WEIRD, WEIRD

Woman says wind got her pregnant

A police investigation has been launched after a woman claimed she became pregnant by a gust of wind. Siti Zainah gave birth to a daughter in Indonesia last week, just an hour after she felt the wind surround her body but officers are keen to dispel rumours about the unnatural pregnancy.

Siti was quoted as saying: "After afternoon prayer, I was lying face down and then suddenly I felt a gust of wind enter my vagina."

A police spokesperson confirmed that they had visited Zainah's home in a bid to discover the facts.

Officer Sumardi said: "The point is that we want to straighten out the confusing news about the pregnant woman who gave birth in a way perceived to be unnatural. We don't want this matter to foster wild rumours among the public."

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Shoe removed from croc's stomach

A crocodile has had an operation to remove a shoe from its stomach. The reptile was brought to the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine earlier this month after swallowing the shoe that fell from a zipliner's foot in the US state.

Vets revealed that the crocodile had initially thrown up the shoe before eating it for a second time. When the vets were unable to get the animal to vomit once again, they decided to conduct a surgery to remove the footwear.

Images and a video of the procedure were shared on social media with the reptile, named Anuket, being kept at the facility overnight for supervision.

The operation proved to be a success and Anuket is now back in his enclosure at the zoo.

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Mean maths teacher eats from garbage bins

A woman raids bins for food so she can save money. Ide Mhic Gabhann claims she has saved PS700 in the past two months by raiding supermarket rubbish bins for fruits, vegetables, meat and even chocolate.

Gabhann, from Dublin, has no qualms about adopting 'freeganism' and the maths teacher revealed that she has shared her dumpster discoveries with her colleagues.

She told The Sun newspaper: "I talked about it quite openly at work.

"Sometimes I'd bring in stuff and I'd leave a sign saying, 'Free doughnuts - these are dumpster-dived."

"Some people were really disgusted about it."

Gabhann admits that her bin rummaging has often appalled other members of the public.

She said: "It's definitely not everyone's cup of tea - I've had people tell me they think it's disgusting."

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Farmer reaps 64-pound turnip

A Canadian gardener has broken a world record for the world's heaviest turnip. Damien Allard has entered the Guinness World Record books after growing the 29-kilogramme vegetable (about 64 lbs) - which weighs the same as a 65-inch television or an adult husky.

The giant turnip smashed the previous record of 17.7 kilograms that had been set in 2004.

Allard received confirmation of his record-breaking turnip last week, and had been attempting to claim the title since 2016.

He said: "There are eight billion of us on Earth. I'm the only one who managed to make a big turnip like that.

"It's a bit exceptional."

Allard claimed that he had a feeling he would claim the world record when the turnip was unearthed last November.

He explained: "It's been two years that I have been working quite intensely on my turnips. I suspected very strongly that this year was the right one, but I never thought I would have been more than 10 kilos above the old record."