Ever wished you were the prime minister? Even just for a day? Well careful what you wish for, as Buffalo resident Mohamed A. Mohamed learned the hard way. This cubicle bound Dept of Transportation worker found himself in the hot seat, as the Prime Minister of Somalia…yes, the country. For a full nine months. Apparently it was hard work avoiding being murdered and having his picture taken with other world leaders…but hey, what can you do? Mohamed has left his periodic duties (for now) and is back in Buffalo. He probably owned a European casino in this time as well.

A large portion of the worlds slightly more dramatic painters or actors refer to themselves as “starving artists”, sacrificing what they must for the sake of their work. Well, John Jairo Villamil may not be starving, but he’s not breathing anymore either. During a show featuring Villamil as a performance artist, the 25 year old began fussing with the plastic bag tied over his head (there was also a plant leaf in one hand, and a chain in the other, and Vilamill stood with his feet in a bucket of water), and then collapsed to the floor, twitching a little. Unbeknownst to the audience, who you can bet your bottom dollar were mentally congratulating Vilamill on such an authentic performance, he was suffocating to death before their eyes…the artist died in hospital five days later. Guess he proved HIS point.

I can only imagine the look of horror and the crash or breaking china and splash of spilling tea that must have accompanied a British historian’s discovery of the following: The Borghild project. This was a project undertaken by the Furher himself, Adolf Hitler on behalf of his (ahem) somewhat deprived troops during the war. It seems that STDs were more effective in destroying Nazi’s than the Allies were, so Hitler had to come up with a way to keep his troops happy, as well as coming up negative for Syphilis. He ordered the design and constructions of life sized and anatomically correct, er, companions for his soldiers to encourage…stress relief. Turns out that the allied bombing of Dresden in 1945 wiped out the factory and the project…so sorry boys.

Too bad all those Twilight freaks live in that tiny town in Washington or wherever it is that’s cold and rainy on a constant basis. The Scots seem to be way more vampire friendly than the Americans, as shown in this case of Bat VS House Owner. In January, Alison Murray bought her very first home in Aberdeen, Scotland. What Alison didn’t realise was that it was a house shared with a colony of bats. In August she was informed that she would have to vacate, just temporarily, so as not to disturb the creatures, as they cannot be disturbed under European and Scottish law once they settle in. Conservation officials told her that she could probably move back in to her house in November, when the bats leave to hibernate.