A mobile phone ringtone grabs the British music chart number one position for the first time.

A mock light sabre duel. Good idea! Using glass tubes filled with fuel? Bad idea. (Thanks Jessica)

Man so desperate for another puff on a cigarette that flew out of the window that he leaps from the car, which was travelling at 55-60mph at the time. See how dangerous cigarettes can be? (Thanks Michael)

Toddler gets stuck in toy vending machine (with picture!!) (Thanks Sarah)

Don’t be cruel to Daleks, says the British Board of Film Classification. I wonder if they specifically mean Daleks, or any armour-plated evil killing machine? (WARNING - story contains spoilers for the new Doctor Who series)

British Museum notices cave painting on display portrays the caveman doing the shopping, complete with a supermarket trolley. (Thanks Brian)

Double amputee Oscar Pistorius was so fast at the Paralympics, there’s a chance he could qualify for the Olympics too, but first the IAAF would need to rule if his legs are legal or not..

Department of Foreign Affairs And Trade issues official warning: Don’t visit Perth, Western Australia. (Free registration required) (Thanks David)

May 9th declared to be Orgasm Day by a town in Brazil. (Free registration required) (Thanks Brian)

Vatican officials convicted of polluting the airwaves with electro-magnetic radiation. (Thanks Lauren)

How long before robots become our evil overlords? American researchers have developed a robot that can reproduce itself, building replicas of itself from spare parts.

Next time you complain about taxi fares, spare a thought for those who catch them in Baghdad, at UKP 183 per mile. Mind you, expensive taxis are probably the least of their worries. And yes, there’s an airport surcharge, for the armoured vehicles and heavily armed soldiers that accompany you.

A casino buys the Pope’s former car, a 1999 hatchback, for US$244,000.

MIT holds a time traveller’s conference. (RSVP whenever you like.) As far as they know, no time travellers turned up.

Ahh, Margaret’s Bazaar, what bargain will you unearth next? A live WW2 bomb, that’s what!

More than 1000 German toads inflate and explode. (Thanks numerous people)

Live in Texas? Get yourself a radar gun and write your own speeding tickets. (Thanks Andrew)

Jonathan Petherbridge’s new nickname is Oscar, after getting stuck upside-down in a Melbourne rubbish bin trying to retrieve his mobile phone. Which might not have been news if it hadn’t been for the passing news camera crew. (Thanks Peter)