Odd News http://www.sbs.com.au/news/oddnews An elephant in Poland is set to use her trunk to sniff out winners in the Euro 2012 football championships. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1653309/Elephant-to-sniff-out-Euro-2012-wins http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1653309/Elephant-to-sniff-out-Euro-2012-wins Fri, 25 May 2012, 12:18:30 +1100 A British stuntman became the world's first skydiver to land without a parachute, falling 731 metres to drop safely onto a crash-pad of cardboard boxes. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1653027/British-skydiver-lands-without-parachute http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1653027/British-skydiver-lands-without-parachute Thu, 24 May 2012, 13:31:23 +1100 Beijing's public toilets must not exceed two flies, according to new standards. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1652997/Two-fly-rule-for-Beijing-toilets http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1652997/Two-fly-rule-for-Beijing-toilets Thu, 24 May 2012, 12:21:03 +1100 A man has become only the third person to survive after plunging over Niagara Falls without a safety device. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1652339/Man-survives-Niagara-Falls-plunge http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1652339/Man-survives-Niagara-Falls-plunge Tue, 22 May 2012, 12:15:25 +1100 French women buy more shoes each year than their other European counterparts. But what kind of shoes? Italian women are more apt to go for high heels...and others? http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1652179/In-Europe-a-shoe-style-for-every-nation http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1652179/In-Europe-a-shoe-style-for-every-nation Mon, 21 May 2012, 15:50:39 +1100 People can pick a stranger's sexual orientation with a fair degree of accuracy within a fraction of a second, American research has found. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1651170/Gaydar-exists-US-study-shows http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1651170/Gaydar-exists-US-study-shows Thu, 17 May 2012, 13:14:57 +1100 Rangers who shot a saltwater crocodile that was terrorising pets in northern Australia found a dog, a pair of shorts, a football and a nappy in its stomach, a report said. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1650875/Dog-nappy-and-football-found-in-Aussie-croc http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1650875/Dog-nappy-and-football-found-in-Aussie-croc Wed, 16 May 2012, 13:14:06 +1100 Scientists say worm blood could be used in synthetic substitutes for human blood because of its powerful oxygen-carrying abilities. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1650305/Worm-blood-as-human-substitute http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1650305/Worm-blood-as-human-substitute Mon, 14 May 2012, 17:19:01 +1100 In the woods of New Jersey, US, an avid collector and artist proudly shows off the living work of art he calls home. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1650219/Artist-shows-off-surreal-mosaic-home http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1650219/Artist-shows-off-surreal-mosaic-home Mon, 14 May 2012, 13:15:02 +1100 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak may have paved the way for the computer revolution, but he does without broadband at home. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1649611/Apple-founder-I-dont-have-broadband http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1649611/Apple-founder-I-dont-have-broadband Fri, 11 May 2012, 18:47:31 +1100 Chinese citizens are up in arms after a Ferrari sports car left tyre tracks atop Nanjing's ancient city wall. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1649493/Ferrari-damages-ancient-Chinese-wall http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1649493/Ferrari-damages-ancient-Chinese-wall Fri, 11 May 2012, 12:32:11 +1100 Heir to the British throne Prince Charles had a light-hearted go at presenting the weather on BBC television, predicting a miserable spate of rain and snow for Scotland. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1649429/Prince-Charles-turns-BBC-weatherman http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1649429/Prince-Charles-turns-BBC-weatherman Fri, 11 May 2012, 08:17:45 +1100 A bra with built-in ice packs, a wind chime and a sprig of mint that was unveiled in Japan is promising to keep women cool this summer. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1648953/New-bra-has-ice-wind-chimes http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1648953/New-bra-has-ice-wind-chimes Thu, 10 May 2012, 17:36:35 +1100 Sharp Corp of Japan has come up with a roaming vacuum cleaner that is trilingual and talks. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1648735/Cute-trilingual-robot-talks-and-vacuums http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1648735/Cute-trilingual-robot-talks-and-vacuums Tue, 8 May 2012, 23:00:26 +1100 Comic book writer Grant Morrison is known for being a bit outrageous, so his recent 'outing' of Batman should be taken with a grain of salt, reports Matthias Heine for DIE WELT. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1648535/Batman-is-gay-comic-book-writer-says http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1648535/Batman-is-gay-comic-book-writer-says Tue, 8 May 2012, 12:11:42 +1100 A New Zealand researcher has earned a doctorate studying the social habits of heavy metal fans, or "bogans" as they are known in the country. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647705/Dr-Bogan-earns-heavy-metal-doctorate http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647705/Dr-Bogan-earns-heavy-metal-doctorate Fri, 4 May 2012, 14:28:03 +1100 A New Zealand university threatens to expel students playing a game in which participants drink while sitting in trees until they fall. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647415/Concern-over-teen-drinking-game-possum http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647415/Concern-over-teen-drinking-game-possum Thu, 3 May 2012, 15:47:14 +1100 A musically inclined elephant in a US zoo loves playing the harmonica, even when no one else is around. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647269/Elephant-plays-tunes-on-harmonica http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647269/Elephant-plays-tunes-on-harmonica Thu, 3 May 2012, 07:05:12 +1100 An artist who renamed herself Spartacus and a man who draws a city inhabited by figures made of human excrement have been shortlisted for Britain's prestigious Turner Prize. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647159/Turd-city-vies-for-art-prize http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647159/Turd-city-vies-for-art-prize Wed, 2 May 2012, 18:49:44 +1100 Two Welsh tourists went on a vodka binge before pinching a penguin and swimming with dolphins after breaking into a Gold Coast theme park. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647037/Penguin-pinchers-were-blind-drunk-court http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647037/Penguin-pinchers-were-blind-drunk-court Wed, 2 May 2012, 12:49:26 +1100