The News Round-up (February 2013)
Winehouse watched her videos before death
According to her former boyfriend, critically acclaimed singer Amy Winehouse who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 spent the final hours of her life watching videos of herself online.
Commuters traveling without pants
A lot of passengers traveled pantless on January 13 on the occasion of the funny annual event, No Pants Subway Ride. Created and popularised by a group called Improv Everywhere, the events just started as a pranks over a decade ago but is now quite popular amongst the people.
Female to give birth to Neanderthals humans
If you know of a girl who has the courage to try anything under the sun and beyond it, refer her to George Church who claims that using DNA manipulation he can enable a woman to give birth to Neanderthals close human who went extinct about 33,000 years ago.The Harvard Medical School Professor of Genetics also says that he can let human live up to 150 years and make them immune to viruses and cancers.
Your girlfriend can now rent you out
Ahead of the upcoming Chinese New Year, Taobao.com, an online Chinese sales in Beijing has started Rent a Boyfriend service for single women who have no one to accompany them during family visits, shopping and other get-togethers, which is the soul of the celebrations round the corner. The rent in on per hour basis.
MJ's son's real father
A former dermatologist of king of pop Michael Jackson has hinted on Facebook that he is the biological father of Jackson's son Prince. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga,who has spent quite a lot on Michael Jackson's memorabilia has reportedly set her sights on his ranch Neverland.
16 items found in patient's body
A needle, compresses, surgical strips were a few of the 16 items that a lawyer in Germany claimed that surgeons left in his client's body after an operation for prostrate cancer. The victim, Helmut Brecht died after the wounds failed to heal due to the items left in the body, and his family is seeking $106,216 in damages.
Cleaner steals train, drives it into a building
A 20-year-old cleaner girl in Sweden not only stole an empty commuter train, but also drove it at such a high speed that the train couldn't stop when at the dead end and it continued for nearly a 100 feet off-rail before smashing into an apartment.
Robot restaurant
At a restaurant in China, twenty robots welcome patrons with their robotic arms and say, "Hello Earth people! Welcome to robot restaurant", take orders, cook noodles and dumplings, serve food on the table and entertain. Each of the robots can work for five hours on a single two-hour recharge.
Have you ever measured the size of your Sub?
An Australian teenager his footlong Subway sandwich and found that it was an inch shorter. Post this, the US fast-food chain was booed by its fans online.
Court bans 50 Shades in Brazil
A judge in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state got copies of erotically popular trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey and a few other similarly themed books from two stores saying that proprietors couldn't prevent children from flipping through the pages of such novels. Law in Brazil requires book stall owners to conceal erotic images and content that's inappropriate for minors.
Bucket falls out of a helicopter
Lt. Tyler Balzer, a Marine Corps spokesman in US claimed that a bucket of cleaning solution fell from a military helicopter and smashed through the roof of a San Diego business. However, no body was hurt. The spokesperson said that the strap with which the 5-gallon bucket was strapped somehow became loose and the bucket was thrown out.
Teacher claims to be kids' phobic
61-year-old teacher in Ohio,USA has sued her former school alleging discrimination. She said that the school forced her to teach young kids inspite of knowing that she was pedophobic, which means that she experienced extreme anxiety around young children.
From the February 2013 issue of FHM India.
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