Some more funny and random headlines from around the world:
- Polar bear ‘better Canada emblem’: A Conservative senator wants the polar bear installed as Canada’s national emblem – calling the current emblem, a beaver, a “dentally defective rat”.
- UK clocks change trial considered: The government is considering moving the clocks forward by an hour for a three-year trial period, but says all nations of the UK must agree.
- Russian clocks stay on summertime: Russia has not put its clocks back for winter this year, after President Dmitry Medvedev decided the country would stay permanently in summertime.
- Fossil feast for ‘zombie worms’: Traces of bone-eating “zombie worms” have been found in a three million year old fossil from Italy, say researchers.
- Rally driver’s baby born in car: The wife of Swedish rally driver Per-Gunnar Andersson gives birth to a healthy son in the couple’s car, thwarting a late-night dash to the hospital.
- Queen’s big pants fetch £10,000: A large pair of silk bloomers that belonged to Queen Victoria sell for more than three times their original estimate.
- Nazi-looted Klimt fetches $40.4m: A 1915 Gustav Klimt landscape, looted by the Nazis and recently returned to a relative of the owner, sells for $40.4m (£25.4m) at a New York auction.
- English diet ‘could save 4,000’: Adopting a typical English diet could save about 4,000 lives each year in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, a study claims.
- Ancient bear had strongest bite: The largest bear that ever lived also had the strongest bite of any land mammal, say scientists.
- China envoy in India map outburst: China’s ambassador to India becomes involved in a heated exchange over a map that shows parts of India within China’s border.
- Cut transport cost say ‘teen MPs’: Members of the UK Youth Parliament urge ministers to cut the cost of public transport for young people after staging their third Commons debate.
- Beatles album sleeve ‘is rarest’: A Beatles sleeve which features the faces of music executives in place of the Fab Four is named the world’s rarest album cover.
- Mars mission makes Earth ‘return’: Six men locked away in steel tubes for a year-and-a-half to simulate a mission to Mars have emerged from isolation.
- Stand named in Ferguson’s honour: Manchester United rename the north stand at Old Trafford the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand in recognition of his 25 years in charge.
- Dentist buys John Lennon’s tooth: A Canadian dentist buys one of John Lennon’s teeth for £19,500 at an auction in Stockport.
