QUIRKY WORLD ... Basketball star drops ball with wardrobe malfunction
Moments before Game 4 of the showpiece NBA finals, James inadvertently exposed himself to millions watching on live television.
As James was getting ready to take to the court, an ABC camera moved in for a close-up, and got a little too close.
James was adjusting his shorts as he started to tuck in his jersey. He briefly pulled down the black compression shorts he wore under his gold game shorts as well, exposing himself to an audience that has averaged about 18.5m viewers in the first three games of the series.
Did Lebron James just flash us on national TV?
— Rob Passarella (@robpas) June 12, 2015
It conjured memories of Jackson’s performance at half-time of the Super Bowl in 2004 when Justin Timberlake tugged at Jackson’s top and briefly exposed one of the singer’s breasts.
Break the mould
An old mould linked to British scientist Alexander Fleming’s research which led to the discovery of penicillin is set to fetch thousands of pounds at auction next month.
The specimen, which is mounted on paper signed by Fleming, was part of ground-breaking work which revolutionised medicine and went on to save millions of lives worldwide.
After some months calling it "mould juice", Alexander Fleming named the substance penicillin on 7 March 1929. pic.twitter.com/u8ZfKhb2OK
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) March 7, 2015
It is being sold at auction with two letters: One from the Scots-born, Nobel Prize-winning scientist and the other from Elizabeth Montgomery, believed to be his housekeeper.
On the up
Remarkable footage shows a large passenger plane taking off in a near-vertical climb.
The incredible manoeuvre was performed by cockpit crew at the controls of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Normally the plane would have upwards of 280 passengers on board and would ease into the air at a far less dramatic angle.
READ MORE: Watch Boeing's new 787-9 Dreamliner perform near-vertical take off
PC gallant
A policeman has become an internet sensation after he was captured on camera walking arm-in-arm with an elderly man who had been struggling with his shopping.
Well done to @NorthantsPolice who've had more than 25,000 likes in just over an hour for this picture on @Facebook. pic.twitter.com/FpAzd7eyih
— 🍊 ᴏʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴊᴜɪᴄᴇ (@orangejuicePR) June 11, 2015
The image, which was taken by a passerby, shows PC Chris Stevens of Northamptonshire Police carrying the heavy shopping of an unknown gentleman in Kingsthorpe.
The man had caught the wrong bus and had been struggling to get home when he was spotted by Mr Stevens leaning against a wall.
Honest to goodness
A homeless man was reunited with nearly $10,000 (€8,000) in cash that he had accidentally left stuffed in two bank envelopes on a bench in Florida.
A deceased relative had reportedly left the man almost $12,000. Police say the man withdrew almost $10,000 and went shopping but left the envelopes on a Lauderdale-by-the-Sea bench.
The envelopes were found by two different people who both took the money to the sheriff’s office. Investigators found a receipt from a clothes shop, got a surveillance picture of the man from the store and tracked him down.
Creating a buzz
Nashville’s Music City Centre is now home to 100,000 bees as part of the venue’s sustainability initiative.
The convention centre announced it has added four hives of European honeybees to the green roof.
Can you tell where this is? 100k bees have a new home on a popular downtown #Nashville rooftop.@NC5 shows where @ 10! pic.twitter.com/bJN009y8XC
— Catherine Steward (@CatherineL_S) June 11, 2015
Officials expect the bees will produce 360lb (163kg) of honey annually beginning in spring 2016.
Half the honey will be used by centre’s culinary team and the other half will be bottled and given to clients for promotional use.
Officials say the honeybees will fly up to a mile away to gather pollen. This means much of Nashville can benefit from the help of the bees, which fertilise about 85% of plants.
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