Purple Carrots: A British supermarket announced it would soon be selling purple carrots to appeal to children.

Karate Experts Collect Bus Fares:  with a growing number of  passengers who didn't pay for their ticket, one town in Ukraine adopted a unique solution: Karate-trained fare collectors.

Whistling Carrots: Tired of overcooking the carrots? Now there’s a solution. Scientists announced the development of a genetically modified “whistling carrot.” Air holes inside the carrot cause it to whistle when properly cooked.

Chicken Manure-Powered Electrical Plant: The Mitsubishi Bank contacted people about an exciting new investment opportunity: Fibropower, a 14-megawatt-generating plant powered entirely by chicken poop.

Prehistoric Penguin Murals: In 1991, prehistoric murals were discovered on the walls of an underwater cave in eastern France. The murals revealed that penguins and man once lived side by side in that region.

A British newspaper announced a new invention: the Poweriser. Essentially, it is an invention that allows you to jump forward 17 feet.

The Pepsi-Cola company sponsored teenagers to tattoo themselves with its logo. In return, the teenagers received a 10 percent lifetime discount on the company’s products. Teenagers were said to have enthusiastically responded.

A Whopper of a Whopper: Burger King published a full-page advertisement ina newspaper announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a “Left-Handed Whopper” specially designed for the 32 million lefthanded Americans.

A man dressed as a tree decided to stand in the middle of a busy intersection in Portland, Maine, as an act of performance art. Local police  asked the man to leave the intersection, but he was eventually arrested.

In Ireland, a cat made it into the local newspapers when she decided the best place to give birth to her four baby kittens would be in a bird’s nest.

Crustless Bread: For those who just can’t stand the taste of crust and are too lazy to cut it off, Sara Lee introduced the ultimate convenience: crustless bread. Available in stores everywhere!

The Spaghetti Harvest: In 1957, a British news show announced that, thanks to a very warm winter  Swiss farmers were enjoying a large spaghetti crop season.