Farmer finds egg inside another egg - watch the video

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Egg-straordinary moment caught on film

A farmer has caught on camera the moment he cracked open an "unusually large egg" to find a second, fully-formed egg inside. The man, from Qinhuangdao city, China, told local media one of his chickens had laid two very large eggs and he decided to film himself cracking one open to see what was inside. "I've never seen an egg within another egg in more than 60 years of farming," he said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"content_original","fid":"96366","attributes":{"class":"media-image"}}]]

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Petrol station becomes Airbnb at night

The owner of a Californian petrol station has listed the premises on Airbnb, offering patrons the opportunity to "fulfil any childhood dream of sleeping at a gas station". By day, Sanborn and Market Gas is a convenience store, but by night, it's a place to sleep - for $50 (£34). Check in is at 10pm, when the store closes, but guests need to be out for the 5am opening the following day.

Bouncy castle flies away

A family in Niagara Falls, New York, has filmed a bouncy castle, hired for a child's birthday party, being picked up and carried off by the wind. No one was using the castle when it took off and collided with power lines, causing a shower of sparks. There were no reports of injuries.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"content_original","fid":"96365","attributes":{"class":"media-image"}}]]