Britain’s seagulls are pinching “stashes” from drug users, said Metro. There are increasing reports of the seaside birds “swooping down to make off with drug-users stashes – in particular, a group of synthetic cannabinoids known as ‘spice’”. The drug can cause “euphoria, talkativeness, paranoia and nausea” in people but “surprisingly enough, there’s been very little research into the synthetic narcotics’ effects on seagulls”, quipped the paper.
Lottery winner couldn’t eat his kebab
Most miserable country named
Zimbabwe is the most miserable country in the world according to the annual Misery Index. As it faced “soaring inflation”, the east African country beat “war-torn” Ukraine, Venezuela and Syria to the top spot, noted The Telegraph. The UK was in 129th place and the least miserable nation in the world was found to be Switzerland. Steve Hanke, professor of Applied Economics at John Hopkins University, compiles the list each year.
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