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More than 22,000 people have inadvertently signed up for 1,000 hours of community service each after failing to read the terms of a public Wi-Fi hotspot. Manchester-based company Purple inserted the community service clause into the terms and conditions for its public Wi-Fi hotspots to illustrate "a

A dog cannot be a ringbearer in a wedding ceremony because marriage is too serious and important, a town mayor has insisted. A couple in northern Italy have been told they cannot have their dogs carry their wedding rings during their planned wedding, Eco di Bergamo reports.

Police shot two people dressed as characters from Batman as they engaged in a sex act at a special nightclub event. Dale Ewins, 35, who came as the Joker, was seriously injured after being shot in the stomach after officers mistook his replica gun for the real thing.

A group of Italians took the tradition of running during Pamplona’s bull festival in Spain too far after they tried to abscond from a restaurant without paying. Officers from the regional Navarra police force were called in after 15 people ran off without paying their bill, which amounted to €62

A man has been arrested after taking his pet crocodile for a walk on a beach. The unknown man kept the reptile on a leash in shallow water as children petted it.

French cops took root and branch action to destroy what they thought was an illegal cannabis farm – only to discover that the 400 square metres of weed that they ripped up was an installation mixture of hemp, barley and flax that had been planted as part of the "Lyon Architecture Biennial". The in

A man made an unusual marriage proposal after getting down on one knee while handcuffed and under arrest. Brandon Thompson was arrested for six felony warrants on America's Independence Day, which was also his birthday.

The heirs of a man who kept his wife's body in cold storage so he could fraudulently claim her welfare payments have repaid the US government the money. The US Attorney's Office has confirmed that Allan Dunn's heirs have sold his condo and paid $15,743 from the proceedings to the Social Security Adm

A woman was arrested as she was being booked into prison after police caught her with crystal meth — in her buttocks. Officers pulled Summer Adamson, 30, over after she was reported for allegedly breaking a car window.

A man who inadvertently triggered a gun after sitting on it shot himself — in the penis. Cedrick Jelks, 38, was rushed to hospital by Shanekia Roberts, 25, who explained to police that Jelks had been sitting alone in his car before he rushed into their home in a panic, WJXT reports.

Cops have appealed to the public to help track down a bald man who stole steven boxes of a topical hair regrowth product. In a statement, police said it was "not the most hair-raising crime", but they suspected he will "continue committing this type of crime, as 12-14 months of consistent use is nee

In a bizarre mix-up, a man released from a short jail sentence found that a man presumed to be him had been buried in his family plot. Slava Brushkov came home from prison only to find that his neighbours, noticing his sudden absence, had reported him missing.

A handyman who spent three months in prison has been released after it was discovered the cocaine he was apparently in possession of was plaster. Karlos Cashe was pulled over by a police officer who said they noticed white powder in his car. The handyman said it was simply dry wall residue.

A 35-year-old man has tried and failed to get out of jail using the famous Monopoly card. The suspect, who was held on drug charges, presented cops with a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card - but it did not have the stated effect.

A shopkeeper threatened with legal action after he called his shop “Singhsbury’s” has changed it — to “Morrisinghs”. Five years ago, Jel Singh Nagra, 42, was told he could be taken to court by Sainsbury’s, who said the name was too similar to theirs.