Reuters Odd News Summary

May 10, 2015 3:55 AM

Following is a summary of current odd news briefs.

Winning Welsh Conservative thanks unknown penis artist

A winning Conservative candidate in Britain's general election said on Friday he would like to thank the anonymous voter who drew a penis next to his name on the ballot paper and had it counted as a valid vote. Glyn Davies, elected in the Welsh seat of Montgomeryshire, said he was grateful for the support, even though he was not sure the artist had intended it.

Arkansas dog bites the bullet, eating 23 rounds of ammunition

After devouring a television remote, a lawn mower gas filter and bras, Benno, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois dog, outdid himself by consuming nearly two dozen bullets. "He acted like nothing was wrong until he threw up," Benno's owner, Larry Brassfield of Mountain Home, Arkansas, said on Friday adding that is when he discovered a nearly three-inch long bullet in the puddle.

Falling cemetery headstone kills toddler in Texas

A 4-year-old boy died when he was visiting the a Texas cemetery with his family and a nearly 100-year-old headstone fell over and struck him in the head, authorities said. The child, whose named was not released, was brought to the Odessa Regional Medical Center on Friday where he was pronounced dead, Corporal Steve LeSueur, a spokesman for the Odessa, Texas, Police Department said on Saturday.