SomethingAwful's forum denizens, on the call of site admin Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka, raised over $20,000 dollars to be donated to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. This was done via a PayPal donation link, and PayPal has now frozen the account on a twofold basis: one, that there have been reports of "suspicious behavior" from the "buyers," and two, that no shipping records have been provided for the donations. Since so many users are asking for it, SomethingAweful has provided a link for those wishing to still make donations to the Red Cross in the meantime.

The South Korean government is to take the US to task over Google Earth on the grounds that the globetrotting online service shows sensitive military installations laid bare in a way which might benefit North Korea.

Presidential spokesman Kim Man-soo said earlier this week the powers that be were planning on "raising concerns with US authorities" after South Korean newspapers highlighted the shocking fact that Google Earth (free software download, but Mac and Linux users move along, nothing to see here...) showed "images of the presidential Blue House and military bases".

Well, since South Korea is still (technically) at war with its jolly northern neighbour, we suppose it's conceivable that Google might inadvertantly aid the Godless Commie Pyongyang regime were it to decide to march on Seoul, red banners aflutter.

Hmmm. Regarding the Blue House, we did a quick swoop over Seoul looking for a big blue building with a stretch limo parked outside, but got distracted when we discovered another stucture which seems to house South Korea's entire vintage air reserve, including a very poorly-camouflaged B52.

Dutch authorities are investigating plans for a contestant to give birth on the reality TV show Big Brother.

Newly-launched TV station Talpa will broadcast the series from Sunday. The pregnant contestant is due to give birth in six weeks.

The Christian Democratic party has condemned the idea of a birth on the live show, but the 27-year-old pregnant contestant, identified in newspaper De Telegraaf as Tanja, defended the idea.

The show, which has become increasingly controversial, first ran in the Netherlands in 1999 and has since been broadcast by countries around the globe.

A male goat that reportedly gives milk has become a popular attraction in Brazil.

The goat's owner Luciano Gomes, from Melancias, is touring the country to show it off.

He told Terra Noticias Populares: "When I bought it, it already had two small teats and when I fondled them lots of milk came out."

"It is the only billy goat in the world capable of giving milk, I wouldn't sell it for all the money in the world."

Vet Flaviano Moreira commented: "It is totally abnormal for a goat to give milk, I wouldn't go near it!"

Bright lights and easy to use software helped University of Cambridge researchers defeat tamper-proofing on letters telling people their new Pin.

Banks and many other organisations use secure stationery to give customers new pins or passwords that is designed to make it obvious if the envelope has been opened and the number or word has been read by someone else.

Many were defeated using bright lights shone at an angle on to the paper. Other Pins could be read by scanning the letter and then adjusting some of the image qualities in popular programs such as GIMP, Adobe Photoshop and Paintshop Pro.

A Chinese pensioner can lift up to 14 bricks with a 'horn' that's grown on his forehead.

Wang Ying, 73, has been practicing Kung Fu, especially the study of Qi, since he was just eight-years-old.

But his studies took a new direction after a 5cm long tumour grew on his forehead.

Doctors told him they could not operate on the tumour because of its location.

So Wang has incorporated it into his Qi routine.

He lives in a farm in Pei County, Jiangsu Province, and walked for 18 days to Nanjing to show off his stunt.

A Pilot flew this plane for two hours without realising half the wing had vanished.

And his passengers - two flight engineers on their way to repair a Boeing 767 - also failed to spot it had been ripped off, taking a fuel tank with it.

Their Cessna 210's wing was split in two when it hit a tree on take-off from an airstrip near Shannon in Ireland.

He only realised what had happened when he spotted his back-up fuel tank gauge was on empty as he flew over the Channel on the way to Portugal. He put out a Mayday call and landed at Jersey airport.

A spokesman there said last night: "We were amazed it managed to fly as long as it had. It was in a real state. The pilot was the most shocked as he had not realised the extent of the damage while he was flying."

Unfortunately, small mom-and-pop businesses such as the Amen Gift Shop are the most frequent targets of counterfeiters, says Dale Pupillo, deputy special agent in charge of the Secret Service's criminal investigative division.

With inkjet printers or tabletop color copiers, anyone can make counterfeit cash quickly in his or her home, Pupillo says.

High school students in North Carolina are making fake cash for their lunch money. Petty criminals in Lubbock, Texas, allegedly hope to exchange fake money quickly for real currency.

"They're not interested in color-shifting ink or watermarks or the red and blue fibers (in legitimate money)," he says, referring to concerns of counterfeiters of the past. "They just want something that looks like a $20 bill." Most of the time, that's enough to sneak the fake bills past unsuspecting clerks at small shops, convenience stores or fast-food restaurants.

Students of a school in India locked up their teachers for the day as punishment for not turning up regularly.

Police officers led by a local magistrate rescued 12 teachers from a classroom at the Jambura high school, near Agartala.

Magistrate Basir Ali told The Statesman: "The students have genuine reasons to be angry, as some teachers invariably come late or never attend classes at all."

"There were charges of some teachers coming to the school drunk and some of them smoking inside classes."

The school authorities have now been asked to submit a report on the students' allegations.

It's good news for hacks all over the globe, as a bunch of researchers from the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, and the Tokyo University of Science, have found that beer is actually really good for you.

Blood samples were taken from lucky test subjects before and after they had drunk about 630ml of beer. Apparently, when the samples were exposed to X-rays and other types of radiation, after the subjects had glugged the beer their samples showed at least 30% fewer aberrations in the blood cells.

According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the useful ingredient that could very well save your life in a post-pub X-ray incident is beta-pseudouridine. Although the researchers are excited about the findings, group leader Koichi Ando warned that while drinking beer prior to an X-ray could be beneficial, "people should be aware that drinking beer may affect the results of other health exams." Or, indeed, any exam.