Here is my repository of facts, trivia and hopefully funny things brought to my attention by the news.
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26-1-6 Australia Day

11-11-5 Remembrance Day

25-4-5 ANZAC Day

8-4-5 Girl weds dog to ward off tigers

4-4-5 Woman breastfeeds tigers

26-3-5 Whipping therapy cures depression and suicide crises

24-3-5 Hit snooze, if you can find me

18-3-5 Sex doll sparks bomb alert

18-3-5 High price

16-3-5 Raising the bar

14-3-5 Want to buy a Time Machine? Too late, it's sold.

2-3-5 Man unaware of 12cm knife stuck in head

2-3-5 Icy reception

1-3-5 Stick around

28-2-5 Ogling ... with sign language

26-2-5 Spouses vie for national wife-carrying glory

21-2-5 Monkey mammary business

19-2-5 The art of getting naked

16-2-5 German zoo says penguins can stay

16-2-5 Baby billboard

8-2-5 Rugby fan 'cuts off testicles' to celebrate win

5-2-5 Tickety-boo

5-2-5 Carving out a record

2-2-5 Ref red cards himself

31-1-5 Piste to the eyeballs

26-1-5 Australia Day

22-1-5 Who's a silly boy then?

17-1-5 Rattling her chains - in gaol

14-1-5 Gay bombs: US secret weapon plan

10-1-5 Silver lining

8-1-5 Labels say it all

5-1-5 Loo paper files unravelled

27-12-4 Too close to home

24-12-4 NZ bridge stolen

16-12-4 Lap pillow for lonely men

15-12-4 New evidence too secret for defence in terrorism case

9-12-4 Laptops can affect your sperm count

7-12-4 FBI reports abuses at Guantanamo

6-12-4 Malnutrition doubled since US invasion: UNICEF

4-12-4 Ruddock says torture evidence is OK in trials

2-12-4 US argues Guantanamo detainees have no legal rights

28-11-4 "Howard is an arch monarchist and clearly they are running from what the Eureka flag represents; independence and people determined to fight for their rights"

24-11-4 US mistreats Iraq civilians

22-11-4 Police secretly taking DNA samples

20-11-4 Australia's tax rates near world highs

19-11-4 Howard dismisses the Southern Cross

19-11-4 Australia rated 6th best country

18-11-4 Mum breastfeeds dog

17-11-4 Freedoms lost are hard regained

12-11-4 Police charged over NZ PM's dash to rugby

11-11-4 Remembrance Day

5-11-4 Fighter pilot mistakenly targets school

4-11-4 Strange fruit

4-11-4 Cold love

4-11-4 Free sex not OK

3-11-4 Iraq war a crime: Hawking

2-11-4 Sticky problem

31-10-4 US authorities have legal access to Australians' confidential information

29-10-4 The risk of death from violence in Iraq is 58 times higher than before the invasion

28-10-4 Australia ranks poorly in global media freedom listing

27-10-4 Amnesty International condemns US torture tactics

27-10-4 Australia's freedom of the press dismal

26-10-4 Bush prisoners not protected by the Geneva Convention

25-10-4 Libs made election calls to unlisted numbers

25-10-4 US secretly moved prisoners out of Iraq

23-10-4 CIA withdraws Iraq WMD claim

22-10-4 Australia living beyond its means

21-10-4 At it like rabbits

21-10-4 Passionate couple call 999

21-10-4 New South Wales police given the power to conduct covert searches of homes

14-10-4 Sleepwalker's sex in the city

14-10-4 Iraq war fuelling terrorism

14-10-4 Australian economy slips worldwide

12-10-4 The United States is violating international law

12-10-4 At least 11 al-Qaeda suspects have "disappeared" in US custody

8-10-4 The disco terrors

7-10-4 You're dead, says power company

7-10-4 Gaol refuge from ball and chain

5-10-4 As strange as it gets

2-10-4 Tortured, held in solitary confinement for almost two years at an American base in Afghanistan

30-9-4 Full plans for the Iraq Invasion issued on 31-10-2 some 4 months before the three admitted we would attack

28-9-4 Off the rails

20-9-4 Sex strike labelled 'abuse'

17-9-4 Wife goes nuts

17-9-4 Saddam had no WMD stockpile: US report

13-9-4 Snoring pooch prompts eviction

12-9-4 Drunk in charge of pram

10-9-4 Dog shoots man

9-9-4 Foul experience

2-9-4 That's blown it

1-9-4 Scrafton alleges abuse and threats

28-8-4 Giant catfish claims dog

27-8-4 Suncorp posts record profit

27-8-4 PM pays his son to dish up spam

25-8-4 Padded cars offer a crunch-free future

23-8-4 PM was told war would spur terrorism

21-8-4 Golden banana

20-8-4 Bear hits the beer and conks out

20-8-4 Militant graffiti artists

18-8-4 Blix told Howard that evidence supporting claims about Iraq's WMD was questionable

16-8-4 Very superstitious

14-8-4 Blazing bunny spreads cricket club fire

13-8-4 Officer, I'm too drunk to drive

13-8-4 $240 million credit card rip-off

12-8-4 Iraq deployment makes Australia a terrorist target: Iran

11-8-4 Airliner avoids near catastrophe

11-8-4 Wolfowitz wants to fund World militia

11-8-4 Habib compares detention to horror film

11-8-4 Commonwealth Bank profit soars to $2.5bn

9-8-4 PM stung by roaring 40 band of top brass and diplomats

8-8-4 Iraq war a 'gift' to Osama: CIA analyst

8-8-4 Deceptions over Iraq strongly condemned

5-8-4 Bad vibrations

5-8-4 400-tonne bridge missing

5-8-4 Hicks and Habib abused

4-8-4 Thailand bans orang-utan kickboxing

4-8-4 Guantanamo inmates allege abuse

1-8-4 Lots of drive, no licence

1-8-4 Sex, murder and texting

30-7-4 Dumb and dumber

30-7-4 UK report warns of Iraq, Afghanistan deterioration

28-7-4 Car that pulls faces

27-7-4 Granny bores burglar to sleep

24-7-4 Hooked on new hobby

22-7-4 Monkey walks like human

22-7-4 Pint-sized

20-7-4 A nosey park plan to poke in your bags

19-7-4 Howard should be tried for war crimes

18-7-4 WMDs never Bush's main focus

17-7-4 Crazed surgeon amputates penis

15-7-4 EC asked to probe anti-government website

14-7-4 Swede tortured

13-7-4 Demons on the loose

12-7-4 New slug for snail cruelty

8-7-4 Miracle cow

8-7-4 Groom finds bride is bald, wants divorce

7-7-4 US tortured Habib in Egypt

7-7-4 US, Israel deflect nuclear watchdog

6-7-4 Farming in the nude

3-7-4 Snuffed goat gets up burglars' noses

23-6-4 Teacher fined for setting schoolgirls loose on boys

22-6-4 Hill won't release abuse dossier for risk of offending US

21-6-4 Guantanamo detainees have provided only a tiny amount of intelligence of current value

20-6-4 Cuffed for hot chocolate

19-6-4 Truth counted for little

18-6-4 Lobster keeps watch on seabed

18-6-4 Prisoner's identity concealed to prevent Red Cross access

18-6-4 US has secret prisons

17-6-4 Blow-dry call doesn't wash

17-6-4 Chinese test cheats 'stealing secrets'

17-6-4 No ties between Iraq and bin Laden

15-6-4 US general told to treat Iraq prisoners 'like dogs'

11-6-4 Ancient undies discovered

11-6-4 Loggers use dirty tricks

10-6-4 Teachers deserve the money they get?

9-6-4 Teachers unhappy with 12% pay rise

8-6-4 Short skirt ban stirs indignation

4-6-4 Green sweat a riddle

4-6-4 Hicks and Habib told Australian officials of US abuse

4-6-4 Rumsfeld approved torture

31-5-4 Dial-a-condom

28-5-4 Trial lawyers face curbs

26-5-4 Amnesty report criticises Aust, US

25-5-4 Missing New Zealander in Iraq in US custody

24-5-4 DVD strictly for the birds

20-5-4 Habib was tortured

20-5-4 Bank fees cost customers $3 billion

20-5-4 The US beat David Hicks

20-5-4 Talking toilet triumphs

19-5-4 Shell shock: $1400 omelette

6-5-4 Westpac announces record half-year profit

27-4-4 Complain about the food if you dare

26-4-4 Former US ambassador doubts Iraq WMD focus

25-4-4 ANZAC Day

24-4-4 Peanut butter terrorism in class

22-4-4 Horny rhino hits on car

18-4-4 Mercenaries shoot back in Iraq

17-4-4 Airliner turns white liner on Mexican roads

17-4-4 Last elves sacked from Santa's Finland HQ

15-4-4 Sweets company sued over liquorice addiction

15-4-4 Supersonic furniture

10-4-4 Easter Bunny flogging not funny

10-4-4 Mercenaries in Iraq

9-4-4 Coolest cinema in the world

8-4-4 Thief who steals, cleans your car

8-4-4 Monkeying around at work

7-4-4 Naked sushi lunches axed

4-4-4 NZ's answer to Pamplona: the running of the sheep

3-4-4 Bananas bend interrogation rules

3-4-4 US violates human rights at Guantanamo: Spanish judge

2-4-4 Defence expert questions Aust-US alliance

1-4-4 L-plates for yum cha carts

1-4-4 Woman grows extra breasts

27-3-4 Snoozy thief caught napping

26-3-4 Defence lawyers may be denied access to evidence

24-3-4 Unknown poet - until now

24-3-4 New South Wales & Victoria subsidizes the rest of the country

24-3-4 Meep! Meep! Coyote is foiled yet again

18-3-4 Merde, that's not Osama

18-3-4 Man flushes 11,000 euros

14-3-4 More Britons allege Guantanamo beatings

12-3-4 Ex-Guantanamo inmate denounces US captors

11-3-4 3.5 million live in poverty: Senate report

10-3-4 Stand apart from the US, Blix urges

5-3-4 Insurance companies make big profits

5-3-4 Boeing wins right to treat foreign workers differently

4-3-4 Pentagon criticised over prisoner release review

4-3-4 Crash charge woman's sex defence

4-3-4 Terrorism laws go too far: Law Council

3-3-4 Homeless couple in graphic protest

3-3-4 Anti-terrorism laws 'draconian': Federal Court judge

3-3-4 Going to war secured US alliance, says Downer

26-2-4 US may hold acquitted Guantanamo inmates

24-2-4 Rights groups excluded from Guantanamo trials

21-2-4 Beggar 'to sue' well-wisher

13-2-4 Spontaneous combustion

11-2-4 Woman marries dead boyfriend

9-2-4 Record opium output forecast in Afghanistan

6-2-4 Choir accuses Govt of censorship

6-2-4 How Bush misled the world

5-2-4 Topless barber 'over the top'

5-2-4 Man marries dog for luck, then dies

5-2-4 Optus increases profits by more than 500 per cent

30-1-4 Children released from Guantanamo Bay

29-1-4 Dragon in jar puts experts in a pickle

26-1-4 Australia Day

24-1-4 Ex-weapons inspector says no WMDs in Iraq

23-1-4 Ice block crashes through roof

20-1-4 Cow that laid the jewels

11-1-4 Bush wanted Iraqi invasion pre-Sept 11

9-1-4 Girl pimped to pay mobile bill

7-1-4 Making pit bulls cuddly

6-1-4 Goodness, gracious - balls of fire over Spain

9-1-4 US exaggerated Iraqi weapons threat

1-1-4 Catalogue of a disaster

30-12-3 Court okays nude Barbie photos

29-12-3 A year of eroding precious values

26-12-3 Diamond giveaway rubbished

26-12-3 You'll blush when you flush in this loo with a view

21-12-3 Saddam held by Kurds, drugged and left for US troops

21-12-3 US orders RAAF planes to spy on Iran without Australian approval

20-12-3 Odd stories of 2003

19-12-3 Trying to save money man brings the house down

19-12-3 US court delivers blow to Guantanamo policy

18-12-3 Ghost train takes solo trip to the suburbs

18-12-3 No answer from Optus

1-12-3 New powers handed to Australian intelligence agencies have been misused

30-5-3 High-tech gripe makes PCs more PC

27-11-3 'Crying' dog saves master

27-11-3 US tourists want to hunt wild haggis

26-11-3 Judge blasts US for 'monstrous failure of justice'

24-11-3 68-year fast, with no relief

24-11-3 The New Zealand Prime Minister was frisked

11-11-3 Remembrance Day

11-11-3 National Australia Bank makes $3,960,000,000.00 profit

2-11-3 Man goes down toilet

30-10-3 Disabled man not allowed on flight

25-10-3 Toy dog causes stink

25-10-3 Touchy name for a Canadian car

20-10-3 Westpac makes $2,180,000,000.00 profit

13-10-3 It's OK for some nations to have weapons of mass destruction!

11-10-3 Guantanamo creating mental health problems: Red Cross

8-10-3 Hicks, Habib tortured at Guantanamo Bay

2-10-3 The surplus

2-10-3 Optus cut us off

23-9-3 White House knew Saddam was no threat

22-9-3 Roo rescues unconscious farmer

19-9-3 Fagg's coffee campaign outrage

19-9-3 Commonwealth Bank to axe 3,700 jobs

18-9-3 70 per cent of people in the United States believe that Saddam Hussein was involved in the September 11 attacks

15-9-3 Tax grab: the $19bn sting

12-9-3 Boy, 2, slips out of motel room, crashes family car

12-9-3 Belly-laugh joke goes belly-up

11-9-3 Egyptian lawyer to sue Jews for biblical 'plunder'

10-9-3 Saudi police outlaw Barbie

10-9-3 Pony in the bathroom

6-9-3 Outcry over librarian doll

6-9-3 Vet charged over bashing death of dachshund

6-9-3 She does face-painting for fur seals

5-9-3 Farmers have gutsful of flatulence tax

5-9-3 "energy field" is killing staff

4-9-3 It's raining cash

2-9-3 Optus are increasing some call costs

28-8-3 Bid to rid apartment of wasps ends in blaze

22-8-3 Thai man dies laughing

20-8-3 Don't be surprised if your phone stops working

19-8-3 Nettled for not voting

17-8-3 Staff made to pay for toilet breaks

15-8-3 Dead woman ordered to tend her own memorial

15-8-3 Vibrating bra leaves shoplifter red-faced

8-8-3 Optus makes massive profit

7-8-3 Trained hawks grounded in NYC park after Chihuahua attack

7-8-3 Dial-a-dolphin on your mobile

4-8-3 Army medic chilled in Iraq

3-8-3 Polar bears spotted in Tibet

2-8-3 Nappies for checkout chicks

2-8-3 Exhibitionist pays with his genitals ... almost

30-7-3 Dog offered credit card

27-7-3 Blood oozes out of apartment walls

27-7-3 Too thin to drive: German court backs licence ban

26-7-3 Rubber ducks spotted floating in the Pacific

26-7-3 Germany's legendary dog-eating catfish found dead

22-7-3 Farmer hospitalised after eating 3 tonnes of stones

19-7-3 Blackmailer nabbed after giving his bank account number

15-7-3 Human catapult death

13-7-3 Russian sniffer cat killed

9-7-3 Australia the fourth-best place in the world to live

7-7-3 Shepherd saves two year old

5-7-3 top bureaucrats have learnt they either play the game or get the chop

1-7-3 Vanuatu opens world's first underwater post office

28-6-3 Price rises swallow next week's tax cut

28-6-3 Sheriff Rumsfeld

26-6-3 ASIO legislation

23-6-3 Our troops at war before the war

20-6-3 Where are the weapons?

30-5-3 Feds go after ABC news coverage

27-5-3 Oopstus

12-5-3 US winding down WMD hunt

9-5-3 Tax

9-5-3 Wetpac profit

5-5-3 Sydney Airport

25-4-3 ANZAC Day

9-4-3 The Australian Government has won the Most Egregiously Stupid Award

11-3-2 Violence and television

27-2-2 Windows XP update utility