Curiosity nearly killed Freddy the cat when he climbed up a power pylon – and spent the next 18 hours clinging onto wires for dear life.

The terrified moggy was too scared to move and had to be rescued from 25-ft high electricity lines.

His head was just inches from a live wire – which would have electrocuted him instantly – as he stood on an earth wire.

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A Tesco customer got the fright of her life when she glanced at her bag of bananas – and found a three-inch lizard blinking back at her.

The reptile emerged from the woman’s Costa Rican bananas at a store in Colchester, Essex.

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Gus – a three-legged, one-eyed, hairless pedigree Chinese crested – has hobbled away with the title of world’s ugliest dog.

The canine claimed victory at an annual contest in northern California.

Gus and his owner Jeanenne Teed travelled across the country from Florida to compete in the competition.

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Doctors have successfully rid a patient of advanced skin cancer by treating him with clones of his own immune cells.

In just two months, scans showed that the 52-year-old man’s tumours, which had spread to his lungs, were gone.

The astonishing outcome is the first solid evidence that the experimental T-cell treatment works.

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Thousands of Chinese couples are applying to tie the knot on 8 August, to help celebrate the opening of the Beijing Olympics, state media say.

The number eight also brings good fortune in Chinese folklore, and the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008 is regarded as especially propitious.

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If you’re an expectant mother who likes to stand up for yourself, you could soon be cuddling a newborn son.

Feisty women are more likely to give birth to boys than girls, according to scientists.

High levels of testosterone in the womb – apparently evident in more aggressive women – provide a much better environment for the sperm coded to produce boys, they claim.

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Coffee can protect against heart disease, a study has found – but only in women.

Scientists found women who drink two to three cups a day are 25 per cent less likely to die from the disease than those who abstain.

But they are at a loss to explain why coffee appeared to have no effect on death rates for men.

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Silicone and scalpels could soon be a thing of the past as ‘natural’ cosmetic surgery arrives in Europe.

The news means having a nip and tuck could become a less painful and gruesome procedure.

And the technique produces far more natural results after just one treatment, say practioners.

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Being clever could help you live 15 years longer, a survey has revealed.

Researchers found that those blessed with good versions of a gene linked to intelligence could live to be 100.

However those with ‘rogue’ genes are unlikely to survive beyond the age of 85.

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Breakfast really could be the most important meal of the day when it comes to losing weight, claims a researcher.

Over several months, obese women who ate half their daily calories first thing fared better than those eating a much smaller amount.

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