http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/ The latest weird news headlines for Liverpool and Merseyside - The Liverpool Daily Post en-gb http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/book-hunt-64375-21224941/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:46:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/book-hunt-64375-21224941/ Private detectives are being used to track down overdue library books, a council said. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/best-mate-64375-21224937/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:44:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/best-mate-64375-21224937/ Zoo keepers have found a mate for for a giant male beetle that arrived in the UK in bananas from Costa Rica. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/monster-crab-64375-21224917/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/monster-crab-64375-21224917/ A giant crab with a shell 12in wide has been caught by a diver off the UK coast. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/aled-fan-64375-21224915/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:39:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/aled-fan-64375-21224915/ A retiring schoolteacher was named as "Aled Jones's biggest fan". http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/jelly-wobble-sound-64375-21224910/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:38:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/jelly-wobble-sound-64375-21224910/ Scientists have captured the sound of wobbling jelly and plan to broadcast it at a bizarre event at University College London. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/rocking-remembrance-64375-21224884/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:37:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/03/rocking-remembrance-64375-21224884/ Hymns are being replaced at funerals in one Australian city by popular rock classics like Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven and AC/DC's Highway to Hell, a cemetery manager said. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/alien-lanterns-64375-21217263/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:30:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/alien-lanterns-64375-21217263/ UFOs resembling "orange lights" which terrified a genteel West Country suburb could simply have been Chinese sky lanterns, it has emerged. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/6-star-hotel-64375-21217258/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:29:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/6-star-hotel-64375-21217258/ A Grade I-listed former bank HQ which provided the setting for a James Bond showdown is to be turned into London's first "six star" hotel. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/cube-tipped-64375-21217136/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:01:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/cube-tipped-64375-21217136/ The Rubik's Cube is set to top the Christmas best-sellers list once again, more than 25 years after its launch, a retailer said. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/cage-flight-64375-21217119/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:59:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/cage-flight-64375-21217119/ Two zebras, 15 camels, and an undetermined number of llamas and pot-bellied pigs briefly escaped from a travelling Dutch circus after a giraffe kicked a hole in their cage. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/belting-night-out-64375-21217117/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:58:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/belting-night-out-64375-21217117/ A brother of the United Arab Emirates' ruler has been found guilty of assaulting an American man with his belt in a luxury Geneva hotel bar. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/swede-dreams-64375-21217116/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:57:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/07/02/swede-dreams-64375-21217116/ A 78-year-old Swedish man had to be rescued after falling asleep while trying to row home from a drinking session in Denmark. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/nine-lives-64375-21158244/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:31:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/nine-lives-64375-21158244/ They say cats have nine lives - Freddy used up about eight of his after climbing on to 25ft-high power lines in Wiltshire and spending the next 18 hours too scared to come down. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/passed-over-64375-21158237/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:30:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/passed-over-64375-21158237/ Theatre staff have found a box which they believe contains human ashes following a show by a medium. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/thrift-pays-64375-21158234/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:28:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/thrift-pays-64375-21158234/ An old painting dropped off at a thrift store in the US turned out to be a work by a French Impressionist. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/forbidden-fruit-64375-21158232/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:27:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/forbidden-fruit-64375-21158232/ Thousands of peaches popular as good luck gifts for newlyweds have been stolen from an orchard near Tokyo. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/wrong-arm-of-law-64375-21158230/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:26:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/wrong-arm-of-law-64375-21158230/ A man appointed as a police officer in a Missouri town has been unmasked as a jobless lorry driver with a criminal record. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/swiss-role-change-64375-21158217/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:25:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/swiss-role-change-64375-21158217/ Swiss railway workers have been told to stop wearing their high-visibility orange safety vests after confused Dutch football fans started following them on to the tracks. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/river-protest-64375-21158235/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:20:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/26/river-protest-64375-21158235/ A 91-year-old was among flood victims who mounted a demonstration in a river with the level down in support of demands for urban flood defences. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/25/toast-hits-high-64375-21151524/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:56:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/weird-world/2008/06/25/toast-hits-high-64375-21151524/ A world record was set for the highest popping toaster.