A man has had his split penis cured with manuka honey after the skin peeled off leaving him unable to have sex. When the man went to the doctor, complaining of a too-tight foreskin, it was found that he had non-cancerous tumours which had split the skin. Honey was applied with “a satisfying outcome,” says the International Journal of Surgery Cases.
Spilt coffee forces commercial flight to land
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Bulldozer demolishes home as man showers
A man in Tennessee was in the shower when a bulldozer began to mistakenly demolish his home. Wearing only a towel, Taylor Parker rushed into his yard to stop the demolition. The driver tried to convince Parker that the damage to his house had been done by a falling tree.
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