Rewind #1: Mosquito becomes key evidence in car-thief case

According to BBC News, Finnish police have used DNA traces extracted from a blood sample
 found inside a mosquito to identify a suspect in a car-thief case.

The police recently found the stolen vehicle near a railway
 station after it was reported missing last June.

A mosquito, which had sucked blood, was found in the abandoned car, and laboratory testing showed the DNA sample extracted matched a man
 in the police registers. It is not known if the mosquito was alive at the time of its discovery.

When interrogated, the man insisted that he didn’t steal the car and 
was merely hitchhiking when the driver of the car gave him a lift.

The prosecutor has yet to decide if the evidence is solid enough to
 press charges.

Looks like having mosquitoes around the house may not be such a bad idea. Just imagine how much easier it would be to 
catch a burglar once you have his blood sample?

Rewind #2: Aachoo, are you thinking of sex?

BBC News have revealed that a pair of British doctors has found evidence that may show sneezing as
 a sign of sexual arousal.

Mahmood Bhutta and Harold Maxwell have come across a middle-aged patient who had to endure uncontrollable bouts of sneezing whenever he 
thought of sex.

They’ve also found that some people have sneezed immediately upon thinking of sex or after having an orgasm.

According to Bhutta, this sneeze-and-sex link could be due to a reflex demonstrating “evolutionary relics in the wiring of a part of the 
nervous system called the autonomic nervous system”.

“This is the part beyond our control, and which controls things like 
our heart rate and the amount of light let in by our pupils. Sometimes, 
the signals in this system get crossed, and I think this may be why 
some people sneeze when they think about sex,” he explains.

So when your date starts sneezing when he or she sees you, don’t immediately blame it on your perfume or the bouquet you’ve bought her. It could well be the first
 sign of a very successful date.

Rewind #3: Job description: Directing traffic and dancing

Canadian constable Ron Smithman has been labelled Edmonton’s dancing cop as 
he directs traffic to the tune of Christmas music playing at a nearby shopping mall.

While keeping traffic smooth at Kingsway Mall, Smithman moves energetically to the beat despite the freezing temperature.

“Sometimes I split my pants. I’ve rolled off this stage. This is one 
of the colder years I’ve been doing this but I’m keeping warm right 
now,” he explains on The Canadian Press.

His inspirations include Michael Jackson’s moonwalk and even his daughter’s dance classes.

His unique style has prompted many shoppers to yell “Merry Christmas” 
and give friendly honks.

Maybe the next in the series of High School Musical can be titled
 Traffic Police Musical once Zac Effron graduates.

Rewind #4: Shepherd uses poster to lead sheep

Chinese Farmer Du Hebing was too poor to buy another dog to control his flock of 
sheep after his old 
one died.

A visit to a local wildlife park, however, helped him come up with a 
much cheaper alternative.

At an enclosure, his sharp eye caught sight of a flock of sheep shying away from a
poster of a wolf placed there as a joke by one of 
the staff members.

So he decided to use the poster on his own flock of sheep and, 
surprisingly, the idea works wonders.

“People laugh and point, but it works – and the poster eats a lot less 
than any sheepdog,” he said good-naturedly on Metro.co.uk.

Now, if only posters of bug spray pasted around the house will actually 
deter cockroaches to scat, this will truly be a 
universally useful idea.

Rewind #5: Woman banned from driving world’s untidiest car

According to 4to40.com, German police have banned a driver from using her untidy car on the
 road.

According to police officials, she could hardly be seen amid all the 
junk in her Vauxhall Astra and had to push her face against the 
windscreen to drive.

Some of the items found in her packed car were magazines, old clothes 
and even furniture parts.

The driver has to pass a tidiness test before she is allowed to drive 
the car again.

The police have chosen not to release the name of the woman to the 
press.

It won’t be surprising if the woman, in her younger days, had 
indeed driven her mother up the wall with her untidiness.