Bizarre events-Cheese rolling festival

Cheese rolling festival

The Cheese Rolling Festival is held every May in Cooper’s Hill, Gloucestershire in the United Kingdom. The festival involves an official tossing a cheese down the extremely steep hill, after which hundreds of people begin to run down the hill (risking life and limb) in order to catch the cheese. Each year the event results in casualties and for this reason children are not allowed to participate, though oftentimes boys from the local town will join in anyway. For the children, there is an uphill race. Women and men race separately in the main event.

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Bizarre events-Goat tossing festival

The Spanish certainly like their odd festivals. Every year on the fourth Sunday in January, the locals of a small town named Manganeses de la Polvorosa gather together for the goat tossing festival, in honor of St Vincent de Paul, their patron saint. The festival has been around for so long that no one knows when it started. It involves a young man who finds a goat in the village, ties it up, and takes it to the top of the local Church belfry. He then tosses the goat over the side and it falls 50 feet where it is (hopefully) caught by villagers holding up a sheet of tarpaulin. The village officials banned the event but it continues regardless. Various animal rights agencies have complained about it - though their complaints have also been ignored.

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Strange happenings-Until Death did them part

In 1996, Paris police set out to investigate a late night, high speed car crash, both drivers had been killed instantly.

Investigations revealed that the deceased were in fact man and wife.

Police initially suspected some kind of murder or suicide pact but it became apparent that the pair had been separated for several months - neither could have known that the other would have been out driving that night - it was just a terrible coincidence.

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Fascinating events-Naked festival

Hadaka Matsuri is a Japanese festival in which the participants are all but naked. The festival is celebrated many times throughout the year in various parts of Japan and those involved usually wear a type of traditional loin cloth. Some of those involved go completely naked which is not frowned on at all - in fact it is considered healthy. The festivals often involve the use of mud (for entertainment) and there are often separate women’s and men’s festivals. In some towns special festivals are held for children - as a rite of passage, but sometimes children participate in the adult festival. The festival has its origins as a religious event, but these days the religious aspects are virtually forgotten.

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Bizarre events-Purchasing car with small change

Employees at a car dealership in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, were left with the headache after a customer purchased a new 40,000 Yuan (£4,000) vehicle using a huge pile of small change. Together the payment weighed in at 100kg.

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Greatest historical myths-Witches were burned at stake in Salem

Witches were burned at stake in Salem

The Salem (Massachusetts) witch trials of 1692 led to the arrests of 150 people, of whom 31 were tried and 20 were executed. But just as these trials were based on ignorance, there are many misconceptions about them. For starters, the 31 condemned “witches” were not all women. Six of them were men. Also, they were not burned at stake. As any witch-hunter would know, a true witch could never be killed by this method. Hanging was the usual method - though one was crushed to death under heavy stones.

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Bizarre events-Lightning Strikes

British cavalry officer Major Summerford was fighting in the fields of Flanders in the last year of WW1, a flash of lightning knocked him off his horse and paralysed him from his waist down.

He moved to Vancouver, Canada, six years later, whilst out fishing, Major Summer field was struck by lightning again and the right side of his body became paralysed.

After two years of recovery, it was a summers day and he was out in a local park, a summer storm blew up and Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again - permanently paralysing him.

He died two years after this incident.

However, four years after his death, his stone tomb was destroyed - it was struck by lightning!

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Strange happenings-Crocodile festival in Pakistan

The crocodile festival is a unique festival in Karachi, Pakistan. It is a festival held by the ethnic group called Sheedis. It is believed that Sheedis came as slaves from Africa. The festival is held at a shrine in Manghopir, a dry and humid part of Karachi, which dates back to the thirteenth century.

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Bizarre events-Bullet with Henry's name

In 1893, Henry Ziegland ended a relationship with his girlfriend.

Tragically, his girlfriend took the news very badly, became distraught and took her own life.

Her distressed brother blamed his sister's death upon Henry, he went round to Henry's house, saw him out in the garden and tried to shoot him.

Luckily, the bullet only grazed Henry's face and embedded itself in a nearby tree.

In 1913, twenty years after this incident, Henry decided to use dynamite to uproot a tree in his garden. The explosion propelled the embedded bullet from the tree straight into Henry Ziegland's head - killing him immediately.

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Strange happenings-Distorted Railway Line

Back in September there was a powerful earthquake in New Zealand and here are the most unbelievable images of the earthquake aftermath. The below pictures depict what earthquake and landslide can do to a railway line.

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Amazing happenings-Window cleaner in Dubai

Nerves Of Steel In Dubai

When he spotted a mark on his apartment window, this chap just had to pop out to give the glass a quick wipe with a squeegee. Nothing odd about that – except that he lives 400ft up on the 34th floor of a tower block in Jumeirah Beach, Dubai.

He stepped out on to the narrow ledge and, holding the frame, stretched across to wipe away the annoying smudge.

As he takes his life into his hands, at least he has the sense to hold on to the window frame, even if it is by his fingertips, as he goes about his task.

He was snapped making sure the windows were sparkling by a resident in a neighbouring apartment block.

A resident of a neighbouring block who took these pictures said: ‘The professional cleaners have safety harnesses and cradles and helmets. He had nothing.’

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Strange facts-Abandoned MI 8

Abandoned Russian MI-8

Climbers on the Mount Elbrus can't believe their eyes when they see this abandoned MI-8 helicopter that fall down last summer and still stays on the mount because no one cares about its evacuation. By the way, this MI-8 is worth $10 million.

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Bizarre events-Barracuda jumps into boat and bites

14-year-old Koral Wira was sitting on her family's yacht while her dad was fishing for sharks near Venice, Florida.

Suddenly a 30 pound, 45 inch long barracuda large barracuda leapt out of the sea and latched on to her arm. Koral's dad was able to kill the fish with a fillet knife.

Koral said the barracuda flew into the boat and chomped down on her left arm. It then flopped around until her father was able to catch it. But the girl still needed 51 stitches afterwards.

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Bizarre events-Unusual suit

At the next fashion show in Madrid , the Spanish designer Isabel MASTACHE presented to the public the unusual attire . Male model walked the catwalk in an unusual suit of Mastache : trousers decorated rag penis .


It seems that the young designer has started to build up their collections while sipping a glass of something of spirits - was written by one European fashion columnist in his column - pants with dildos , and the entire collection Mastache is glaring evidence of degeneration and far-reaching bosses.
However , she pays no attention to criticism. It is not the first time is to fans of high fashion their innovative outfits .

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Bizarre events-Competition eating Nettles

Among the most bizarre competitions held on the planet, certainly including the World Championship eating nettles. Championship is held annually on June 19 at a hotel in Bottle Inn, located in the village of Marshwood, United Kingdom. Is it worth to note that the strangeness of the competition lies in the properties of nettles, creating unbearable burning sensation in the mouth? In this searing pain persists over a long period, sometimes goes to the length of the week. Separately, it is worth noting that an intolerable burning sensation - not only inconvenience the competitors, because the plant also has a powerful laxative effect.

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Strange happenings-Moth invasion

Belarus faced unusual phenomenon of butterfly invasion. Millions of small moths covered the bridge and roads surprising car drivers and bikers. This invasion didn’t last too long, but witnesses had enough time to take pictures of these strange kamikaze butterflies that were sucked by passing car radiators.

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Bizarre events-Balancing on the edge!

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