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A closed circuit television camera at a Madrid subway station captured the drama as a 41-year-old man fell onto the tracks. Were it not for the quick action of an off-duty police officer, things could have ended up being a lot worse. The officer explained: I observed a stir...

A Northern Territory man is lucky to be alive after a hunting trip in the Adelaide River region nearly ended with him becoming lunch. The Adelaide River is famous for its population of large salt water crocodiles, so what possessed our unnamed plumber to take his dogs for a...

In the “Who got the most drunk?” contest, the guy who forgot being shot always wins. The hero of today’s story is an unnamed Polish resident of Herne in western Germany. When the 35-year-old man sought medical treatment for what he thought was a cyst, they discovered just how...

Every time Jerry Douthett puts on a pair of socks he will be reminded of the time Kiko, his Jack Russel terrier, saved his life. Douthett, a musician, had been carrying a foot infection for a while, and had been keeping it a secret. He explained: It smelled, and...

A 49-year-old United Airlines pilot was detained by authorities after he dropped his pants during a routine security screening at Rio de Janeiro Airport. It has been alleged that when asked to remove his belt and shoes, pilot Michael D. Slynn gave security screeners more than they bargained for…...

When it comes to inventive teachers, one could argue that don’t come much craftier than Brookline, Massachusetts high school science teacher Ron Dantowitz. He prepared a mock scenario for his three best students, James Breitmeyer, Brigitte Berman, and Yiannis Karavas in which they had to capture a spacecraft as...

If you found yourself in a situation that required help to put out a potentially serious fire, would your prefer a fully clothed hero, or a topless one? By all accounts, a topless one would be the most popular choice, especially if the hero was a female. Tash Bennnett,...

Moscow, Ohio: A man who was about to lose his $350,000 home to his bank bulldozed it before foreclosure proceedings could be completed. Terry Hoskins ran into money problems, as many are prone to do, when the IRS placed liens on his carpet store and a commercial property after...

Gregory McCalium, 23, showed up at court looking the worse for wear not as a result of overzealous policing, rather because he got on the end of two of the wrong grandfather’s right hooks....