A treasure hunter has found modern Britain's biggest haul of prehistoric gold coins - using a metal detector.
The collection of 824 gold staters was found in a broken pottery jar buried in a field near Wickham Market, Suffolk.
Jude Plouviez, of the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, said the coins dated from 40BC to AD15.
Their value when in circulation had been estimated at a modern equivalent of between £500,000 and £1million.
This is the largest collection of gold coins from that period ever found in modern Britain.
Amazing X-Ray show the knife sticking out if his head
This amazing X-ray shows how a man survived being stabbed in the skull with a five-inch knife.
The 38 year old dad Wen Wen walked into a hospital casualty room in Xi'an, central China, with the entire blade buried in his head and just the handle sticking out.
One ER nurse fainted as Wen walked up to reception at the Jiaotong University clinic with the hilt poking out of his head and casually answered questions about his injury.
The razor sharp blade sunk into Wen's head above his right ear, down into the nasal cavity and finally emerged into his mouth.
Astonishingly it missed several major arteries, blood vessels and nerves.
"He's incredibly lucky. He could walk and talk perfectly and he will make a full recovery. One or two centimetres in another direction, though, and he would be dead," said one medic.
Wen told doctors he'd been stabbed by his 76-year-old father who has now fled the family home.
"I was cleaning up the house when my father attacked me and did this to me with just one strike of the knife.
"He's old but sane and rational and I've no idea why he did it. I'm worried that he might think he's in trouble now and won't come back to the family," he said
Everybody had them or at least seen 'em. Slap bracelets were usually made of thin piece of aluminum wrapped in fabric. Using the same form, Chocolate Agency came up with a mini multimedia device that snaps on with a slap. The entire surface is E-Paper and possesses all its thin, high contrast, power efficient qualities. The length can be adjusted by adding magnetic snaps to the ends. Best part is there's no recharging needed. It gets all the power it needs via kinetic energy so go ahead, go slap happy.
Designer: Chocolate Agency
Diego Golberg lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photograph himself and his family on june 17th every year. he call this private ritual: The Arrow Of Time
Photo Credits and Source : Zone Zero: The Arrow Of Time
How much attention have you been paying to our tales of depravity, deviance and despair this year? Take our Weird Quiz of the Year to find out!
1. Bryan Killian, a Pastafarian (one who worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster), was suspended from school for a day because of his religious clothing. What was he dressed as?
a) A zombie
b) A ninja
c) A robot
d) A pirate
2. 'Octopig' was the name given to a piglet born in Croatia with six legs and two penises. But how many anuses did Octopig have?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
3. Mozart suffered a problem with his penis in 2007 – it became permanently erect, causing him serious discomfort, and eventually it had to be surgically removed. Fortunately, he had a spare penis, so the loss wasn't so bad. What sort of creature was Mozart?
a) A pig
b) An iguana
c) An ostrich
d) A human
4. By far the greatest legal defence this year was one man's claim that he only robbed a lingerie shop at knifepoint because he believed that he was a magical female elf called Buho. But where did his elven crime take place?
a) Belgium
b) Florida
c) Northern Ireland
d) Venezuela
5. He saved a dolphin by reaching down its throat. He searched for a wife, and found one. He met the world's smallest man. He is Bao Xishun, he was until recently the world's tallest man, and he was undoubtedly our hero of the year. But how tall is he?
a) 7ft 6 in
b) 7 ft 9 in
c) 8 ft 2 in
d) 8 ft 5 in
6. Christmas the Hamster was brought back from the dead, after he was badly burned when his cage was left on top of an oven hob and burst into flames. What well-known drink did firemen use to resurrect him?
a) Ribena
b) Vimto
c) Irn Bru
d) Bacardi Breezer
7. Which American actress was the subject of mysterious graffiti which appeared across London (and further afield) this year?
a) Katie Holmes
b) Bea Arthur
c) Whoopi Goldberg
d) Brooke Shields
8. In 2007, in which US state was a missile found in a junkyard, a policeman mauled by a squirrel, the infamous 'naked tickler' finally captured, a man stabbed to death over a game of Yahtzee, and a doctor arrested while dressed as Captain America with a burrito down his pants?
a) Iowa
b) Florida
c) Texas
d) New York
And finally, a tie-breaker:
9. How many stories in the Weird section had the word 'nude' in the headline in 2007?
a) 15
b) 19
c) 27
d) 34
Highlight below to find the answers:
Answers:
1) He dressed as a pirate, as all good Pastafarians must
2) Octopig had 2 anuses
3) Mozart was a permanently erect iguana
4) Buho stole the bras in Northern Ireland
5) Bao Xishun is 7ft 9in tall
6) The hamster was brought back to life with a few drops of Ribena
7) Brooke Shields had an Alphabet
8) Florida, of course
9) 27 (or 28 if you include a caption competition)
How you did:
0-2: You simply haven't been paying attention this year, have you? Cretin.
3-5: You've got a fair amount of weird knowledge, but there's plenty of room to improve.
6-8: You have a powerful an impressive grasp of all things weird, knowledge that you no doubt use to make yourself a much sought-after figure on the dinner-party circuit.
9: Freak.
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