The Odd Files

Today the internet has gifted us with a video of a magpie play-fighting with a dog, the pair scrapping and lazing around in the sun together and generally being best buds. You might expect the Jack Russell to pounce on the bird and tear it to shreds, but this particular pooch seemed more interested in playfully pawing at it and rolling around on its back. There’s a moment when the pair start to get a little rough and you think ‘Oh God this is only going to end in NOM’, but even after the dog trots off, the magpie follows it – flying after it and bringing it a nice stick. In other internet dog news, this month we have also met Remi, the ‘world’s saddest dog’ (in a cute way) and saw an incredibly polite canine that wipes its feet before entering the house. - Metro UK Watch the cute video below LIKE us on Facebook too:-

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...

A newsreader launches into an absurd innuendo completely oblivious in a YouTube clip circulating today, but at least her co-anchor got the joke. The list of newsreader gaffes is long and filled with accidental penis drawings and misread autocues, but this one in particular is one of the worst/best we’ve seen. In it, a Morning News host offers up a tip on how to soothe children during teething. ‘When my son was teething he used to like to take the big fat rubber end of my vibrating toothbrush and put it in his mouth,’ she says. >>  Big things come in small sizes..mmmm!  >>  How to feed your girlfriend's cravings without spending money on her  ‘And he’d just kind of sit there, like ‘oh yeah, that feels good, that hits the spot,’ she adds, simulating the motion with her hand. The co-anchor then turns to the camera with an awestruck expression, as she attempts to recover by reminding viewers that it relates to the problems of itchy gums. ...

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. ...

Tragic Maria Kislo, 12, left a note saying how much she missed father Arek, who died suddenly after suffering a heart attack in 2009 A 12-year-old girl was found hanged in her bedroom with a note saying she wanted to be with her dad in heaven. Maria Kislo was left devastated by the loss of her father, Arek, who died after suffering a sudden heart attack in 2009. The tragic schoolgirl was found by her distraught mum Monika, 35, who had gone upstairs to read her a bedtime story. Maria, from Leszno in Poland, had left a short note, which read: "Dear Mum. Please don't be sad. I just miss daddy so much, I want to see him again." The youngster's body was retrieved by brother Michal, 13, but she was already dead. Heartbroken Monika said: "Five years ago I lost my husband Arek, this year my daughter. I don’t know if I can go on, and I wouldn't if it was not for my son. "She didn't seem unhappy. She didn't have problems at school and s...

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:-