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Kuwait store shut down after sticking googly eyes on fish
One seafood shop in Kuwait, tries to trick buyers who apply the check-eyes-first technique, passing off the fish they sell as fresh by sticking googly eyes on them.
Goat getting on zebra’s back going to Bremen Town?
A markhor wild goat doeling at Izu Animal Kingdom in Higashiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan, is entertaining zoo visitors by jumping onto a zebra’s back, evoking similarities to the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Musicians of Bremen Town.”
Kuwait store shut down after sticking googly eyes on fish
One seafood shop in Kuwait, tries to trick buyers who apply the check-eyes-first technique, passing off the fish they sell as fresh by sticking googly eyes on them.
Cyclist who gave Trump the finger is showered with money
More than $70,000 in donations pour into a crowdfunding site set up for the cyclist who is fired from her job for making a rude gesture to President Donald Trump's motorcade.
No bird-brain here: Ravens can plan ahead
Long admired for their intelligence, ravens are now known to be able to plan ahead, a skill previously thought to belong only to humans and great apes, says a study.
'I'm a little dazed,' French artist says after living in a rock
French artist Abraham Poincheval is freed from a block of stone in a Paris museum after spending seven days enclosed in it.
Criminal poised to become a star
An American criminal, whose mugshot went viral on the web and won admiration around the world, reveals his first modelling headshot on Instagram, reports Mashable.
Couple pick 'wrong' Birmingham in holiday blunder
A couple books a dream holiday to Las Vegas, only to discover when they arrived at Birmingham Airport they have mistakenly booked to fly from Birmingham Alabama.
'Monster cattle-eating alligator' is shot in Florida
A hunter in the US has told the BBC how he shot an 800lb (360kg) alligator that was feasting on his farm's cattle.
104-year-old offered place in nursery school
Four years after celebrating her centenary, a woman in a town in western Sweden is offered a place in the local kindergarten.
Scientists in Vietnam confirm case of twins with different fathers
A Vietnamese couple recently brought their fraternal twins to the Center for Genetic Analysis and Technologies, in the country's capital of Hanoi, to have DNA tests, after pressure from extended family members who noticed the children did not look alike, said Le Dinh Luong, president of the Genetic Association of Vietnam, reports CNN.