Swallowed pen works after 25 years
A 76-year-old British woman recently had a pen removed from her stomach, and doctors were shocked to discover that after 25 years of gestation the pen still works.
The British Medical Journal Case Reports chronicled the medical case of the woman, who has not been identified, was sent to a GI specialist after various symptoms, including weight loss. When doctors scanned the woman's intestinal tract, they discovered, "A linear foreign body in the stomach." After the discovery, the woman said she remembered accidentally swallowing a black felt-tip pen, more than a quarter century ago.
While the pen was corroded after two decades of exposure to stomach acid, it still contained usable ink and could be used for writing.- Frenchman fined for not giving his wife sex.
A court in France has ordered a man to pay 10,000 euros ($13,300) in damages to his long-frustrated ex-wife after he failed in his marriage "duties" by withholding sex from her for years.
In its ruling, the court said the man's wife deserved the damages due to the suffering she endured because of her sexless marriage.
- Man charged for raping daughter for 34 years, fathering 3 children with her
A German man has been charged for raping his daughter repeatedly over a period of 34 years and fathering three children with her
Adolf Bergbauer admitted that he had sex with his daughter while giving testimony in the court in Nuremberg on Monday but denied charges of rape, saying that she gave her consent.
She also said that he forced her into sex at knife-point, which Bergbauer strenuously denied.
"Never in my life have I done that," he said.
"Never in my life have I done that," he said.
The man faces up to 15 years behind bars if convicted.