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Published:Wednesday | December 1, 2021 | 2:16 PMBANG Bizarre

Leading nutritionist Holly Zoccolan has claimed that pine helps tackle coughs and colds and is packed with vitamins A and C. Zoccolan, the founder of the well-being website The Health Zoc, argues that nobody should throw away their Christmas tree...

Published:Wednesday | December 1, 2021 | 2:14 PMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

Julie Anne Genter, who serves as a member of parliament in New Zealand, got on her bike in the early hours to travel to the hospital in the capital city, Wellington. Genter was already in labour when she set off, and ended up giving birth at 3 a.m...

Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2021 | 7:32 PMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

A panel of experts has predicted that a variety of inventions will have changed the world by 2036 – including skin implants to monitor health and holographic teachers. The analysts have also tipped that smart toilets will be able to analyse...

Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2021 | 7:22 PMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

TikTok user Sheera Lumira Rejoice has explained how extraterrestrials "came to her house three years ago" and that she now has "ovarian scarring from egg removal" visible in an ultrasound that proves that her alien encounter did...

Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2021 | 6:55 PMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

Scientists who have developed a special face scanner claim that it is capable of detecting the lies three-quarters of the time – making it far more reliable than existing methods. The prototype reads tiny movements in the facial muscles using...

Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2021 | 5:49 PMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

Canadian couple Brigitte and Warren Doerksen were on holiday in Miami in 2015 when they launched a message into the sea via an empty wine bottle. Doerksen explained that she wrote a note asking the finder of the bottle to contact her and it was...

Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2021 | 5:35 PMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

A scientist at the University of Glasgow has created a device that will help dogs call their owners and ease separation anxiety. The new invention, which is believed to be the first of its kind, is the brainchild of Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, her...

Published:Thursday | November 18, 2021 | 8:51 AMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

New research has revealed that felines enjoy the companionship of their owners and are capable of understanding human voices in a similar manner to dogs. Cats are considered to be more aloof and independent than their canine counterparts but Saho...

Published:Thursday | November 18, 2021 | 8:43 AMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

Boardgame enthusiasts will be able to immortalise their family name on to their new board as well as waving goodbye to any rows about the dog or hat token – with players able to hand-pick a selection of tokens for each set to get the perfect...

Published:Thursday | November 18, 2021 | 8:37 AMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

The unnamed woman, from New Zealand, told police officers that she was unable to leave her house as the animal would charge at her whenever she tried to escape. Police arrived at the property in Dunedin and the possum climbed up an officer's...

Published:Thursday | November 18, 2021 | 8:22 AMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

New scientific research, which involved 100 adult volunteers wearing continuously recording ECG devices that monitored caffeine intake, movement, sleep and health over the course of two weeks, has found both beneficial and harmful short-term...

Published:Thursday | November 18, 2021 | 8:15 AMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

Health officials believe that the pooch caught COVID-19 from its owner and have revealed that the animal is currently recovering at home. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has explained that cases in canines are extremely rare and there is no...

Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2021 | 10:35 PMBANG Bizarre

Previous studies have suggested that light alcohol consumption is actually beneficial for a person's health, but a new study from German academics has debunked the claims. Researchers at University Medicine Greifswald examined data from more...

Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2021 | 10:20 PMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

An unnamed female, who is in her 30s, spent several days acting in a strange manner due to a rare complication of COVID-19, as she also drank shower gel and washed her clothes in a toilet. A relative had brought her into hospital in Qatar, as they...

Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2021 | 9:59 PMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

A new study has found that men in heterosexual relationships feel more pain than females after a break-up, and are also more likely to discuss heartbreak. The Lancaster University study looked at more than 184,000 people and discovered that males...

Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2021 | 9:45 PMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

Peter Kigen had been pronounced dead in November 2020 and was about to have the blood drained from his body when he awoke in terror. Kigen, from Kenya, was thought to have died from a 'stomach ailment' several hours previously, but regained...

Published:Thursday | November 4, 2021 | 4:56 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production, BANG Bizarre

A 70-year-old woman was clearing out her home in Northumberland when she spotted the diamond and took it to be valued. The gem is now set to go under the hammer next month after analysis revealed that it is a 34-carat diamond. Auctioneer Mark Lane...

Published:Thursday | November 4, 2021 | 4:42 AMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

The Italian Catholic priest Father Gian Matteo Roggio has claimed some people believe that a "malignant force" is behind the global health crisis and that the feeling is particularly strong among those who have been badly affected by...

Published:Thursday | November 4, 2021 | 4:31 AMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

Dentists began recommending two minutes as the standard brushing time back in the 1970s but new evidence suggests people should spend up to four minutes cleaning their teeth. Dr Josefine Hirschfield, a lecturer in restorative dentistry at the...

Published:Thursday | November 4, 2021 | 3:42 AMBANG Bizarre, A Digital Integration & Marketing production

Chinese researchers have suggested that those with higher heels are happier in the bedroom as the shoes stimulate the pelvic floor muscles, which are integral to female sexual satisfaction. Scientists from Fudan University in Shanghai question over...

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 5:18 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production, BANG Bizarre

Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos'  are descendants of the hippos owned by the infamous Colombian drug lord, and a Cincinnati federal court order has granted them legal rights, as they are "interested persons". The case...

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 5:03 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production, BANG Bizarre

Alcor, a firm in the US state of Arizona, market themselves as world leaders in cryonics – the process of freezing a body after death so it can be brought back to life. Corpses and brains are frozen in liquid nitrogen after a person dies,...

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 4:54 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production, BANG Bizarre

Astronauts can grow three inches during space missions.Weightlessness allows their spines to straighten and makes people who have travelled into space 'grow', but the spine is soon crunched back to normal by gravity on Earth and leaves...

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 4:46 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production, BANG Bizarre

A new study has revealed that 40 per cent of males seeking a long-term partner will mention a canine in their profile, as experts say the animals make men appear masculine and dominant, while it signals that if they can look after a pet, they could...

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 4:16 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production, BANG Bizarre, A Digitial Integration & Marketing Production

Jiveben Valabhai Rabari, who resides in Gujarat, and her husband Valjibhai Rabari welcomed a son named Lalo last month. Rabari had been told by doctors not to risk going through a pregnancy at her age, but she was desperate to have a child after 45...

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