been forced to take on a lodger in their two-bedroom flat they rent. ‘I am a hard working girl that wants to keep learning more and more, but due to the financial situation of my parents, I am unable to attend teaching and swimming lessons,’ she wrote. Mr Timms said he was reluctant to draw wider conclusions from the ‘extraordinary’ letter, but warned of a growing number of people ‘on the verge of destitution’ owing to the government’s bedroom tax, welfare reforms and immigration changes. ‘This ...

A shortage of baked beans could soon be a problem in the West Midlands after thousands of tins were stolen from the back of a lorry. Members of the public have been warned to look out anyone trying to sell large quantities of Heinz baked beans in ‘suspicious circumstances’. A total of 6,400 tins of beans with sausages were taken from a Scania lorry parked in a Worcestershire layby as the driver slept in his cab. ‘Thieves cut a large hole in the curtain-sided articulated lorry parked in a rural layby on the A441 at Cookhill, near Redditch,’ West Mercia police said in a statement. ‘The layby is situated about half a mile from the M42 and the theft happened between 8.45pm Monday and 5.30am yesterday.’ A spokesperson said an entire pallet and part of a second pallet were stolen from the lorry. Anyone with information has been urged to call police on 101 or alternatively, the anonymous Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111. - Metro UK LIKE us on Facebook too:-

If you’re the type of person who would kick someone out of bed for breaking wind, then this range of underwear could be for you. The Shreddies pants contain Zorflex, used in chemical warfare suits, and its Loughborough-based makers claim they can filter odours 200 times stronger than the average ‘emission’. The carbon material is apparently reactivated every time the pants are washed. A spokesperson at Shreddies is quoted by NY Daily News as saying: ‘Although Shreddies has got cheeky with the new campaign, to many people they still remain very much a healthcare product and have helped so many cope with conditions such as IBS, Crohn’s and food intolerances. But the bottom line is that Shreddies are for everyone, after all, it’s something we all do. ‘Flatulence seriously affects millions of people every day and since 2008 Shreddies has been helping those affected increase their quality of life. ‘We have found the answer to help alleviate the most obvious symptom o...

Not only is songwriter Toby Sheldon a 33-year-old Justin Bieber fan, his Bieber-devotion would blow teeny-bopping Beliebers out of the water. That's because Sheldon went so far as to spend almost $100,000 on five years worth of plastic surgery to make him look like his idol, according to the British tabloid Closer. This is what Sheldon looks like after all that plastic surgery he had done to resemble the 19-year-old Canadian crooner: On top of Botox injections and hair transplants, Sheldon had costly "smile surgery" done to make his smile look just like Bieber's, according to multiple reports. "It's Justin's smile that gives him his youthful look. So I had my upper lip lifted [and] my bottom lip plumped out," the musician told Closer. - Huffington Post LIKE us on Facebook too:-

Holy carp! A British tourist may have just reeled in a world record. While vacationing in Thailand for his birthday, Keith Williams hooked a 134-pound carp, believed to be the biggest ever caught. "He told his wife that he could feel in his bones that he was going to catch a special fish that day," Stuart Gillham, owner of the fishing resort in Krabi where Williams was staying, told British newspaper Metro. The monster fish, which weighs 134 pounds and 7 ounces, reportedly took 25 minutes to reel in. According to The London Times, the previous record was held by Terry Mather, who caught a 114-pound Siamese carp. The International Game Fish Association will need to confirm the new world record for largest carp. Not bad for a 56th birthday present. - Huffington Post LIKE us on Facebook too:-

It’s the kind of poky apartment estate agents might like to describe as ‘cosy’ rather than ‘cramped’. Time-saving tenants will have the luxury of being able to go to the toilet while cooking their dinner given the flat’s unorthodox interior layout- although food hygiene might be an issue. The all-in-one kitchen/bathroom/bedroom is available to rent for €200 (£169) a month in the French city of Reims. Situated in the heart of the traditional site for crowning French kings, the property doesn’t exactly exude pomp and splendour. Somewhat loosely described as a ‘kitchenette’, the tiny 9m² flat also comes with a bunk bed and a cooking plate. With a shower overlooking the kitchen, tenants will be also able to have a wash while keeping an eye on their cooking. The ad was spotted by Louise Wiseman, a 23-year-old English lecturer from Hertfordshire who is renting in Reims. She said: ‘I saw quite a lot of flats like that before I found my one, albeit not quite th...

A lorry driver was left in a bit of a pickle after his overturned vehicle spilled thousands of pickled onions across a carriageway. A sea of silver-skinned pickled onions spread across the road near Drax in North Yorkshire, after the lorry crashed while trying to navigate a roundabout at around 12.30pm on Tuesday. Hundreds of black barrels containing the pickles burst open after the impact on the A614, pouring the tasty treats across the edge of the road on a grassy verge. Despite the eye-watering scenes of carnage, no one was hurt. Sean Stewart, from Goole, Yorkshire, took some photos when he came across the accident. ‘I’ve never seen so many pickles in my whole life. I just couldn’t believe my eyes’, the 50-year-old pickle enthusiast said. ‘It’s lucky the pickles rolled away from the road otherwise there could have been a serious accident,’ Mr Stewart added. - Metro UK LIKE us on Facebook too:-

How many times have you got home after a long day at work, kicked off your shoes, opened a bottle of red wine and sat down with a glass, only to find your mood ruined by the fact that your cat can’t join you in having a drink? Um, us neither, but apparently there is a market waiting to be tapped, albeit in Japan. B&H Lifes has produced wine for cats named Nyan Nyan Nouveau, in a reference to the local equivalent of ‘meow meow’. Describing the drink as wine may not be entirely accurate, however, as the drink is actually Cabernet grape juice, with added catnip thrown in for good measure. Only 1,000 bottles have been produced, costing around 399 yen each (£2.5). - Metro UK LIKE us on Facebook too:-

She was left stunned when she was told the numbers teaser and a separate maths equation must be erased from the headstone Jobsworth council bosses have ordered a grieving widow to remove personal inscriptions on her late husband's gravestone - as it includes a Sudoku puzzle. Angela Robinson was left stunned when she was told the numbers teaser and a separate maths equation must be erased from the headstone. The messages were a tribute to her late husband Allan, who died in May last year aged 66, and who worked as a mathematician. But council chiefs have bizarrely ruled the inscriptions lower the standards of the churchyard. Ms Robinson, from Chester, Cheshire, said: "It’s completely unnecessary. "We are talking about a two inch square Sudoku puzzle and a one line mathematical equation because my husband was a mathematician and did a lot of Sudoku puzzles. "He was a bit of a fanatic but this is personal to him. How can they possibly say what we have put o...

Most brides fret over their hair – but Roxy Greaves had hers shaved off during her big day. The 31-year-old told husband Mick Falla, 30, to get the clippers out in front of guests to raise cash for Cancer Research. ‘I was certain it should be on a memorable day,’ the Yorkshire mother-of-two said. But her husband only agreed to the head shave so long as she kept her hair on during the vows. ‘Mick said he prefers me with long hair, but I’m beautiful in his eyes and I can do whatever I like,’ she added. ‘I always wanted to shave my head for Cancer Research since I was 16. ‘I thought about it for a long time, but earlier this year I said “that’s it – I’m doing it on my wedding day”. The newlyweds from Swallownest in Yorkshire have both been affected by cancer after losing relatives to the disease. Roxy has raised almost £1,300 on her justgiving page. - Metro UK LIKE us on Facebook too:-