Here's our pick of stories from the stranger side of life.
Blame it on the weatherman
Residents in the eastern parts of Iceland have started a Facebook group calling for TV weatherman Sigurdur Jonsson to stop standing in front of their part of the map when delivering the forecast. Their appeal has worked - Jonsson has swapped sides and started presenting the weather from the western side of the map instead.
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