Mike Tyson hopes to deliver knockout blow with cannabis edible ears (news.sky.com)
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...
Five-legged lamb gets new home (www.upi.com)
cross-posted from: real.lemmy.fan/post/2041592...
Grandmother left dangling 7ft upside down after getting stuck in shop's shutters (news.sky.com)
A grandmother was left dangling upside down after her coat got caught in a shop’s security shutters....
Massachusetts: robotic police dog shot and credited with averting bloodshed (www.theguardian.com)
A robotic dog is being thanked by state police in Massachusetts for helping avert a tragedy involving a person barricaded in a home....
Horror film Late Night With the Devil takes $666,666 on Sunday in the US (www.theguardian.com)
Australia drain rescue: Man freed after 36 hours trapped underground (www.bbc.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/16803418...
Gary the gorilla 'returns' to garden centre after 10 months missing - but only half of him (www.glasgowlive.co.uk)
Half of a beloved Lanarkshire garden centre’s mascot named Gary the gorilla has returned home after 10 months....
Harvard Removes Binding of Human Skin From Book in Its Library (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13642360...
Essex doctor who told people not to eat Easter eggs in one go branded 'silly' (www.essexlive.news)
A leading doctor who has urged people not to eat an entire Easter egg ‘in one go’ has been branded “silly” for his remarks. Dr Andrew Kelso, medical director of a large NHS services provider, said people should enjoy their treats this Easter but warned them “Don’t over do it.”...
Rescued baby hedgehog turns out to be hat bobble (www.bbc.co.uk)
Alan Titchmarsh’s jeans blurred by North Korean TV censors (www.theguardian.com)
His calm demeanour and wholesome vocation have apparently endeared him to one of the most authoritarian regimes in the world. But there is something about Alan Titchmarsh that North Korea’s censors can’t quite forgive – his jeans....
Man changes name to Literally Anybody Else and announces US presidential run (www.theguardian.com)
A Texas man has legally changed his name to Literally Anybody Else and announced he is running for US president in the 2024 election....
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....
Man arrested for allegedly taking leg after California train incident and 'eating it' (wpde.com)
cross-posted from: real.lemmy.fan/post/1938213...
And it was all … orange? Luton fans ask Coldplay for new Yellow lyrics (www.theguardian.com)
Luton Town fans have called for Coldplay to change the lyrics of their song Yellow to match the football club’s orange home kit....
Impaired driver caught after crashing into 'report impaired drivers' sign (www.timescolonist.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/18068891...
Bears take a ride on swan pedalo at Woburn Safari Park (www.bbc.co.uk)
Not, as I read, “Swan and Paedo”
Lego instructs California police department to stop using Lego heads to mask identities of suspects (www.foxnews.com)
Kermit the Frog honoured in new fossil find - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
A 270-million-year-old fossil that sheds light on the murky origins of amphibians has been named after Kermit - the world’s most famous frog....
Shop error leaves Orkney island with more Easter eggs than people (www.theguardian.com)
An error by a shop on the Orkney island of Sanday has left it with 720 Easter eggs in the store – far more than its entire population....
Bendy burglar bizarrely does yoga stretches before stealing bakery's pastries (www.mirror.co.uk)
A bendy Australian bandit performed an elaborate yoga routine in the parking lot of a bakery she then burglarized moments later....
World's biggest blueberry the same size as a golf ball leaves farmers 'stoked' (www.mirror.co.uk)
Farmers in Australia were left “stoked” when they noticed that among the blueberries they picked, there was one as big as a golf ball and weighing significantly more than average....
Amazing photo shows full circle rainbow over Stonehenge (www.salisburyjournal.co.uk)
An incredibly rare sight at the best of times, a full radial rainbow is known as a ‘Glory’, and one keen photographer was lucky enough to snap a picture of one at Wiltshire’s famous landmark....
Mushrooms swapped for tampons among bizarre UK supermarket substitutions (www.theguardian.com)
Mushrooms in place of tampons, a frozen pizza substituted for tinned peaches, and cream crackers instead of Christmas crackers. These are among the “bizarre” supermarket substitutions reported by online shoppers in a new poll....
