Fart in face sparks knife attack
A woman from Immokalee, Florida., allegedly threw an 8-inch-long kitchen knife at her boyfriend after he farted in her face. Deborah Ann Burns, 37, told detectives that an argument ensued while the two were watching TV. Burns says that her boyfriend purposely passed gas while walking by her on his way to the kitchen. When … [Read the full story]
On this day…in 1915
During World War I, Britain suffers its first casualties from an air attack when two German Zeppelins drop bombs on the eastern coast of England. The zeppelin, a motor-driven rigid airship, was developed by German inventor Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin in 1900. Although a French inventor had built a power-driven airship several decades before, the … [Read the full story]
On this day…in 1842
On January 13, 1842, a British army doctor reaches the British sentry post at Jalalabad, Afghanistan, the lone survivor of a 16,000-strong Anglo-Indian expeditionary force that was massacred in its retreat from Kabul. He told of a terrible massacre in the Khyber Pass, in which the Afghans gave the defeated Anglo-Indian force and their camp … [Read the full story]
On this day…in 1916
On January 8, 1916, Allied forces stage a full retreat from the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, ending a disastrous invasion of the Ottoman Empire. The Gallipoli Campaign resulted in 250,000 Allied casualties and greatly discredited Allied military command. Roughly an equal number of Turks were killed or wounded. In early 1915, the … [Read the full story]
Reggae star Lloyd Charmers passes away
Reggae artist Lloyd Charmers has passed away at the age of 74. The singer, keyboard player and record producer died in London on December 27, after suffering a heart attack behind the wheel of his car. He was taken to Homerton Hospital, but was pronounced dead upon arrival. Charmers was born Lloyd Tyrell in Kingston, … [Read the full story]
Carmen Electra says that she’s growing up
Former Baywatch babe, dancer, singer, model, movie actress and Playboy magazine favourite Carmen Electra, is dating music mogul Simon Cowell. She talked candidly in a recent interview about growing up. Here’s what she said: “I wish at 18 I had understood that in order to heal you have to feel. The key turning point in … [Read the full story]
Swedish Cannibal eats his wife’s lips
A man from Sweden has been charged after eating his wife’s lips. The professor from Sweden attacked his wife to make sure she could never kiss another man. Swedish news reports that the man wanted to give his wife ‘a life sentence’ of pain. The “Swedish Cannibal” did this because he was jealous his wife … [Read the full story]
Russell Brand verbally attacks heckler
Russell Brand bombarded a heckler with furious insults at a stand-up gig in the US. The Brit funnyman lost his cool with a male audience member who repeatedly shouted out the name of his ex-wife Katy Perry at his show in New Jersey on Saturday. Sick of the interruptions, Russell asked for the house lights … [Read the full story]
