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Top 10 Odd News Stories of 2011 (10 images)
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Sometimes the news isn't about politics or global security, but about the strange and surreal goings-on of a man refusing millions of dollars, ghosts allegedly engaging in intercourse and a digital pop star. These are the top 10 odd news stories of 2011, as ranked by their popularity on UPI.com.
30 items removed from suspect's rectum
Neil Lansing, a homeless man who was sent to jail in Florida, was found to be concealing 30 items in a condom hidden in his rectum. The condom was found by corrections deputies during a routine cell block search as they noticed a piece of the condom sticking out the incarcerated man's rectum.

The contents of the condom consisted of 17 blue pills, a cigarette, six matches, one piece of flint, an empty syringe with an eraser covering the needle, a lip balm container, a used condom, a pharmacy receipt and a coupon. Lansing then faced charges of possessing drug and tobacco products in jail.

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