August 2009 Archives

We tend to hold inventors in high esteem, but often their discoveries were the result of an accident or twist of fate. This is true of many everyday items, including surprise inventions such as Play-Doh and potato chips.

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A MAN jumped into a fast-flowing river because he couldn't take his wife's nagging anymore.

The Chinese truck driver, known as Zhou, and his wife were on a ferry on the Yangtze River when it all became too much for him, the Chongqing Evening Post reports.

The X Factor is the most talked about TV show among workers, a survey reveals.

Employees spend an average of 29 minutes chatting about Simon Cowell's reality contest every Monday.

Sir Sean Connery has the worst movie accent of all time, say film fans.

He got an Oscar for playing an Irish-American cop in The Untouchables - but did not attempt to lose his Scottish brogue.

Hospital patients are more likely to go hungry than prisoners, experts warn today.

Their study shows ill people are often denied help and support in eating meals, meaning that many are still weak and emaciated when they are discharged after treatment.

A robber was caught as he ran past a police station after his clapped-out getaway car broke down.

Richard Angel, 44, held up a Nationwide building society guard at gunpoint and stole £15,000.

The world's official oldest dog - a dachshund owned by Karl Shaughnessy of New York - has died aged 21 years and 111 days.

Screen sex siren Megan Fox has admitted she likes kissing girls.

The brunette bombshell - last year named the sexiest woman in the world - has revealed that she feels most comfortable smooching with the fairer sex.

And she says she particularly liked kissing co-star Amanda Seyfried - the pair share an onscreen snog in the upcoming horror flick Jennifer's Body.

A widow used bottles of her late husband's wine to get rid of garden slugs - then discovered she'd been pouring away £70 a time.

Lucy Middleton, 80, of Totnes, Devon, was using the sixth of 27 vintage bottles when son Paul, 48, called - and, horrified, pointed out her mistake. Now she uses salt on slugs.

Moon rock presented to Holland by the Apollo 11 astronauts 30 years ago is petrified wood from Earth, shocked scientists found.

The souvenir, given by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins during a goodwill tour after the 1969 landing, went to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.