Mirror Weird News
United Kingdom
Argentina's Lionel Messi uses sleep method and unusual drink for peak fitness
The headline is already trying not to laugh.
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Record updated: 16 Jul 2026, 07:52 AM AEST
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Showing 18 headline candidates from the refresh run completed on 16 Jul 2026, 07:52 AM AEST.
Mirror Weird News
United Kingdom
New rubbish rules mean man has to bolt his bin closed
A household object has somehow reached the news desk.
Daily Mail Science
United Kingdom
Scientists' fury as 67-million-year-old T. rex skeleton fetches record-breaking £37m - and disappears into private hands
It has the shape of a tiny adventure reported with a straight face.
Mirror Weird News
United Kingdom
Harry Kane will be powered by 'ridiculous' drink in bid to beat Argentina
It has that classic official-plan-meets-real-life shape.
Mirror Weird News
United Kingdom
Giant Trojan Horse takes over Trafalgar Square for Nolan's The Odyssey
The scale is doing deadpan comedy.
Daily Mail Science
United Kingdom
The Vatican fired me after I claimed a word used 2,570 times in the Bible refers to alien beings
A wonderfully specific detail has taken centre stage.
Daily Mail Science
United Kingdom
Leg day at the gym? Sniffing CHOCOLATE before your workout could make it easier, study claims
A very ordinary object has wandered into serious news.
Daily Mail Science
United Kingdom
Mystery of Hannibal's Alpine march solved? Scientists calculate how 46,000 men and 37 elephants could have made military history's greatest journey
A mystery is doing a lot of work in a very small sentence.
Daily Mail Science
United Kingdom
Giant toxic jellyfish with 120-foot tentacles invade New England beaches as officials issue chilling warning
The scale is doing deadpan comedy.
The Irish Times
Ireland
Dublin ‘bin ban’ roll-out delayed in Phibsborough, Broadstone and Stoneybatter
A household object has somehow reached the news desk.
The Independent
United Kingdom
What Todd Blanche accidentally revealed about Trump during his confirmation hearing
It has the magic news word: accidentally.
The Irish Times
Ireland
‘Chalk and cheese’: Jamison Gibson-Park says Ireland move transformed him
A very ordinary object has wandered into serious news.
The Independent
United Kingdom
A horde of golden mini-Mozarts marks 270 years since the composer's birth in Salzburg
The scale is doing deadpan comedy.
The Independent
United Kingdom
What science loses when a T. rex becomes a $50 million trophy
The object list sounds like someone shuffled three different stories together.
The Guardian World
United Kingdom
Chaos and confusion bring US no closer to resolution on strait of Hormuz
The word chaos gives it open-mic energy.
RNZ News
New Zealand
Govt's amalgamation plans 'causing quite a lot of chaos' - Selwyn councillors
The word chaos gives it open-mic energy.
The Guardian World
United Kingdom
First patients enrolled in record-breaking Ebola treatment trial in DRC
It has the shape of a tiny adventure reported with a straight face.
The Independent
United Kingdom
Man who stole Deliveroo bag at anti-migrant protest caught after posting photos online
It has the shape of a tiny adventure reported with a straight face.