Twelve-year-old Bonny Jain garnered the top prize in 2006 the National Geographic Bee, bagging for himself a cool $25,000. The BBC reports that the eighth-grader from Moline, Illinois, won a $25,000 college scholarship by correctly naming the mountains that extend across much of Wales, from the Irish Sea to the Bristol Channel.

A man who cut off his hair after losing a bet, now lost his job too. Jason Brooks, who hails from Wales, shaved his locks into a Mohawk as penalty for losing a bet with a friend. However the new 'do didn't sit well with his boss. Brooks says, "The deal was if I lost I would shave the hair on my head into a mohican style and have a waxing. I lost. And as a man of my word I went through with it. I just can't believe I have had the sack. "

The Prince of Wales, who was once quoted by describing Chinese officials as "appalling old waxworks", has apparently found himself not good enough to get the waxwork himself at Madame Tussauds Museum in Shanghai. According to Sky News, Prince Charles' late wife, Princess Diana, and their elder son, Prince William, are on display at the museum in the Chinese city, although Charles is nowhere to be seen.

Britain's Home Office refused Wednesday to release the names of more than 1,000 foreign criminals it accidentally released from prison. British media reported how killers, rapists and pedophiles were among 1,023 inmates released in England and Wales since 1999 instead of being sent through immigration or deportation channels.

A mongrel dog, Deuce, has been awarded lifetime membership in a golf club in South Wales due to his mysterious skill of finding waywardly shot balls. Deuce returned more than 3000 balls sliced or shanked into the long grass as his owner and the club member Jim Phillis began taking him for daily walks from his house bordering the course.