WW2 Hurricane airman mistook glare from Channel Island greenhouses for Dover Cliffs

In June 1940, the Allied forces were defeated in France.  The UK government decided the Channel Islands would be too costly to defend and began evacuating military personal and equipment.  Prime Minister Winston Churchill was reportedly reluctant to simply abandon the oldest possession of the British crown but succumbed to the reasoning of military advisers.  Thousands of … Read more

Fossil of a massive 66-million-year-old fish is discovered after being mistook for a flying reptile

The largest fossil of an ancient deep-sea fish once thought to be extinct was recently found—entirely by mistake. Paleontologists in the UK were given what they were told was a pterodactyl bone, but after a closer inspection, the team realized it wasn’t one bone. The specimen was identified as a thin bone of plates belonging … Read more

Chris Evans reveals he was rushed to hospital with kidney stones he mistook for trapped wind

‘I waited for nature to take its course, that didn’t happen’: Chris Evans reveals he was rushed to hospital with kidney stones he mistook for trapped wind By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 23:57 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 23:58 GMT, 9 February 2021 Chris Evans has revealed he was rushed to hospital with … Read more

Model told to ‘cover up’ by Jetstar staff after they mistook her top for an ‘inappropriate bikini’ 

Instagram model is told to ‘cover up’ by Jetstar staff and given a fluro vest to wear because her crop top is ‘too small’ – so were flight crew too harsh? Isabelle Eleanore confronted by Jetstar attendant before flight over her crop top ‘Humiliated’ after being forced to wear a high-vis vest before taking her seat … Read more

Woman,39, told to ‘eat yoghurt’ after doctors mistook her womb cancer for gluten intolerance

Woman, 39, reveals she had a complete hysterectomy to save her life after doctors mistakenly took her womb cancer for gluten intolerance and recommended she ‘eat yoghurt’ Dafina Malovska, 39, saw GP four times in four months due to bloating in 2014  Symptoms were dismissed as gluten intolerance and she was told to eat yoghurt Eventually saw private a … Read more

Tim Peake mistook ‘lights’ in space for UFO but actually spotted urine leaking from a Russian probe 

Uranus not urinal… Astronaut Tim Peake mistook ‘lights’ in space for a UFO but had actually spotted urine leaking from a Russian probe The astronaut, 48, said he had seen lights ‘moving in formation’ during his trip  He said his team were ‘perplexed’ before they realised it was droplets of liquid Peake became first official … Read more

Ex-RAF pilot, 82, flying replica WWII plane mistook crop field for an airstrip in crash landing

Ex-RAF pilot, 82, flying replica WWII Focke Wulf 190 suffered serious injuries in crash landing after mistaking crop field for an airstrip because of ‘similarity in colour’, report finds Barry Conway, 82, crash-landed his replica WW2 Focke Wulf in July this year Ex-RAF pilot had to be rescued from aircraft and suffered serious injuries Official probe … Read more

Laura Byrne shares the embarrassing moment she mistook her tampon for lipstick

Awkward! Laura Byrne shares the embarrassing moment she once mistook her tampon for lipstick By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:32 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 07:32 BST, 22 October 2020 She might have won the heart of Matthew ‘Matty J’ Johnson on The Bachelor.  But single life certainly had its fair … Read more

Russian hunter shot in the face after his friend ‘with bad eyesight’ mistook him for a duck

Hunter is shot in the face by his friend after his pal ‘with bad eyesight’ mistook him for a duck Valery Sosedov, 25, from Kovrov in Russia, was hit with birdshot by his friend, 23 He had been making a duck call to attract birds but his friend fired at him X-rays show the extent … Read more

I’m A Celebrity almost missed on landing Wales’ Gwrych Castle as owner mistook enquiry for a HOAX

Bosses of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! almost missed out on landing North Wales’ Gwrych Castle, because the owner mistook their enquiry for a hoax. Mark Baker, who serves as the founder and chairman of the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust, received the email in question months ago, but came close to ignoring it … Read more