From my favourite bit of the Sydney Morning Herald, the strange-but-true section:
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Situated in an elegantly restored house beside Beijing's West Lake, it is China's first speciality p*nis restaurant.
Here, businessmen and government officials can sample the organs of yaks, donkeys, oxen and even seals. In fact, they have to, since they form part of every dish - except for those containing t*sticles.
For beginners, Ms Zhu recommended the hotpot, which offers a sampling of six types of p*nis, and four of t*sticle, boiled in chicken stock by the waitress, 22-year-old Liu Yunyang.
The Russian dog was first. It was julienned, and rather gamey. The ox was the most recognisable, even though it had been diced. Its texture seemed identical to gristle.
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A professor whose car collided with a tree after he suffered a cardiac arrest was brought back to life when the impact of the steering wheel against his chest restarted his heart.
"I had the kind of heart attack that causes people to drop dead. I lost consciousness within a few seconds. My front-seat passenger tried to grab the handbrake but was unable to do so and my car crashed into a tree."
"Although I was wearing a seatbelt the impact caused me to jolt forward and hit the steering wheel. It split in two but the blow restarted my heart."
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The Bruintjes family have chosen a ring for their computer-controlled doorbell that mimics their dead German shepherd.
Council officials of the town of Oldenzaal near the German border came to the conclusion there was an unregistered dog in the house after ringing the bell while the family was out.
"Last year we had great difficulty convincing the inspector that we did not have a dog, and now we are back in the same situation again," Gerrit Bruintjes said.
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A woman who weighs 16 kilograms, stands less than a metre tall and uses a wheelchair has given birth to her first child.
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(16kg! My god! Sock only weighs 16kg!)