Power-drill corn 'scalps' woman with long hair

Our pick of the strange but true stories from around the world.

Hair-raising meal

A woman in China has been "scalped" while attempting to emulate YouTube performer Eater Yang's stunt of eating corn on the cob from a spinning power drill. The woman's hair became tangled in the drill, leaving her with a large bald spot on the top of her head. Claims that the footage was faked prompted her to release a number of other videos apparently showing her being treated by a doctor after the incident.

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Navy chopper's wee accident

A Royal Navy helicopter has been caught on camera knocking over a row of portable toilets, sending plumes of toilet paper streaming into the sky. The low-flying chopper was moving a field gun when it got too close to the toilets and the downwash from its rotors spread the cabins – and their contents – over a wide area.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"content_original","fid":"94772","attributes":{"class":"media-image"}}]]

Domino's store saves customer's life

Workers at a Domino's Pizza shop have been credited with saving the life of a customer. When Kirk Alexander, who ordered food every day from the Oregon store, hadn't been in touch for 11 days, staff sent a driver around to his house to check up on him. However, the driver couldn't get an answer and so called the police, who broke into the house and found Alexander in "significant medical distress". He is now recovering in hospital.