Take a look at the wide world of weird with reports and links to foreign news sources and bizarre happenings around the world.
As long as cars have been for sales, alluring models have been used to entice buyers. See some of these "Sirens of Chrome" in our special gallery.
A man with a rare genetic disorder has thick bark-like growths on his skin. Meet Indonesia's tree man, who is fighting a new battle with his disease.
Love fingernails? Then you'll really love our photo tour of the world famous Tokyo Nail Expo.
If there's one thing Japan doesn't get enough attention for, it's strange places to eat. The book "Crazy Wacky Theme Restaurants Tokyo" by La Carmina takes us inside dozens of the most unique restaurants, cafes and clubs in a city known for its unusual haunts. Check out these photos of some of the strangest.
In a rubbernecking world, people just can't help but linger over horrible news.
Good news might be hard to find with the state of the economy being what it is -- but there are a few things you might want to laugh about.
In the early 1930s, Hitler promised his Third Reich would stand for a thousand years, and in a few years, Germany was in ruins. Wax Hitler’s reign at Madame Tussauds was even shorter.
Here's a collection of strange news items touching the world of faith.
Two German air force sergeants are facing court martial for a sausage recipe that called for pork, onions, bacon, spices breadcrumbs, and their comrades' blood.
Even a hopeless romantic must admit that there's a time when you have to give up on your boyfriend -- and that time is when he starts to decompose.
You won't see bare-breasted women in Playboy's Philippine edition, which aims to please men but not offend the country's religious community. When asked how much skin the mag would show, a spokesman said, "Maybe one nipple."
So much of what we use comes from Asia, here's some things from Asia that might not be so useful.
Nudity, drunkenness, sexual deviance, morbidity, and other behavior all makes for weird news headlines. Here are some of the trends and headlines we've been following.
The world's largest international news agency serves up its daily "Oddly Enough" news on every continent, tracking strangeness all over the globe.
A blog that lets you keep up with, among other things, the growing amount of Chinese babies being named “Olympics” in celebration of the 2008 world games. Also reports on coal toothpaste and Shaolin Monks at fashion shows.
“Tomfoolery” from the land of lederhosen.
One of Canada’s leading Internet news companies takes you on a daily strange trip north of the border.
While the French might snub their noses at American wine, they do love an offbeat story. With journalists in 165 countries, AFP produces hundreds of wire stories each day, and Yahoo brings you the news agency’s strangest reports.
The BBC's
Collective magazine takes a long view of the United States.
