Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Odditorium in the US had to cancel a planned anti-smoking campaign when its star attraction admitted to taking up the habit.

Richie 'The Human Ashtray' Magic was going to demonstrate how disgusting the habit is by putting out 200 cigarettes on his pain-proof tongue.

An American family found $40,000 in their new house - and gave the money back to its rightful owner.

Josh Ferrin bought the home in Salt Lake City and was shocked to find the huge amount of cash hidden in the garage.

Venezuela has issued its first ever driving suspension.

The country is known for being car-friendly, with extremely low gasoline prices and little need for highway rules but now a bus driver has been banned from the roads for a year.

A golf club in the UK has had to change the layout of its course because nearby nuns keep getting hit by stray balls.

The club in Torquay received complaints from nuns at nearby convent school Stoodley Knowle, where they have bought two houses and are in the process of refurbishing them.

An American woman was arrested for talking on her mobile phone during a 16 hour train journey.

Although Lakeysha Beard, 39, was sat in the quiet carriage during the trip between Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon she continued to chat loudly the entire time.

A guide to surviving a zombie apocalypse has been published in America.

The nation's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has helpfully provided hints in a blog on how to cope if the undead start walking the earth.

An American man has eaten his 25,000th Big Mac.

Don Gorske, 59, has lived off the burgers produced by fast food chain McDonalds, eating them every day since 1972 and vows to keep on going until the day he dies.