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Tom Daley: 'In June I'Ll Sit My GCSEs...at a Competition in China'
Offbeat  (tags: sports, goodnews, humans, interesting, news )

Jim
- 5 days ago - independent.co.uk
As part of a series of interviews with the year's leading lights, Tom Daley tells Nick Harris about school bullies, his embarrassing father, and the dive that made him Britain's youngest world champion in an Olympic sport
Museum Defies Pope Over Crucified Frog
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, arts, odd, unusual, society )

Jim
- 483 days ago - reuters.com
The board of the Museion museum in the northern city of Bolzano decided by a majority vote that the frog was a work of art and would stay in place for the remainder of an exhibition.
Day-Release Convicts Caught With Drug Crop
Offbeat  (tags: weird, off-beat, interesting )

Jim
- 755 days ago - reuters.com
German customs agents discovered the 1,200 cannabis plants in the warehouse in the western town of Moers
German Woman Gives Birth to First Child at 64
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, bizarre )

Jim
- 756 days ago - abc.net.au
German woman aged 64 has given birth to a healthy baby girl, a national record and her first child after years of unfruitful attempts and false pregnancies, a report says.
Mafia Boss Arrested While Watching Mafia TV Show
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, bizarre )

Jim
- 759 days ago - reuters.com
Lo Piccolo had taken over the reins of the Sicilian crime syndicate from Riina's successor Bernardo Provenzano, who was arrested last year after 40 years on the run. The arrests have seriously weakened the Mafia, police say.
Rare Faberge Egg Fetches US$18.5 Million (EUR12.5 Million) at London Auction
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, interesting )

Jim
- 761 days ago - iht.com
A rare enamel-and-gold Faberge egg that had been in the Rothschild banking family for more than a century sold for nearly 9 million pounds (US$18.5 million; EUR12.5 million) at auction Wednesday
Lafayette's Ancestor to Auction His Famous Medal From George Washington
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, bizarre )

Jim
- 761 days ago - iht.com
Sotheby's has estimated that the medal will command $4 million to $10 million at the auction.
Judge Sacked for Locking Up 46 Over Mobile Phone Ring
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, bizarre )

Jim
- 761 days ago - abc.net.au
A judge in New York state has lost his job after taking 46 people into custody after they all refused to admit whose mobile phone rang while court was in session, court sources said.
Sydney Defeats L A Galaxy
Offbeat  (tags: interesting )

Jim
- 762 days ago - abc.net.au
Sydney FC has beaten Los Angeles Galaxy 5-3 in their exhibition match at Sydney's Olympic Stadium. A capacity crowd of 80,000 people has turned out to watch the game starring the Galaxy's David Beckham.
Texas Town Sold for $3m
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, interesting, off-beat )

Jim
- 764 days ago - abc.net.au
The town's current owner says he is checking the identity of the buyer, but he is confident he had several other serious bids should the sale fall through.
 
 
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