Tuesday, 2nd March

We already had the eight-limbed girl, now, from the same Indian village, there is the eight-limbed boy. Deepak Paswaan, born with his parasitic twin growing from his chest, requires surgery to have the extra limbs removed. The arms and legs of his foetal twin continue to grow with Deepak, causing him increasing mobility difficulties. His poverty stricken parents are appealing for help in getting their son the medical attention he needs.

The villagers of Lajamanu, in Northern Territory, Australia, had reason to curse the weekend's weather when it rained fish for two days. Apparently the phenomenon, which sees shoals scooped up by storm clouds, has happened twice before even though the remote town is 326 miles from the nearest river.

In Lockport, New York, Chris Crego, a fugitive on the run, was re-apprehended after police tracked his Facebook status updates. Crego inadvertently told police where he was and where he was working. Police were so grateful for his stupidity they even left Crego a Facebook message thanking his 'diligence.' Whoops.

Feeling guilty? Need an emergency priest to perform a quickie confession? In France a group of concerned Catholics have created just the solution - an emergency confession hotline. It costs a mere €0.34 a minute, a snip compared to the price of seeing a real priest (free). Can't see the phone line taking off, unless it's something like this.

In other - possibly earth-shattering, probably speculative nonsense - Christian news, one of the nails from Jesus Christ's crucifixion may have been discovered. The evidence? It dates from around Christ's time (kind of) and someone took real good care of it. Well, prove it science - if it really is from Jesus, scrape off some messianic DNA, resurrect the lord and then put him in a theme park - Jesusarassic Park.

If he does return, theme park or no, we wonder what he would think of the annual Nepalese Insult Festival, in which the children of two villages indulge in a day of swearing, f-bombing and mischief. 

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