I heard this story on the radio this morning, and find it both astoundingly amazing and tragically sad. A Russian said to be the world’s cleverest man has turned down a $1 million prize for solving one of mathematics’ toughest puzzles. Dr Grigory Perelman, 44, who lives as a recluse…
I’m sure this isn’t the first time you’ve been told that certain members of the ruling classes are weird, but this might be the first time you’ve heard some of these exceptionally strange tales of royal weirdness. The Cucumber King of Burma In 931, King Theinhko of Burma ate the…
Though this is an old story, I don’t think it can ever become less disturbing than the first time one heard it. Armin Meiwes, a computer expert, met 43-year-old Bernd-Jurgen Brandes in early 2001, after Mr Meiwes advertised on websites for “young, well-built men aged 18 to 30 to slaughterâ€,…
This brother and sister may look like cute primary school children but they are actually teenagers, aged 18 and 16. Azad Singh and his sister Laxmi Yadav have not grown since they were five or six, and still look like little children. Neither of them, who live in Haryana, India,…
Getting married in sunny Africa may seem like a very romantic idea to most, but especially so for two German kiddies, who decided to elope to Africa – “where its warm”. Two German children – aged five and six – have been stopped by police from eloping to Africa to…
