A Canadian woman and her 1-year-old dog ended up in the hospital with almost identical symptoms after the two ate the same moist pet food that was recalled in North America some time back. In an attempt to trick her terrier into trying a new kind of food, Elaine Larabie ate it herself and suffered from "embarrassing" symptoms including foaming at the mouth, problems urinating, vomiting and loss of appetite.

A Palestinian woman was caught at the Gaza-Egypt border on Monday with three small crocodiles strapped to her body. Though fully veiled and robed, the woman raised suspicions due to her unusual lumpiness. Guards at first feared the woman was carrying a bomb, sparking a wave of panic through the border terminal.

A 24-year-old man from Muskegon, Michigan tried to eat a bank robbery note and allegedly bit a police officer while robbing a LaSalle Bank branch on March 2. Leland Snyder is facing felony charges after police confirmed he passed a teller a note demanding money. Additionally, the police also charged Snyder with resisting and obstructing police causing injury. According to investigators, Snyder had plans to rob another bank when he was caught by Muskegon Heights police on Wednesday.

Twinkie - the yellow outside and creamy inside cakes can make your mouth water at their first sight, but a book "Twinkie, Deconstructed" suggests there some more that one should learn. The author of the book Steve Ettlinger says he was taken to multiple locations, including phosphate mines in Idaho to gypsum mines in Oklahoma, as he searched for the origins of ingredients of the Hostess Twinkie. Ettlinger found that one of the Twinkie's ingredients is Calcium Sulphate, a substance that could transform into plaster if water is extracted out from it.

Manuel Quiroz of Mexico can take a lot of heat. Quiroz can eat a dozen of Mexico's spiciest chilies like it is nothing. Quiroz rubs the chilies on his face and squeezes their juice into his mouth without hesitation. Quiroz is a 54-year-old taxi cab driver and has stated that he has made thousands of dollars with his tolerance for heat and he hopes to become the world champion chili eater.