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Cambodian Police Detains Cow For Causing Two Fatal Accidents

The Cambodian police took custody of a cow that caused a fatal traffic accident on Monday, the British media reported on Tuesday.

According to Sky News, Pin Doman, the chief of a police station based on the outskirts of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, said he is holding a five-foot tall cow at his precinct after a 66-year-old motorcyclist crashed into the animal and died on Monday.

Moose In Identity Crisis, Thinks He's A Cow

Beverly and Ernie Fischer experienced a Morton County moose intrusion when they encountered a bull moose that believes that it is a cow.

Ernie said it was difficult separating the young bull moose away from the rest of the cattle, forcing him to ask some workers to put it in a separate corral until it could be released.

Hirst's Diamond Encrusted Skull For Sells $100M
Hirst's Diamond Encrusted Skull For Sells $100M

British artist Damien Hirst sold his sculpture of a diamond-encrusted skull worth $100 million, an all time high price for a piece of work sold by a single living artist, the London gallery said Thursday.

Hirst named the unique piece of art, "For the Love of God." The masterpiece is a skull cast in platinum with 8,601 diamonds. When the original skull was subjected to carbon dating for authenticity, it was found that his model dated back to the 18th century.

British Rural Kids Think Carrots Grow On Trees

Many children in England are so detached from nature that they have started to believe that carrots grow on trees. According to Keith Siddorn, a farmer in Meadowbrook Farm in Broxton many children who visit his farm on tours are also ignorant about which animal pork comes from.

Siddorn told the Chester Chronicle that though many of the children are aware that the source of milk is cow but when asked about beef they get confused because they do not realize the same animal can serve two purposes.

School Principal Sprinkles Cow's Urine On Students To "Purify" Them

An apparently upper-caste principal of a primary school in the Bhandara district of Maharshtra, India had a new way to "purify" the school premises and children from a previously employed lower-caste teacher.

The principal sprinkled cow's urine in the school premises and on students to "purify" them from lower-caste teacher's "evil spirit." A startling reminder that caste consciousness is still prevalent in India after more than 50 years of independence.