Woman realises she married her cousin
And other stories from the stranger side of life
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A woman has said it was "super weird" when she realised she'd unknowingly married her cousin while pregnant. Marcella Hill explained she found out her husband was a blood relative while researching their respective family trees. LadBible said the couple "took the words 'keep the family close' a bit too seriously", but looking on the bright side, Hill explained that "when I go to my family reunion, he gets to go to his too — at the same time".
Chatty cockatiel found
The RSPCA is on the hunt to find the owner of a loquacious parrot found wandering down a street, reported the BBC. The male cockatiel was found to have an extensive vocabulary and an impressive repertoire of songs after being rescued near a bench in Bolton. "He sings 'If you're happy and you know it' and waits for you to clap, as well as a few other songs and phrases," said rescue officer, Helen Chapman.
Haribo breaks world record
Confectionary giant Haribo broke a Guinness World Record when it used its Goldbear gummy candies to build a 353.1-square-foot mosaic of the company's mascot. It took around 150,000 gummy bears to create the image of its mascot, Goldbear, in the gymnasium at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, noted UPI. "We hope this larger-than-life mosaic brings smiles to our fans' faces," said a spokesperson.
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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.
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