Trier, Germany (WFN) -- Chew on this: Prosecutors in Trier, Germany, have dropped an investigation of a supposed gang of cannibals. Investigators say it's because they can't corroborate the claims made by a woman who claimed to suffer 18 years of abuse by members of a Satanic cult. However, medical experts say the claims are "highly unlikely to be based on actual events."

CHONGQING, China -- A Chinese couple was recently caught trying to use the concept of "two for the price of one" to school their identical twin sons. According to local newspapers in Chongqing, the parents sent the boys to the same primary school on alternate days, pretending they were the same child to cut the tuition costs. Amazingly, it took six months for teachers to discover the scam.

HEWANORRA, St. Lucia -- Cars have been known to get stuck in the mud, but planes? Some tourists to the Caribbean island of St. Lucia found themselves stranded when the front wheel of their British Airways 777 wedged into the grass and couldn't be budged. It took two days to unstick the wheel and get the plane off the ground, reports ananova.com.

SYDNEY, Australia -- Whoever says you can't teach an old dog new tricks should tell that to the owner of a nine-year-old Red Kelpie in Australia named Cola. The dog's owner is teaching Cola to open the fridge and bring her a beer, among her previously mastered talents like retrieving the newspaper, finding car keys and answering the telephone.

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