Woman dies in water drinking contest. That DHMO is deadly stuff.

Objections to Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth lead to its banning from some school districts, because a parent objected to the film claiming the Earth is more than 14,000 years old, and didn’t show a biblical fire and brimstone end to civilisation if global warming takes its course.

Zoo Magazine announces the Un-Australian of the Year is Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali, for comparing women to meat.

Man selling his entire life on eBay (thanks Marie)

Penguins suspected of being gay (thanks Amanda)

Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie complains to his local council about loud music (thanks Pratap)