Category: Strange News

  • Australian prisoner sues for his ‘human right’ to eat Vegemite

    Australian prisoner sues for his ‘human right’ to eat Vegemite

    An Australian prisoner is challenging a statewide ban on Vegemite, arguing in a lawsuit that denying him access to the beloved yeast-based spread violates his human right to “enjoy his culture as an Australian.” Andre McKechnie, 54, who is serving a life sentence for murder, has taken his fight for the salty, sticky staple to…

  • Make way for the flock! Hundreds of sheep head through German city to their winter pastures

    Make way for the flock! Hundreds of sheep head through German city to their winter pastures

    Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg stepped aside on Sunday as hundreds of bleating sheep made their way through the downtown area on their journey to winter quarters. Curious onlookers lined the streets, phones raised to capture the unusual sight, as the roughly 600 sheep from shepherd Thomas Gackstatter’s flock trotted past in what…