Some funny and possibly useful stories:
- Home baking ban at school fairs: Stalls selling home-baked goods are banned from Dundee school events over fears for health and safety.
- Man stopped at airport for having no fingerprints
- US man returns ancient Jerusalem stone: A US man returns 21-kilo chunk of medieval pillar that he took from Jerusalem’s Old City 12 years ago.
- Man offers diamond ring in treasure hunt: A New Zealand man, spurned by the woman of his dreams, has come up with a novel way of disposing of the diamond engagement ring he bought her — a treasure hunt.
- Penal Tour de France pedals off: Nearly 200 French prisoners prepare to cycle 2,400km (1,500 miles) in the first ever penal Tour de France.
- ‘Millionth English word’ declared: A US internet monitoring firm declares the millionth English word to be Web 2.0, beating out Jai ho, N00b and slumdog.
- Israel woman ‘bins $1m mattress’: An Israeli woman says she accidentally threw away a mattress containing her mother’s $1m life savings.
- Sprinter’s talent spotted as he ran for a bus – now he’s aiming for Olympics: A novice runner is aiming for the Olympics – after he was spotted chasing a bus.
- Twitter responds on Iranian role: Twitter maintains its decision to delay maintenance to keep social network up for Iranians was independent of government requests
- Belgian girl’s tattoo ‘nightmare’: Police in Belgium investigate after a teenager says she had 56 stars tattooed on her face instead of three.
- US cleaner beats six-floor tumble: A Wisconsin window cleaner tells the BBC how he survived falling off a building from six floors up, emerging with just minor injuries.
- UK man is world’s oldest at 113: World War I veteran Henry Allingham is the world’s oldest man following the death of a 113-year-old in Japan, Guinness World Records confirms.
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