Brits want to fart freely in public

One in eight British people want to be able to fart in public without facing the disapproval of passers-by, according to the Daily Star. Researchers, who found that 13% of Brits resented having to hold in gas when they were out in public, also discovered that this feeling was particularly strong in Liverpool, where 22% felt it was “natural” to eject gas and it should be accepted. However, a shop boss in the city said: “I’ve never farted in front of a customer because I worry they wouldn’t want to come back to my shop.”

Chocolates from 1899 sell for £500

A tin of chocolates made during the reign of Queen Victoria in 1899 was sold for more than £500, said Metro. The Rowntree’s bars of chocolate were recently discovered in a box in an attic in Lincolnshire. Auctioneer Paul Cooper, from Eddisons, did not recommend that anyone eat the elderly bars. “I don’t think I’d be tempted to give it a go,” he said. “The experts say that chocolate actually doesn’t becomes hazardous as it ages, but they probably did not have 122-year-old bars of the stuff in mind.”

Conspiracy theories rated

The government’s flagship anti-extremism programme has suggested there are legitimate questions over the circumstances of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. In a training session for school governors, Prevent used a graphic entitled The Conspiracy Chart, which puts conspiracies in categories. Included under the title “We have questions” were the death of Diana, the statement “Epstein didn’t kill himself”, the assassination of John F Kennedy and the death of Marilyn Monroe, said The Times.

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