Naked opera singer armed with bow and arrow goes on rampage at care home (www.independent.co.uk)
Holland was a voluntary resident at the home and was normally allowed his freedom, the court heard....
UK churches keen to host heavy metal bands after duet with organist is a hit (www.theguardian.com)
It was a “bonkers gig”, pairing heavy metal with a pipe organ – a musical curiosity that the bands thought would surely seldom be repeated, if ever....
Mystery smell reported across regions of Russia and Finland (www.independent.co.uk)
Children's messages in a bottle wash up on beach after 40 years (www.bbc.com)
Messages in a bottle written by three Fife schoolchildren 40 years ago have washed up on a beach in Angus....
World's 'worst' album covers goes on display in Alnwick (www.bbc.com)
Hundreds of the world’s “worst” album covers have gone on display in Northumberland....
School district and The Satanic Temple reach agreement in lawsuit over After School Satan Club (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: real.lemmy.fan/post/1670599...
Likely human skull found in Halloween section of Florida thrift store (www.cbsnews.com)
An anthropologist made a surprising discovery in a Florida thrift shop’s Halloween section on Saturday, officials said....
Bishop quits job and apologises after 'all-male orgy in rectory goes wrong' (www.express.co.uk)
A Polish bishop has apologised as he confirmed his resignation weeks after a sex worker passed out at a hidden orgy, allegedly organised by one of his clergy....
Woman returns from holiday to find home demolished (www.hertsad.co.uk)
A woman is mulling the next step to take after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in Atlanta in the US....
Political party in Germany 'calls for kebabs to be subsidised' (news.sky.com)
Should the government subsidise kebabs?...
Brit passengers on four-hour flight to Turkey drink entire plane dry in 25 minutes (www.lbc.co.uk)
SunExpress’s German-American boss Max Kownatzki told trade publication TTG that one special flight operated by the Turkish airline for a group of Brits on a golfing break was drunk dry in the space of 25-minutes....
Italian mayor offers free goats to anyone who can catch them (www.upi.com)
The mayor of an Italian island is attempting to solve an animal overpopulation problem with an unusual offer: free goats for anyone who can catch them....
Italy is fighting back against souvenirs focusing on Michelangelo’s David genitals (www.independent.co.uk)
Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italy since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue’s religious and political significance is being diminished by the thousands of refrigerator magnets and other souvenirs sold around Florence focusing on David’s...
Minnesota Republican legislator opposes safe gun storage law, citing killer cow threat (heartlandsignal.com)
While arguing against a proposal for safe storage requirements for firearms, Minnesota state Sen. Warren Limmer (R-Maple Grove) contended that rural citizens need guns readily available to deal with cows....
Bears take a ride on swan pedalo at Woburn Safari Park (www.bbc.co.uk)
Not, as I read, “Swan and Paedo”
Tapeworms found in brain of US man who ate undercooked bacon (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: real.lemmy.fan/post/1583913...
A Pilot Drew a Penis in the Sky and Wrote ‘See Ya’ During a 6-Hour Flight (gizmodo.com)
It’s said that artists are painstakingly dedicated to their craft, so I have no other option than to take off my imaginary hat for the pilot who toiled for six hours to draw a penis with the word “see ya” in the sky. Huzzah!...
Japan's 'naked men' festival succumbs to aging population (japantoday.com)
A steam of sweat rose as hundreds of naked men tussled over a bag of wooden talismans, performing a dramatic end to a thousand-year-old ritual in Japan that took place for the last time....
Customs and Border Protection's top doctor tried to order fentanyl lollipops for helicopter trip to U.N., whistleblowers say (www.cbsnews.com)
The chief medical officer for the Customs and Border Protection agency repeatedly asked staff members to order fentanyl lollipops for him to take on a helicopter mission to the United Nations in New York City in Sept. 2023, according to a whistleblower report by the Government Accountability Project....
Danish man sticks 68 matches up his nose for world record (www.upi.com)
Eiffel Tower crowned as world’s tallest matchstick building after record U-turn (www.theguardian.com)
A follow up to an earlier post:...
Museums hit with losses as selfie-takers walk backwards into paintings (archive.is)
Selfie-takers are damaging valuable art at museums around the world by walking backwards into paintings and objects, according to specialist insurer Hiscox....
Exotic ‘dinosaur-like’ turtle that can bite through bone found in Cumbria (www.independent.co.uk)
Special nativity play featuring Manx dogs returns (www.bbc.co.uk)
Border collies and cockapoos are preparing to take part in a special canine version of the nativity....
World's oldest tortoise still randy at 191 years old (www.livescience.com)
The Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), known as Jonathan, has lived on the remote south Atlantic Island of Saint Helena since 1882 after he was gifted to the governor at the time....
