China has set its sights on trying to seize control of the Moon, an expert has claimed. Leonard David, author of Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet, said Beijing is “pressing forward on an agenda of lunar exploration - one that will eventually lead to China placing home-grown boots on the Moon”. The nation’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft entered Mars’s orbit last week.
One dollar painting is worth £10,000
A man has discovered that a drawing he bought in South America for 73p is actually worth £10,000 as it was drawn by a well-known artist. Santiago Taute paid only one dollar for the drawing at a street market in Ecuador. Later, his wife recognised that the work was by Lee Hadwin, an artist who has a rare condition that allows him to paint pictures while he is asleep. Hadwin has previously sold artworks to Donald Trump for £100,000.
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