Weird

Matrimony No fakin', it's a bacon wedding

David Mills A BACON-themed wedding may seem like a ham-fisted idea to some, but two couples say there are rasher ways to tie the knot.

Coke's real taste of controversy

Network Writers COCA-Cola's Super Bowl ad - featuring a gay family and "America the Beautiful" being sung in eight different languages - has provoked uproar.

Secret of the holy blood code

Jamie Seidel SATANISTS, religious extremists and black marketers have all been blamed for a grotesque global crime scam like something from The Da Vinci Code.

Truancy Is this the weirdest school ad ever?

David Mills IT looks like an ad for soft drink. Or swimwear. Or a beach getaway. But it's actually an ad for staying in school ... and you won't believe how they sell it.

Mysteries Bigfoot, or big crock?

David Mills TRACKER who claims to have killed Bigfoot releases pictures (left) and says he'll show the body to the world. Would you like to buy a souvenir T-shirt?

Mould ate my car

CONOR BYRNE WOMAN returned to her car after a work trip to find her car had grown so much mould her insurance company is considering writing it off.

Blur Are these gates singing Blur's Song 2?

A VIDEO about a London ticket barrier doesn't sound so funny. But what if that barrier sounded similar to Blur's Song 2?

Spliff wedged in man's buttocks

A CANNABIS joint which dropped to the floor as police strip-searched a man at a Queensland police station had been wedged in his buttocks.

Is this a secret moonbase?

Jamie Seidel TAKE note: 22° 42'38.46N and 142° 34'44.52E. Has Google just proven there really is a secret base on the surface of the Moon?

Technology Man, I feel like a woman

David Mills INTRODUCING the gender blender: a new virtual reality machine that enables you to experience life as a member of the opposite sex, without the surgery.

Fight night Nigella's boys in bare-knuckle brawl

CHARLES MIRANDA in London WHY are two linen-suit clad, high-profile and filthy-rich society oldies threatening to bash each other into a bloody pulp? Nigella Lawson, of course.

Facefail Wanted man's Facebook fail

Network Digital writers IF you're on the run from the law, it's probably best not to share your police 'wanted' photo on your Facebook profile. But this guy did.

Boiled egg cost this gran $1000

Kay Dibben WIDOW and grandmother of eight Fay Nielsen was boiling an egg the same way she has "for 60 years" but then it all went horribly wrong.

Confectionery Gummy Bears really get them going

David Mills CONSUMERS of Haribo's sugarless Gummi Bears have posted hilariously graphic reviews of the, er, 'cleansing' effect of the new sweets.

Celebrity Walking Dead star pranked

Network writer WATCH as Walking Dead star Norman Reedus becomes the victim of an elaborate prank featuring a fan who was born with no legs and only one arm.

'I had no idea': Nun gives birth

From agencies A NUN who had no idea she was pregnant has given birth to a baby boy in Italy. She's named him after the Pope.

Oscar nominations 2014 Full list of 2014 Oscar nominations

CATE Blanchett, Catherine Martin and a slew of other Aussies got the Oscars nod this morning. Here's the complete list of 86th Annual Academy Award nominations.

Why a pyramid was vandalised

Jamie Seidel EXACTLY what drove two men to hack away at an inscription inside the Great Pyramid? Atlantis. It's a tale of cranks, conspiracies and an ancient cartouche.

Mistakes The mistakes hidden in plain sight

David Mills HOW the New York Times got its front cover wrong - for more than 100 years - and other mistakes the world did not notice for a really long time.

A growing appetite for porn

Network digital writers THERE'S no nudity and definitely no sex but there is a whole lot of mastication. Welcome to the world of food porn.

Cockroach 'drilled into my head'

CONOR BYRNE IT'S your worst nightmare. An insect crawls into your ear and won't come out, trying to crawl deeper and deeper into your head. Here's how it feels.

Treasure-trove hidden up teen's bum

Network Writers POLICE in Pennsylvania made an "unusual find" after collaring a suspected teenage drink driver. A mountain of buried treasure … up his bum.