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A zoo in Kazakhstan, where overnight temperatures have dipped to nearly -40C, is giving monkeys a wine concoction as a remedy against flu.

A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook's offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.

A fireman guides a plane to land at an airport in India after air traffic controllers fail to turn up for work, it emerges.

A Lego man launched into space, the sport of ice golf and Luxembourg's Prime Minister doing something unexpected. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

Nelson Mandela's personal chef launches a cookbook featuring the statesman's favourite meals.

A German pensioner finally tastes some American lard imported 64 years ago, having got approval from food safety experts.

A Maine treasure hunter says he has discovered a WW2-era shipwreck filled with platinum, now worth $3bn (£1.9bn)

An Australian biology professor is causing a rumble in the academic jungle by suggesting his country should import elephants and even Komodo dragons into its wild interior.

Police in Chile arrest a man suspected of stealing blocks of ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier.

What's behind US cult appeal of Downton Abbey?

A wax cylinder recording of German statesman Otto von Bismarck is released - the first time his voice has been heard for over 100 years.

Is it acceptable to call someone 'babe'?

US researchers are developing a bullet that guides itself to a laser-illuminated target. But an expert is concerned it may be sold to the public.

Radio 5 live Breakfast challenged the man dubbed the 'human calculator' by US host Regis Philbin with a maths puzzle.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is to guest star on animated comedy The Simpsons, it is confirmed.

The Iranian government launches a Spanish-language satellite TV channel, as it seeks warmer ties with Latin America.

A world record attempt takes place in Australia for the highest number of water-skiers to be pulled behind one boat, with the 145 participants remaining on their skis for a full nautical mile.

Invasive Burmese pythons are the likely cause of a severe decline in mammals living in Florida's Everglades region, a study suggests.

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