Dylan apologises for ‘machine’ autographs
And other stories from the stranger side of life

Bob Dylan has apologised for his “error in judgement” following a row over his use of a machine to autograph special copies of his new book that had been advertised as “hand-signed”. A limited run of 900 “hand-signed” editions sold for $599, with a letter of authenticity from publisher Simon & Schuster, reported The Guardian. After customers compared photographs of the signatures online, they noticed they were identical. “Using a machine was an error in judgment and I want to rectify it immediately,” said Dylan.
Warning as 50,000-year old virus revived
Scientists have revived a virus that had been trapped in Siberian permafrost for nearly 50,000 years. Pandoravirus, which infects only single-cell organisms and should pose no threat to humans, had been trapped beneath a lake bed for 48,500 years, making it the oldest “live” virus to be recovered to date. Scientists warned that the fact that the microbe was still capable of infecting cells showed the risk of “zombie viruses” emerging from thawing soils, said The Times.
Staff still turn up to former theme park
Employees are still attending a perfectly preserved abandoned theme park two years after it closed. Tivoli World in Benalmadena, Spain, once a popular site, was forced to close as a result of the Covid crisis. However, the park’s employees still “come in and keep the place in a good condition”, due to a “weird clause in their contract which means they're not allowed to look for other jobs yet”, said LadBible.
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