http://www.yesweekly.com/articles.sec-299-1-news-of-the-weird.html The ashram-museum in Ahmedabad devoted to India%uFFFDs highly revered icon of freedom Mahatma Gandhi recently re-installed a replica of the spiritual leader%uFFFDs personal toilet, in that Gandhi%uFFFDs own hygiene-consciousness was such a part of his legacy. ]]> Angela Pusateri, 79, may be unconventional, but, according to Jenna, 13, %uFFFDShe really is a cool grandmother.%uFFFD The Hallandale Beach, Fla. woman is a rap-music singer with a new CD (Who%uFFFDs Your Granny?) and occasional playdates, where she shows up in hockey jersey, jewels, sunglasses and baseball cap. ]]> Italian and UK legal authorities have recently discarded rule interpretations based on embarrassingly anachronistic stereotypes of women. ]]> The other “Fight Clubs” are for sissies: At the August Dog Brothers “Gathering of the Pack” in southern California, it was “[A]nything goes,” according to one warrior (look ing to fight with “blunted knives”). A Reuters reporter witnessed two men without padding beat each other with heavy sticks and two others fight with electrically charged knives. ]]> “What was once a gentleman’s hobby among a few dozen enthusiasts at the turn of the 20 th century,” wrote The New York Times in July, “has evolved into a multimillion dollar industry,” namely, collecting strands of hair of famous people. ]]> Among President Sarkozy’s recent moves to trim the size of the French government was the layoff of half of the 165 physiotherapists at the taxpayer-funded National Baths of Aix-les-Bains. ]]> After languishing for two years in the Irish legislature, the Nuclear Test Ban Bill of 2006 has recently been rethought and refurbished, according to a June report in the Irish Independent. Originally, the bill codified the UN Test Ban Treaty, adding some provisions specific to Ireland. ]]> While Iran's leaders saber-rattle and quote the Quran, the country's multitudes of young adults are embracing New Age self-help, as exemplified by the best-selling books and sold-out seminars of motivational guru Alireza Azmandian, according to a June Wall Street Journal dispatch from Tehran. ]]>