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Tales of odds and ends from deep inside the world’s newspapers…. Starsky And Hutch Busted In France For Driving Under Influence Yes, they are both French. Yes, those are their real names. No, they weren’t driving a Ford Gran Torino. — WORLDCRUNCH Skiing Across Sweden-Norway Border To Slip Past COVID Lockdown There was only one problem: the […]
Switzerland is famous for its fondue, a national specialty that is eaten by dipping bread into melted cheese, using uniquely shaped long-stemmed forks. Now a 60-year old Swiss man has found a rather unexpected use for his fondue fork, reaching with the length of the utensil and its sharp prongs to steal envelopes containing condolence […]
It’s an economic dictum that virtually anything that is rare is bound to create a valuable market: diamonds, limited edition clothing and, in Japan, obese people. In a country where the obesity rate is among the world’s lowest — only 3.6% of the population is fat, compared to 27% in Australia — a Japanese company […]