A tuatara at a New Zealand museum, named Henry, became sexually active for the first time at the age of 111. The lizard-like creature’s sudden interest appears to be the result of surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his bottom, and has already resulted in 11 offspring. While Henry’s curator said the tuatara is likely to mate again this year, he is unlikely to have a role as a father, given the high probability he would eat the young.
In Tikrit, Iraq, a statue has been erected in honor of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who threw a shoe at former president George W. Bush. The statue is a sofa-sized depiction of the shoe in fiberglass and copper, inscribed with a poem memorializing al-Zeidi’s symbolic gesture.
A Muskego, Wisconsin man was arrested and charged with felony armed robbery this week, after being apprehended with the aid of a large serving spoon.ÜAfter entering the Williams Supper Club, Joey Geraci grabbed a female employee and demanded money. Coming up from behind, the chef struck Geraci on the head with a serving spoon, and then wrestled him to the ground with the help of a second employee and a patron, holding him pinned until the police arrived.
A sewage treatment facility in the Nagano prefecture, Japan, recently reported that ash from incinerated sludge held over 40 times the yield of some of the most productive gold mines in the world. The prefecture will receive slightly more than $55,000 U.S. for the gold, which probably comes from precision equipment manufacturers in the area.
A man in Oldsmar, Florida, was arrested after driving his Chevy Lumina into a truck and a store window, through a fence, into another building and finally crashing into a tree. Scott Lane Crowther began his rampage at 7:40 after leaving Henessey’s Food and Spirits, was detained by witnesses after hitting the tree, brought to a local hospital after police arrived, and was in jail shortly after midnight.
Scientists in London have found that a species of jellyfish, turritopsis nutriclaas, may be capable of indefinite self-regeneration, making it effectively immortal. Whereas most jellyfish die after reproducing, the four to five millimeter turritopsis can revert to a juvenile state, and repeat the process of sexual maturation.
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