Cola bottle set to fetch $100k at auction
And other stories from the stranger side of life
A Coca-Cola bottle believed to be a rare prototype the company created in 1915 is set to sell for over $100,000 at auction. It is believed to be the only surviving bottle from the prototype period, as all the bottles were meant to be destroyed. A prototype of an even earlier design sold for $240,000 in 2011.
Haunted Indiana town is yours for $3.8m
An Indiana town with only has three residents is up for sale for $3.8m. “It's not every day someone gets to buy a town,” said the current owner of Story, who is selling up. “I've had that experience. Now I want to live long enough to sell a town.” Buyers beware though: the town is said to have a resident ghost.
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Nudists have gathered for a clothes-free boat trip on a Staffordshire canal. Some 40 members ate a fish and chips supper as they sailed down the Shropshire Union Canal in Stafford. British Naturism also organises a host of other nude events including regular naked cycle rides and swimming sessions.
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