By MIKE BRODY
MyFox National
2008 had its share of strange and unusual stories. Weird news covered the world of science, the animal kingdom and technology. Some were real, and some turned out to be hoaxes.
Here’s a look at the Top 10 as compiled by “Time magazine.
No. 10 - Man auctions his life on eBay.
After being left broken-hearted when his wife of 5 years left him, Ian Usher, 44, put his entire life up for sale on eBay in June. The one-week auction included his three-bedroom house in Perth, Western Australia, worth approximately $400,000, a trial for his job at a rug store, his car, motorcycle, clothes and even friends. He had hoped to raise up to $500,000, but ended up with almost $384,000.

No. 9 - Bigfoot spotted … really?
In August, two members of an organization called Searching For Bigfoot, Inc. said they would present evidence that Bigfoot’s body had been found, but a week later an independent investigator concluded it was all a lie and the two men were fled as they were being investigated for fraud.

No. 8 - Ice cream made from breast milk.
The advocacy group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wrote an open letter to the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company in September, urging them to swap the cow’s milk in their products for human breast milk. The group was trying to highlight the plight of calves and cows. Ben & Jerry’s didn’t take them up on their suggestion.

No. 7 - New fish food - human feet.
The practice of using tiny carp called garra rufa to deliver a pedicure spread from Asia to the United States after John Ho, a Virginia salon owner, announced he had offered the treatment to 5,000 customers over a four-month period beginning in July. Soon, pedicurists all over the country were ordering thousands of the fish, which are said to help soften the skin in advance of normal, human-administered pedicures, but salon owners and customers in Washington and Texas were out of luck as the practice was quickly banned on sanitary grounds.

No. 6 - Virutal world cheating leads to real-life divorce.
A British couple divorced in November after she cought him cheating on her with a prosititute in the computer role-playing game Second Life. The virtual cheating husband and the woman from online mistress are now reportedly engaged in real life.

No. 5 - Embryonic twin found inside 9-year-old girl.
In May, doctors examining a 9-year-old Greek girl complaining of a stomach ache, discovered an embryonic twin the girl had absorbed while in the womb. The growth was in the girls’ abdomen, and surgeons were able to safely remove it. “Vanishing Twin Syndrome” is not entirely uncommon — experts say it occurs as often as 1 in 8 pregnancies — but the vast majority of vanished twins are completely absorbed by the surviving twin or by the mother before birth.

No. 4 - Shark reproduces asexually.
Tidbit, an Atlantic blacktip shark at an aquarium in Virginia Beach, Va., produced an offspring without the help of a shark father. The asexual reproduction, known as parthenogenesis, was only the second documented case in shark history. Tidbit died due to pregnancy complications in october, and the pup, also deceased, was discovered inside her womb after her death.

No. 3 - Feet wash ashore in Vancouver.
Human feet have been found on the shores of British Columbia since August 2007. The story made national headlines in February and still continues to baffel investigators. The last foot washed ashore in November. A New Balance athletic shoe with a human foot inside was found south of Vancouver near the mouth of a river.

No. 2 - Teens use skull to smoke pot.
Three teens were charged with desecrating a corpse after they allegedly used the skull of an 11-year-old boy buried in Kingwood, Texas, to make a bong and used it to smoke pot. One of the boys told police about the skull while talking to them about an unrelated burglary in May.

No. 1 - The pregnant man.
In July, the so-called “pregnant man” gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Beatie, 34, originally born a woman, was artificially inseminated and then became pregnant after he and his wife learned that she could not conceive. Then in a November interview with Barbara Walters on “20/20,” Beatie revealed he is pregnant again and is due on June 12.