The strangest news stories from around the world

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The weird and the wonderful It's a strange, strange world...

A Japanese Santa has been having a whale of a time with fish in a Tokyo aqua

George W Bush has lit the White House Christmas tree for the last time.

A Swiss inventor has completed the first trip around the world in a solar-powered car.

A French businessman has named a fizzy drink after US President-elect Barack Obama.

Knut the polar bear is looking for a new home as Berlin Zoo cannot afford to keep him.

Archaeologists working in northern Peru have discovered the lavish burial site of a nobleman from the ancient Sican culture.

Latin America has largely missed out on winter sports but people in Mexico City are making up for lost time.

An American chef from New york has won the hearts of Tokyo residents.

The iconic Lotus that Roger Moore drove in The Spy Who Loved Me has fetched £111, 500 at auction.

Christians celebrate the start of Advent

Everything you need to know about the lost NASA toolbag in sixty seconds.

The largest truffle found in Italy this year is set to be auctioned off.

Millions of New Yorkers to gather to see Macy's Thanksgiving parade.

Employees at a South Korean theme park are competing for festive honours at Santa school.

NASA's latest mission: to turn urine into water

Hip-hop and fashion mogul, Sean 'Diddy' Combs has launched a new fragrance, I Am King, in the Big Apple.

Pop star Boy George has been found guilty of falsely imprisoning a male escort.

Nine schoolboy rapists are due to be sentenced for an attack on a 14-year-old girl.