Offbeat

A photograph of a newborn surrounded by syringes arranged in a heart has touched a chord with thousands on Facebook. The picture, that's worth the proverbial 1,000 words, portrays the challenges of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Since being posted on August 11, the photo has collected over 70,000 reactions and more than 55,000 shares - and still counting.

Imran Khan's anointment as Pakistan's new prime minister caps a more than two decade transformation from a World Cup winning cricket captain to a world leader, placing him in charge of a nuclear armed state. But he is not the only one to have swapped playing fields for the hustings.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, which supports Lincoln's museum in Springfield, Ill., has found itself $9.7 million in debt on a loan it took out 11 years ago to purchase a collection of rare artifacts from a private collector. Now, hundreds of Lincoln's personal possessions are at risk of ending up on the auction block if the foundation can't pay off the hulking debt through state funding or private donations.

Jason Gaebel and Kwame Anderson don't usually cross the bridge over Interstate 94 in St. Paul, Minn. But this Wednesday morning, for no reason in particular, the beer deliverymen decided to take a different route. After dropping off a shipment of beer, Gaebel steered the truck onto the bridge. Then, they spotted a man standing on the bridge's ledge on the other side of the fence.

A dad is usually his child's first hero. However, one father in China pulled off a feat one would associate with superheroes. A dramatic video shows a man climbing down a building without protective gear in order to save his son dangling from the seventh floor.

Ants have mastered the art of keeping things moving. Another striking thing about ants is that some of them just sit around doing nothing. Now a study out of Georgia Tech combines these observations to deliver a lesson that could have implications for such things as how the robots of the future might be used for disaster relief.

There have been quite a few stories about online shopping fails but this one may just be the most bizarre one ever. A woman in China received a package containing a dead crocodile and lizard, according to reports. She had actually ordered health supplements.

It looks like rainbows, smells like sugar and feels like money. According to MarketWatch, the Museum of Ice Cream has made more than $20 million since its opening in 2016.

A British woman who went to the doctor for a cyst in her left eye was shocked when they discovered a 28-year-old contact lens in her eye.

The Yuhe Zoo in Hebei, China, is under the scanner for putting a dog in the cage marked for Siberian tigers - and for several other such cases.

Researchers have found the world's most ancient solid cheese in a 3,200-year-old Egyptian tomb, as well as evidence of a potentially deadly disease.

Visitors to a theme park in western France this week have a new attraction to enjoy: six crows that have been specially trained to pick up cigarette ends and rubbish.

What's creepier than a snake, a scorpion and a centipede? Turns out, it's this video of a pufferfish that ends up eating all three of them. A video circulating online shows a terrifying video of a pufferfish devouring all three creepy-crawlies, one after another.

For a woman in China, a test drive ended up in quite a scary way. A video circulating on social media shows a driver crashing a brand new BMW X1 into the showroom moments after a test drive.

A goose named Gugu has managed to secure a place at the prestigious Shanghai Maritime University in China, after its owner said she could no longer take care of it.