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A group of 72 Australian scuba divers has flattened the world record for ironing under water, taking the plunge off a pier near the southern city of Melbourne with ironing boards and irons, and their linen.

So-called 'extreme ironing' has spawned a cult following in recent years. The Web site extremeironing.com espouses it as being the 'latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt'. The Australian group, who pipped the previous mark of 70, are seeking entry to the Guinness book of world records after taking their linen into murky, 3-metre-deep ocean on Saturday. 'It was cold and I think they were bloody crazy,' local councillor Tom O'Connor, who with police helped authenticate the new record, told Reuters on Tuesday. Event organiser Debbie Azzopardi said the group eclipsed a 2005 record set in a swimming pool at nearby Geelong, which in turn beat a world mark set in New Zealand. The irons all had their electrical cords removed for the attempt, which took place in chilly pre-winter seas. 'I was having a chardonnay a few years ago with a girlfriend and I thought I'm going to beat that. We had a few fish going by and a sting ray. It was great,' Azzopardi said.

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It's a tough job but someone's got to do it. A lucky worker has the task of making sure supermodel Gisele Bündchen's bottom looks its best for the camera. The Brazilian beauty, who made the task as easy as possible by wearing a pair of very revealing shorts, didn't seem to mind though. She was happy to relax during the photo shoot in Malibu as the man – who hopefully had been given permission to pat her bum – got to work. How the 27-year-old's boyfriend, American footballer Tom Brady, feels is another matter...

OCTOPUSES (OCTOPI??) WHO KNEW?

Welcome to a world of jealous murders, gender-bending and once-in-a-lifetime sex. No, it's not another day at the Mahon Tribunal – it's an average day in an octupus's garden. A study of the molluscs has found they have sex lives to rival any lurid tabloid tale. For a start, the abdopus aculeatus variety – which is the size of an orange – is jealous to the point of murder when it comes to a mate. The male uses its 10in (25cm) tentacles to strangle passing love rivals who take a fancy to their partner. That may be why smaller males opt for cunning disguises while out on the pull. They pretend to be female by swimming in a unmanly fashion and hiding their giveaway stripes to try to sneak into a female's den. And children soon become orphans – because shortly after giving birth both the mother and father die. Which is unfortunate really. Biologist Roy Caldwell, who co-wrote the report, explained that big is undoubtedly beautiful in the world of the wild octopus. 'If you're going to spend time guarding a female, you want to go for the biggest you can find because she's going to produce more eggs,' he said. Makes sense to me I suppose...

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE, ERR, OLDER??