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Funny old world: the week's offbeat news

At the Winter Olympics in Italy, anti-doping chiefs are investigating whether jumpers inject hyaluronic acid or tweak body suits around the groin to gain extra lift.
Amid kit scrutiny, the trouser sail-effect was first signalled by a German physician last month, drawing attention in ski jumping made famous by Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.
Dr Kamran Karim explained to German newspaper Bild that injections of paraffin or hyaluronic acid cause a temporary thickening of the penis, but lengthening is not possible and side effects can be eye-watering.
At a Toulouse hospital, French doctors called the bomb squad after a 24-year-old man arrived with a 20-centimetre World War I artillery shell lodged in his rectum, and disposal experts neutralised it.
Across Europe, reports range from a sports probe into suit tweaks to a Toulouse hospital incident involving a World War I shell, highlighting both technical and bizarre safety concerns, according to reports.

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