News of the weird

Tuesday 10 March 1998 00:02 GMT

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In triplicate: A Chinese farmer with three tongues has had an operation to correct the condition. Xiang Shihua was born with one tongue; the others grew later. The longest was 35.5cm, the others 9cm each.

Fishy story: A Norwegian fakir, Inge Vidar Svingen, sledged about 100 metres down a piste at Kvitfjell on his back, on a bed of 270 six-inch (15-cm) nails.

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