Quirky World ... Mother-to-be makes an elementary mistake
A school nurse and police officer helped Vanessa DeLeon deliver her baby at the campus clinic of Fisher Elementary School in Pasadena, Texas. The boy, named Geovanni, weighed 6lb 3oz.
Ms DeLeon says her contractions began earlier in the day but that she was intent on registering her son Alexis for pre-kindergarten at Fisher before giving birth to her fourth child.
The mother and her newborn were doing well when they were later transferred to Bayshore Medical Centre.
The pressures of power drove King Richard III to drink, according to new evidence uncovered in a documentary about the medieval monarch.
Researchers who carried out tests on his skeleton after it was unearthed from a council car park in Leicester in 2012, were able to reveal details about his diet and even where he lived at different times of his life.
The team also used a body double to prove Richard’s curved spine would not have stopped him fighting in battle.
Police were told there was a chicken — and it was attempting to cross the road.
In fact, the citizen who called the police non-emergency line reported that the chicken’s efforts to cross a road in a north Portland neighbourhood were bringing traffic nearly to a standstill.
Sergeant Pete Simpson says responding officers were unable to locate the chicken.
The names Buster, Coco, and Max have long been favourites when it comes to christening pets.
But a charity reckons the popular monikers also make them among the most unlucky names when it comes to being rehomed.
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home says the likes of Charlie, Princess, and Tigger could also find themselves more likely to wind up at an animal centre.
The most common names of dogs and cats being brought into the animal charity’s three centres by their owners over the last 12 months include Max, Charlie and Buster for dogs, while Coco, Tigger and Princess lead the way for cats.
A pro-democracy media magnate has appeared in a humorous video to counter an obituary of him in a rival paper.
Next Media boss Jimmy Lai said in the video he is “sorry to disappoint” whoever paid for the full-page announcement in Thursday’s Oriental Daily. His video interspersed cartoon images with shots of Lai filming himself, selfie-style.
The notice said Lai Chee-ying had died at 65 from Aids and multiple cancers. It referred to Lai by his Chinese name but used a different written character for Chee.
The graphic style of the fake obituary mirrored that of real obituaries in Hong Kong media.
A demand to know what plans are in place to protect Wigan from dragon attack is among “wacky” freedom of information requests town hall bosses warn risk diverting resources from vital services.
The Local Government Association published its top 10 “bizarre” requests sent to councils under the legislation — which also included one about the number of children who had been microchipped. It also complained that firms were “exploiting the system” by trying to find out information on existing suppliers to bid for public contracts.
Peter Fleming, chairman of the LGA’s Improvement Board, said: “Some of the FoI requests received do not relate very closely to the services they are focused on providing every day of the year.”
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