Is mystery book Taylor Swift’s memoir?

A forthcoming book with the curious title “4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023” is topping the charts because Taylor Swift fans believe it may be their hero’s memoir. Skylark Bookshop in Missouri announced the upcoming release in an Instagram post “not-so-subtly featuring numerous Taylor Swift lyrics in the caption”, said The Times, and the release date is one that is mentioned in her song Last Kiss, a track from her third album Speak Now.

Ex-wrestler’s poo leaves people ‘crying’

A wrestling legend left passengers “gagging, puking and crying” after taking “world’s biggest poo” on a plane, reported The Sun. Andre the Giant, an ex-WWE champion, turned a 14-hour Boeing 747 trip from Tokyo to the USA into a “pong-haul flight”, after he “went to town” on the toilets. A fellow former wrestler described how The Giant, produced sounds that were “not human” - followed by a strong odour that drifted through the 76-metre long plane.

Bear rings man’s bell and runs off

A US man’s home security camera recorded the moment a bear wandered onto his porch at night and rang his doorbell. Writing about the incident on Facebook, Dustin Smith of West Virginia posted a video showing the bear wandering up to his front door just after 11pm and investigating his Ring doorbell camera before ringing the bell. “Last night we were a victim of the good old fashioned ding dong ditch, but this time it wasn’t being performed by a teenager,” wrote Smith.

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