Schools in the US are installing cameras in their canteens to monitor what pupils eat.
A $2 million grant from the Department of Agriculture will enable schools in San Antonio to install sophisticated equipment which will read food bar codes embedded in the food trays.
A British woman died when a heavy garden ornament cause her to drown in a shallow pond.
Norman Lunn came home to find his partner Ann Newton facedown in the water which is only four feet by four feet wide and one-and-a-half feet deep.
Two American boys have been suspended from their school bus for farting.
The cheeky 13-year-old pupils were renowned for raising huge laughs from their fellow students by passing wind during their hour-long journey to and from school.
A 10-year-old stowaway travelled 620 miles in the wrong direction in Bolivia.
Franklin Villca Huanaco wanted to visit his mother in prison in Cochabamba and hid himself in a truck which he thought was heading towards the city.
A stolen car has been recovered 36 years later in the US.
The Chevy Camaro SS was pinched in Newark, New Jersey and was recently found thousands of miles away in Santa Maria, California.
An American man asked a bank cashier to “fill a bag with money” before realising he had forgotten to bring a bag with him.
The would-be robber walked into the bank in Okeechobee County, Florida and handed the member of staff a note that had the pointless demand written on it.
Fake census forms asking rude questions have been arriving in people’s post boxes in Germany.
The masquerading papers ask civilians about what drugs they take, giving them the option of ticking LSD or cannabis, and also enquiries whether they have undergone surgery to enhance their breast or penis size.
An American man survived a horrific accident in which a metal pole impaled his mouth and came out the back of his skull.
Andrew Linn, 34, hit a fence with his car in Las Vegas after falling asleep at the wheel and doctors say he would have died if the 2in-wide pole had gone through his head just centimetres in either direction.
A criminal’s sentence could depend on how recently the judge has eaten in the US or Israel.
Researchers at Columbia University and Israel’s Ben Gurion University observed 1,000 parole decisions during 50 courtroom days and found judicial decisions were a lot less lenient when the judge was feeling the rumbles of hunger.
A six-year-old Croation boy has a magnetic body.
Ivan Stoiljkovic has astounded locals in his home village near Koprivnica by being able to stick metal objects such as mobile phones and frying pans to his limbs and torso.