An English woman who asked her colleagues for a Mariah Carey-themed cake for her birthday has ended up celebrating with an image of Nobel prize-winner Marie Curie instead. The woman’s cousin tweeted the error, saying “My cousin in England told her colleagues she wanted a Mariah Carey birthday cake. They misunderstood, and this is the cake they made her instead. It’s Marie Curie, looking very festive.” More than 172,000 people liked the tweet, with 36,000 people retweeting it.
Trump continues to be mocked for ‘Prince of Whales’ blunder
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