Odd news

New Delhi, India (AHN) - A man from the Indian state of Chennai is bidding for a place in the Guinness Book Of World Records by inserting live snakes into his nostrils and then pulling them out of his mouth. Manoharan, who goes by the name "Snake Manu," has reportedly been performing the feat for quite a few years.

Brazilian and US scientists are looking into using spider venom as a possible treatment for male impotence.

Their investigation follows reports that men bitten by the Phoneutria nigriventer experienced priapism - long and painful erections.

The Australian expat community in Germany is abuzz with speculation about where the stash could have come from.
Australia Shop owner Colin Truslove said he wished he had found it.
"I reckon it was someone on their way to my shop to stock up on Cherry Ripes and Vegemite," he said. "Or, because Cologne is a bit of a gay mecca, maybe they were heading here for a big weekend."

Employees of a historic department store in Hexham learned that they were being made redundant after responding to a fire alarm.
Bosses at the almost 189-year-old Robbs store deliberately set off the fire bell to clear the building of customers and get staff together in one place.
At the designated fire point, the 140 members of staff were told the landmark store would be shutting in two weeks.
The store's administrators called the decision "efficient and practical".

A German man failed his driving test after attempting the examination while three times over the legal alcohol limit, police said Tuesday.

The high-tech brolly allows you to take pictures with a built-in camera. These can be uploaded to Flickr (a photo-sharing website) via a wireless internet connection and within two minutes you can watch downloaded photo-streams on your umbrella screen with a simple wrist-snapping movement.

Scientists who study dolphins in the Shannon river estuary believe that these animals can develop a dialect of their own for communication purposes among themselves. [...]
- They produce other types of sounds as well, similar to barking, snorting or gun shots...

Something’s brewing in a garage in St. Charles [Illinois]. Tom Seefurth is mixing up a concoction he'll eventually pour out as beer - pizza beer.
"It's pizza and beer in a bottle," Seefurth, a self-proclaimed beer nut, says.