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Cha Sa-soon holds her successful test
Woman passes 950th driving test
A South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt.

Condoms - file image China to auction Olympics condoms
Some 5,000 of the condoms distributed to Olympics athletes at the Beijing Games are to be auctioned off.

Bear at Leipzig Zoo, Germany Three bald bears perplex experts
Bears in an eastern German zoo have lost their fur, but international experts cannot work out why.

Coffin Brazil man appears at own funeral
A Brazilian man surprises his family by turning up at his own funeral, reports say.

ZZ Top star tells of Tube odyssey
ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons reveals he chose a very un-rock star method of transport to the band's Wembley concert last week.

Royal footman takes fight title
A footman to the Queen has become British wrestling champion after beating his number one rival in a gruelling cage fight.

A marvellous hummingbird display
The amazing mating display of the marvellous spatuletail hummingbird is filmed in super slow motion for the first time.

Oxford Circus 'X-crossing' opens
London's Oxford Circus gets a new diagonal crossing which allows shoppers to cross in an "X" as well as straight ahead.

Monster meatball sets new record
A restaurant in the eastern US state of New Hampshire breaks the world record for the largest meatball.

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America on the Waldseemuller map 1507 gag
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High Street mannequin Walk on by
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