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Sunday, 28 March 2021 05:19

A man demanded his final paycheque. The auto shop delivered 91,500 greasy coins

A OK Walker Luxury Autoworks in Peachtree City, Ga., has built Ford Mustangs for the Clint Eastwood film “Trouble With the Curve” and for an attempt at a world record for land speed, according to its website. Now the high-end car repair shop has acquired another rare distinction: It has been accused of paying a former employee in pennies. To be precise, that’s 91,500 pennies, adding up to $915 in wages owed — although Andreas Flaten, who was a manager at A OK Walker until last November, has not counted them to make sure he got every last cent. He…

Saturday, 27 March 2021 05:24

This man makes a living by breaking up married men from their mistresses

A 31-year-old “emotional counselor” specializes in breaking up married Chinese men from their mistresses and making sure they return to their wives, who are also his clients. Xiao Sheng has been in the business of breaking up married men from their mistresses for six years, and has come a long way since he first started his unique business. He now has an 8-person staff working alongside him, including a situation analysts, and a customer service manager, as well as actors and directors ready to assist him when certain scenarios need to be staged. His techniques can get very complex, and…

Wednesday, 17 March 2021 05:43

New piece of Dead Sea Scrolls provides window into Jewish society, religion before and after Jesus Christ

Israeli archaeologists racing against treasure hunters to search caves near the Dead Sea have discovered a trove of artefacts, including fragments of a biblical text, the like of which has not been seen for decades. The finds, preserved by the hot, dry air of the Judean desert, also include the 6,000-year-old partly mummified skeleton of a child, and a perfectly intact, finely woven basket dating back 10,500 years that the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Tuesday was likely to be the oldest in the world. The Authority has overseen a survey of more than 100 km (65 miles) of cliffs…

Saturday, 13 March 2021 05:37

These two Islands are just 2.4 miles apart, but have a 21-Hour time difference

The Diomedes, two small islands in the Bearing Sea are famous as one of the few places where you can travel back in time, sort of… The international date line is an imaginary line that runs through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, marking the difference between calendar dates. Crossing the line from east to west, you would need to set your clock forward by a day, while crossing from west to east, you would set it back by a day. The international dateline runs from the North to the South pole, but it isn’t straight; instead it zig-zags, taking…

Sunday, 07 March 2021 05:38

The town where they eat 500-year old meals

Grand piazzas and palazzos. Metal-spiked doors. Looming archways. And, of course, all that ever-present art in the churches and galleries. But in one city, you also get a taste of the Renaissance every time you enter a restaurant. Ferrara, in the northern region of Emilia Romagna, was once home to the Estense court, or House of Este, which ruled the city from the 13th to the 18th centuries. The court, on the bank of the River Po, was one of the most formidable cultural powers during the Renaissance. Writers including Boiardo, Ariosto and Torquato Tasso were employed by the court,…

Saturday, 06 March 2021 05:15

Man asks woman to refund the cost of food, drinks after relationship goes nowhere

And they say romance is dead. A hairstylist from Milwaukee has stirred a debate on Twitter after revealing that one of her former suitors has asked to be reimbursed for their three dates. The woman, who identified herself as Alex on Twitter, first shared news of the guy's gutsy question in February, posting a screenshot of his texts to her account. "It's the audacity for me," she captioned the screenshot, which appeared to messages the man sent in regards to "reimbursing" him. "Hi Alex[,] hope you're doing well. Would you mind letting me know what your Venmo is?" he begins.…

Wednesday, 03 March 2021 19:50

‘I am happy’: Woman wins historic battle over right to die

Ana Estrada, who is confined to her bed, says she feels "happy and content" about a historic decision by Peruvian officials to allow her an assisted death, a remarkable ruling in this mostly Roman Catholic country where euthanasia is illegal. The Andean country's government decided not to appeal a court ruling that recognizes her right to die. "It is an individual case, but I hope it serves as a precedent," Estrada, 44, told Reuters, after the ministries of justice and health decided late on Tuesday to respect a judge's ruling that she has the right to "a dignified death." "I…

Saturday, 27 February 2021 05:18

Man survives 14 hours in Pacific Ocean ‘clinging to sea rubbish’

A sailor who fell overboard survived by clinging to a "piece of sea rubbish", his son has revealed. Vidam Perevertilov spent 14 hours in the water after he fell off the cargo ship into the Pacific Ocean in the early hours of the morning. The 52-year-old, who was not wearing a life jacket, credits his decision to swim towards a "black dot" several kilometres away with saving his life. It turned out to be a fishing buoy, which he held onto until his rescue. "He looked about 20 years older and very tired but he was alive," his son Marat…

Saturday, 27 February 2021 05:16

Police order man to spend 3 days with family, 3 days with girlfriend, take 1 day off

Police in the Indian state of Jharkhand were in the news recently for settling a marital dispute by ordering a man to spend three days a week with his wife, three days with his girlfriend, and take one day off from both. It all started when Rajesh Mahato, a married man from Kokar Tiril Road, in Ranchi, decided to get himself a girlfriend as well. Because he was so infatuated with his new conquest and didn’t want to lose her, the man never told her he was married. Instead, he convinced her to elope with him, leaving his wife and…

Wednesday, 24 February 2021 05:32

Young women dress as grannies in failed attempt to get Covid-19 vaccine faster

Two Florida women were recently caught trying to get their second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine by disguising themselves as old ladies, to pass as eligible for the sought-after jab. Florida Department of Health in Orange County recently reported the bizarre case of two women, aged 34 and 44, who went to a coronavirus vaccination site “dressed up as grannies,” in order to appear over 65, and thus eligible for a vaccine. Speaking at a conference, last Thursday, Raul Pino, health administrator for Orange County said that the women were wearing bonnets, gloves, and glasses in an attempt to make…

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Tuesday, 23 February 2021 05:37

Woman claims gust of wind left her pregnant

Indonesian police are investigating the strange case of a 25-year-old woman who claims that she gave birth just an hour after a gust of wind got her pregnant. The young woman, identified as Siti Zainah, has become the subject of widespread ridicule in Indonesia after claiming to have been impregnated by a gust of wind, on February 10. Furthermore, Zainah added that she gave birth to a baby girl just an hour after the alleged impregnation. According to several Indonesian news outlets, the 25-year-old was relaxing at home in Cianjur, West Java, with her first child, when she felt the…

Saturday, 13 February 2021 04:24

Dog inherits $5m from deceased owner

Lulu the border collie was left $5 million (£3.6 million) after her owner died last year. Bill Dorris left the dog in the care of his friend, Martha Burton. The will states that Burton is to be reimbursed for Lulu's reasonable monthly expenses. BBC

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 04:04

This man mistakenly left his wallet in Antarctica. Some 53 years later, he got it back

Fifty-three years ago, Paul Grisham put on his heavy snow gear and said goodbye to Antarctica after spending 13 months there as a meteorologist with the Navy at one of the most remote stations on Earth. But he left something behind: his wallet. Grisham, now 91 and living in San Diego, said he doesn’t remember losing it, which is why he was stunned when he received a phone call from a stranger in Indiana on Jan. 27. “Paul? I think I’ve found your wallet,” the caller, Bruce McKee, told Grisham. It took Grisham a minute to piece things together. “What…

Saturday, 06 February 2021 04:13

How ex-maths teacher fathered 116 children

It’s the sort of post you might find on a dating site: ‘I’m 35, have brown hair, blue eyes and am 6ft 3in. I weigh 80kg, am a keen runner and consider myself fit and healthy. I have a good job in marketing and a master’s degree. I’d love to hear from you,’ it concludes. ‘So please feel free to get in touch.’ An attractive prospect? But not merely as a candidate for a romantic hook-up. What this man is offering is neither a relationship nor even simple friendship. Rather, he is offering his sperm and his advert is targeted…

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