Funny stories from around the world

Some more funny and random headlines from around the world:

• Rare US comic books fetch $3.5m: A collection of early comic books – including those featuring the debuts of Batman and Superman – is sold for $3.5m (£2.2m) at auction in New York.
• Police break up Orlando Nike rush: Police break up an unruly crowd in Orlando, Florida as disturbances break out ahead of the midnight release of a limited-edition Nike basketball shoe.
• ‘Chinese’ bombard Obama webpage: President Obama’s 2012 election campaign page on Google+ is flooded with messages in Chinese after local restrictions are removed.
• MP uses 29-letter word in Parliament: Jacob Rees-Mogg has made the record books with the use of floccinaucinihilipilification in the House of Commons and now the longest word in Hansard.
• T. rex bite was world’s strongest: Tyrannosaurus rex had the most powerful bite of any creature that has ever walked the Earth, a digital model of the dinosaur’s skull reveals.
• ‘Largest fox in UK’ shot on farm: A fox believed to be the biggest killed in Britain was shot after attacking lambs on an Aberdeenshire farm.
• US iconic Oreo cookie turns 100: People in the US and across the world celebrate the centenary of Oreo – America’s best-selling cookie.
• Balotelli takes hoodie ‘penalty’: Footballer Mario Balotelli is asked to leave Manchester’s Trafford Centre after refusing to pull his hood down, it is revealed.
• Swiss unveil ‘$5m diamond watch’: Swiss watchmaker Hublot unveils a diamond-encrusted watch it says is worth $5m, one of the most expensive ever made.
• US ‘bigamist caught by Facebook’: Two US women found they were married to the same man when one of them popped up on Facebook’s “People you may know”, prosecutors say.
• YouTube Ferrari driver ‘arrested’: The driver of a Ferrari who posted footage on YouTube of his drive through southern Japan faces charges of speeding after viewers reported him.
• Nude cyclists stage Peru protest: Hundreds of scantily clad and nude cyclists took to the streets of Peru’s capital, Lima, to call attention to safety conditions on the city’s roads.
• US city faces toilet paper crisis: Public buildings in the capital of the US state of New Jersey face running out of toilet paper following a months-long dispute over costs.
• Legal fight over Hobbit pub name: A popular Southampton pub and music venue is accused of copyright infringement by US film company lawyers.
• New frog species spotted in NYC: Scientists say they have found a new species of frog living in heavily-populated urban areas of New York.
• German biker makes Harley hearse: A German biker is helping fellow motorcycle enthusiasts arrive at their final resting place in style – using a sidecar hearse fitted to a Harley.
• Movie flop to cost Disney $200m: Walt Disney expects to lose $200m (£126m) on its movie John Carter, making it one of the biggest flops in cinema history.