Some funny and useful stories from around the world:
- Boys ‘prefer cars from early on’: Research suggests that girls naturally prefer dolls and boys cars from as young as nine months old.
- Washington’s $300,000 book fine: A New York library discovers two unreturned books checked out by George Washington that have accrued some $300,000 in fines for being 220 years late.
- Super-rich ‘become richer again’: The UK’s super-rich saw a resurgence in their fortunes during the past 12 months, the Sunday Times Rich List suggests.
- Chocolate ‘linked to depression’: People who eat chocolate regularly are more depressive, experts discover.
- Hole-in-one triumph for woman, 90: A 90-year-old woman says she is “amazed” and “stunned” to have hit a hole-in-one on her local course near Bradford.
- Banksy gives band £200k painting ‘in apology for stealing their name’: Banksy, the graffiti artist, gave a £200,000 painting to a band after he accidentally “stole” their name as the title to his new film, Exit Through the Gift Shop.
