Our pick of the strange but true stories from around the world.
Burger King spa opens in Finland
A Burger King restaurant in Helsinki is adding a fully functioning spa to its premises, to allow patrons to eat their burgers and fries in a sauna capable of seating up to 15 people. The spa area also features a 48-inch TV for viewing movies, as well as a gaming lounge, complete with 55-inch TV and a Playstation 4 console. Hiring the spa area will cost £250 for three hours.
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Babysitter takes child to rob bank
A woman in Colorado has been arrested after she took two children she was babysitting to a bank robbery, say police. The 28-year-old woman, Rachel Einspahr, allegedly drove up to the drive-through window of the bank, and handed the teller a note saying that there was a man in the car who would harm the children if he didn't get the money from the till. The teller gave her $500 and called the police, who arrested Einspahr at her home.
Doctors perform first US penis transplant
A team of surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital has announced that it has successfully performed the first penis transplant in the US. It took a team of more than 50 surgeons, doctors and nurses about 15 hours to attach the donated penis to 64-year-old Thomas Manning, who lost his original penis to cancer in 2012.
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