WEIRD WORLD

"It was really freezing in the water, but I didn't have time to think about it at the time," Shi Lei said.

Peter Capaldi wrote this heart-warming letter to a young boy who was concerned about Doctor Who's regeneration.

Scott Sears became the youngest person to reach the South Pole solo on Christmas Day, but he is still being described as Andy Murray's brother-in-law.

"I have never been that scared in my life. We jumped in the car, drove really fast. It was following us," he said while recalling the event.

Interestingly, the film was nominated to represent Egypt at the Oscars in the best foreign film category and has won accolades at multiple film festivals.

Roman Fedortsov continues his quest for mysterious sea creatures in the Norwegian Sea and often shares his interesting catches on social media.

The stunning jellyfish-like UFO, actually turned out to be a "contrail from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket".

Despite birthdays of dictator's father and grandfather being celebrated as public holidays, Kim Jong-un's special day not even shown on calendars.

Poundland and Dealz have caught attention online with their cheeky Elf on the Shelf posts this month, the latest of which appears to feature the elf 'teabagging' a doll.

Pots Bar in Northumberland finds cheeky way to mark Mad Friday or Black Eye Friday - the booziest night of the year.

Ever thought you were good at Jenga? See how you feel after watching this Instagram video of a man doing the most insane move.

"Practically all there was left from him [the parasitic twin] was a penis", said the doctor who removed the extra organ.

Police were called to a Cardiff school to calm a group of parents angered by a headteacher who is said to have "raged" at pupils over their nativity performances.

"Spacecraft" landing in Roswell, New Mexico, and strange lights in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk. People worldwide have a lot of conspiracy theories about flying saucer sightings.

The UFOs hovered in the sky for around 20 minutes before disappearing.

The Jiangxi Province-based cosmetic company defended the action by claiming the exercise was meant to infuse "team spirit".

Keith Thurston told police following his rescue that he'd taken a "large quantity of Molly" prior to going out on the lake.

Far from dismissing the call as a prank, police showed up at the Mississippi boy's house to tell him that his Christmas won't be stolen.

Sakorn Sachiwa was announced dead in May by police, saying he died of a digestive disease at a rented room in Phra Nakhon district.

Marijuana enthusiasts in Massachusetts have rolled a 100ft-long joint during an exhibition for weed vendors and supporters.

Former Navy pilot David Fravor saw a 40-foot long flying object hovering 80,000 feet over the sky before plunging to 20,00 feet.

The animatronic figure of current US President Donald Trump shares the stage with those of his predecessors.

Weird news stories in 2017 included Donald Trump tweeting "covfefe," Theresa May's conference disaster, the bizarre statue of Cristiano Ronaldo and a black bear playing piano.

New study suggests not everyone is cock-a-hoop about the workplace jamboree.

The map's individual 60 pages have been restored and digitally stitched together to reveal a glimpse of the world as understood at the time.

A dog crashed an orchestral performance, a rhino was soothed to sleep and a gorilla had a blast dancing in a paddling pool this year

A woman has survived an 11-storey fall from a hotel in Guangxi Province, southwest China after landing on a car parked where she fell.

Hundreds of rats have taken over a vacant house in a picturesque Lincolnshire village of Metheringham, now shocking pictures reveal them licking the windows in broad daylight.

An Irish judge let a man off jury duty because it was his "first time in love"- much to the disbelief of everyone there.