“A Croatian hospital has framed and mounted a selection of objects that have been removed from patients’ bodies over the last 80 years. Needles, buttons, coins, animal bones and even a metal communist red star swallowed by patients have been carefully mounted in display boxes. They will now be put up on the wall in the main hospital in the southern town of Sibenik. Doctors decided to limit the display to items swallowed by patients. They also have a collection of items that patients had asked to be surgically removed after, they claimed, accidentally sitting on them.” w/ photo

“A woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a western Pennsylvania bank robbery last month has confessed, apologized and told police she planned the heist because she needed the money for dentures. Evelyn Marie Fuller, 49, of Carmichaels, on Wednesday remained in the Greene County Jail unable to post bond on bank robbery and other charges filed Tuesday by police in Waynesburg, where she allegedly robbed the First National Bank on Jan. 20. Arresting Officer Tom Ankrom said Fuller explained her motives when she confessed to the crime.” w/ photo

“Police in Chile have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier. Officials in the town of Cochrane found five tons of ice in the back of his truck, reports the BBC. Scientists say the glacier, in the Patagonia region, is retreating faster than any other in Chile. Police suspect the ice was destined for the capital, Santiago, to make gourmet ice cubes for use in upmarket bars and restaurants. Tourists in Chile are often served whisky chilled with glacial ice – which has an extra kudos because it comes directly from the glaciers.” w/ photo

“Tourists and Los Angeles natives alike were treated to show starring Catwoman, a Pirate and an Alien. But this time the performance was outside of the Kodak Theatre where a fight broke out between the characters that take the stage on Hollywood Boulevard sidewalks. Fire officials responded to a reported assault around 5:30 p.m. to learn that a fight between Catwoman and Jack Sparrow ended in his getting pepper sprayed. Another character wearing an alien mask was also involved in the brawl, which ended shortly after it began, LAPD officials said. Aerial footage showed a man on the ground surrounded by about half a dozen police.” w/ photo

“A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers. On the 16-inch car door decals, made by prisoners in Windsor, one of the spots on a cow in a scene with mountains and a pine tree has been changed to the shape of a pig, a derogatory term for police. A Vermont state trooper discovered the pig while inspecting his vehicle on Wednesday. State police say they believe the decals have been added to about 30 cruisers in the past year. About 60 altered decals were made over the last couple of years, said Andy Pallito, commissioner of the Department of Corrections, which is looking into who made the modification and when.” w/ photo

“A firm of private investigators in Australia has been advertising for a $65,513-a-year ‘brothel inspector’. The post involves ‘partaking of sexual services’ undercover on behalf of local councils in New South Wales. The Lyonswood Investigations and Forensic Group in Sydney placed the ad for a ‘Brothel Buster Investigator’ in My Career magazine. Applicants were required to be unmarried and preferably single, willing to have protected sex with prostitutes and to provide sworn evidence in court.” w/ photo

“A German pensioner who had kept a tub of lard in his cupboard for 64 years, took it to authorities who pronounced it very much fit for consumption — if a little tasteless. Retired chemist Hans Feldmeier, 87, told AFP he had received the pig fat as a student in 1948 near the northern city of Rostock as part of the post-war US aid programme. Feldmeier said he had been given the tub together with two tins of noodles and some milk. “I just didn’t want to throw it away,” he explained. Finally, after 64 years, he took it to food safety agents and was astonished at their appraisal.” w/ photos

“There’s a brand new internet craze sweeping the globe. ‘Breading’ is when a cat owner places a piece of bread around their feline friend’s face before snapping the unusual shot and posting it online. It may be hard to believe but cat lovers everywhere are beginning to embrace this crazy trend. Breading fans first take a slice of bread, drill a large round hole in the center before placing it around their pet to create a mane effect.” w/ photos

“Sainsbury’s has changed the name of their tiger bread to giraffe bread after a suggestion from a three-year-old girl. Lily Robinson wrote a letter to the supermarket chain telling bosses their patterned loaf should be renamed giraffe bread. The letter, sent in May 2011, was received by Sainsbury’s customer manager Chris King, who loved Lily’s ideas. He replied: ‘Renaming tiger bread giraffe bread is a brilliant idea – it looks much more like the blotches on a giraffe than the stripes on a tiger, doesn’t it?… Yesterday, the supermarket chain decided to trial the name change, implementing it in stores across the country.” w/ photo

“An Australian footwear company has reported ‘amazing’ sales after launching a new pair of flip flops made of fake grass. The bizarre footwear, made by KUSA, features fake turf stitched into the soles so owners get the same sensation as strolling barefoot on a freshly mowed lawn. The company’s website shows sun seekers walking along the beach in the grass slippers which occasionally need to be fluffed for added comfort. The KUSA website explains: ‘Love the feeling of bare feet on freshly mowed grass? Why not have that feeling anywhere, anytime. KUSA flip flops give you the opportunity to do just that.” w/ photo