Five-time champion John "Johnny Liar" Graham, 69, has been crowned again the "world's biggest liar" after claiming to have stumbled upon a German World War II submarine invading Whitehaven, the first town in Britain to switch from analogue to digital television. The Germans wanted to capture digital television decoders, Graham claimed during the annual competition of tall tales held at the Bridge Inn in Britain's Lake District national park.

After its 5,000 first edition copies sold out, Iranian authorities banned the latest novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez after they realized its title had been altered. Titled "Memories of My Melancholy Whores", the book was printed in Farsi as "Memories of Melancholy Sweethearts" and was sold out in Iran within three weeks.

The last two speakers of an indigenous Mexican language have stopped talking to each other, raising fears that the language will become extinct. The two men in their 70s from the village of Ayapan, Tabasco, in southern Mexico, are the only remaining speakers of their local version of the Zoque language.

A 47-year old grandmother was refused an alcohol purchase because she did not have her identification and could not prove that she was over 18. Initially thinking that the checkout assistant was joking, Tina MacNaughton-Jones realized that the employee of the Waitrose store was indeed serious in telling her she could not buy the red wine due to the lack of proof of her age, reported Breitbart. com

A man injured himself badly on both legs after attempting to loosen a stubborn nut on a wheel with a 12-guage shotgun. The 66-year-old man had spent two weeks repairing his Lincoln Continental at his home, northwest of Southworth and east of Port Orchard.