Man has acid trip after cleaning LSD-coated keyboard
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A man who cleaned an old synthesiser got more than he bargained for when he wiped a curious-looking deposit stuck under one of its knobs. He felt a tingling on his finger as he scraped it off, but that was only the beginning. He then went on an eight-hour trip because the substance turned out to be LSD.
Man bitten by snake that slithered out of toilet
A Florida man using his toilet at 4am got a nasty shock when a python slithered out of the bowl and bit him on the hand. The python was taken to a reptile centre. The man was shocked but not seriously injured.
Farmer blocks entrance to beauty spot with 60 tons of slate
The landowner of a beauty spot in North Wales is so tired of visitors trashing the area, he has blocked its entrance with 60 tons of slate. Allan Titley used a digger to block access to Blue Lake, a spectacular flooded quarry, in Gwynedd. He said: “In the whole of Wales, I don’t think there’s a beauty spot that hasn’t been trashed.”
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The allegations of Christian genocide in Nigeria
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London’s best breakfasts and brunches
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Zoos offer cockroach naming and hippo poo candles
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NHS tells Scots to walk like penguins
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Experts discover why dogs wag their tails
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Peruvian 'aliens' aren't really aliens
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Woman accidentally puts nan in washing machine
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Couple sues after ‘farting dog’ ruins flight
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Experts suggest the real-life Dracula was vegan
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Pedants forgive Waterstones over apostrophe
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