Quirky World ... Burglar breaks into house, goes on Facebook, forgets to log out

USA: Police didn’t have to work hard to catch a man who broke into a Minnesota house-

First the burglar failed to log out of Facebook after checking his profile on the homeowner’s computer. Then he agreed to meet up with homeowner James Wood in an effort to get back wet clothes he had left behind.

Wood said the burglar has to be the “world’s dumbest criminal”. Police say the burglar took credit cards, cash, and a watch.

Wood posted his phone number on the burglar’s Facebook page, hoping someone would call. The burglar himself texted Wood and agreed to meet with the homeowner, thinking he could negotiate for his clothes. When Wood spotted the burglar, he recognised him from Facebook and called police.

USA: All the pieces have fallen into place for the designer of a giant Tetris game.

Drexel University professor Frank Lee has earned the Guinness World Record for largest architectural video game display. Again.

Lee and two colleagues created a computer program to play the classic shape-fitting puzzle on two sides of a 29-storey skyscraper in Philadelphia. They used hundreds of lights embedded in the glass facades of the Cira Centre. All told, the “screens” totalled nearly 120,000 sq ft.

Dozens of Tetris enthusiasts played the supersized version in April using a joystick from more than 1km away.

The new record beat the previous one, also set by Lee. Last year, he recreated the Pong on a single side of the same building.

USA: Memphis Zoo has banned a woman who climbed over a barrier to the enclosure where lions are kept and tried to feed them cookies.

The woman’s actions were reported by other zoo patrons, who saw her jump the barrier and heard her singing to the animals. After the barrier, only wire separates guests from the lions inside the enclosure.

A zoo spokesperson said the woman won’t be allowed back into the facility.

ENGLAND: A cyclist has been arrested after being found riding on a motorway.

The 44-year-old, from Ghana, was stopped in Surrey and found to have overstayed his immigration visitor’s visa. He had cycled along the hard shoulder of the M25 from junction 11 to junction 13 before he was stopped by officers.

ENGLAND: The BBC has apologised after users of its news app were sent nonsensical messages.

It left many people bewildered and prompted some to ponder whether the BBC’s system had been hacked. However the corporation said the alert, prepared for internal testing, had been sent out by mistake.

The message read: “NYPD Twitter campaign ’backfires’ after hashtag hijacked. Push sucks! Pull blows! BREAKING NEWS No nudity in latest episode of Game of Thrones!!! MORE BREAKING NEWS IIIIIII like testing.”

USA: A man took his 1930 Ford Model A coupe with him to church to show it off — only to have it stolen and then discovered crashed in a river.

The 79-year-old Oregon man stopped for lunch after the church service and when he returned to his prized car, he discovered it was missing.

It was later found crashed in the Crooked River south of Prineville. A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and unauthorised use of a vehicle.

USA: Firemen were called to rescue a dog from a tight spot.

Pit bull puppy Junior got his head stuck in the wheel of a car while investigating his surroundings in California.

Firefighters used vegetable oil to ease the dog’s head out of the hole, and it was then returned home.