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Florida Highway Patrol troopers investigating a crash on Cudjoe Key determined the cause: as she drove, a 37-year-old woman was shaving her ...uh... "bikini area" while her ex-husband, in the passenger seat, was steering. After rear-ending another vehicle, they drove another half-mile, and her ex allegedly switched seats with her. As for the unusual distraction, "She said she was meeting her boyfriend in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit," said Trooper Gary Dunick. "If I wasn't there, I wouldn't have believed it." The day before the crash, driver Megan Mariah Barnes was convicted of drunk driving (not her first offense), and driving with a suspended license. Her license was revoked for five years, and she was ordered to turn in her car for impound. After the crash, Barnes was arrested and charged with hit and run, reckless driving, driving without insurance, and driving with a revoked license. Her ex-husband was not charged. (Key West Citizen) ...Since once the trooper heard the story, he could understand why he wasn't watching the road. (my view)- Why the fuck was she in the drivers seat......if she was shaving...how stupid can humans be?

Thankyou Kim for this article

Man claims record number of fingers and toes

A man in India has claimed the unofficial record for the most number of fingers and toes on a living person. Heramb Ashok Kumthekar, a 24-year-old business graduate, was born with 12 fingers and 14 toes, a total of six digits on each hand and seven digits on each foot.

But he does not hold the official Guinness world record.

This is because some of his fingers are attached to each other and are therefore not classed as separate digits. However Heramb is recognised by the Indian equivalent of the Guinness Book of Records, the Limca Book of Records. The official Guinness world record is currently held by fellow countryman Devendra Harne, who has 12 fingers and 13 toes on his feet. Heramb's extra fingers and toes are caused by the medical condition polydactlyism, which comes from the Greek for "many fingers". It is a congenital condition that occurs in one in every 500 births. While each of Heramb's extra fingers and toes have separate bones, they don't all boast nerve endings and he is unable to move them or feel them all properly.

Households 'now £17,000 worse off'

The average household is more than £17,000 worse off than they were at the start of the recession, research has shown. A combination of house price and stock market falls have reduced the value of the average household's assets by £17,480, according to financial services firm MetLife. The group, which analysed figures from the Office for National Statistics, said people's household wealth, which includes the value of their home, their pension fund, savings and investments, stood at around £350,600 at the end of last year. But people are still better off than they were in 2008, when £27,000 was knocked off their household wealth due to the problems in the housing market and stock market falls. The average household has 39% of its wealth tied up in property, with the same proportion held in pension funds. A further 11% is held in savings and investments, with the balance made up from personal possessions such as cars and household items. Dominic Grinstead, managing director of MetLife's UK Branch, said: "The end of the recession in the UK is a genuine sign of hope for the future and it is undoubtedly good news that 2009 saw a rise in average household wealth. "However households are still counting the cost of stock market volatility and at £17,480 the cost is not trivial."