Public toilets will drench rompers with water jets

New public loos will detect “violent movement” and douse romping couples in water. Porthcawl town council has submitted plans to launch new £170,000 toilets. If the detectors discover that a couple are having sex in the cubicle, the inhabitants will be sprayed with water, the doors will automatically open and a high-pitched alarm will sound.

Woman gives birth to twins 11 weeks apart

A woman in Kazakhstan has given birth to a second twin 11 weeks after the first. Liliya Konovalova gave birth to a premature girl on 24 May, and her son followed on 9 August. The unusually timed birth was possible because she has a double uterus. Earlier this year, a mother in Germany gave birth to her second twin 97 days after the first.

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Study finds Americans wear pants for days on end

Forty-five per cent of Americans wear the same underwear two days or more in a row, according to a new study. Some 13% of respondents wore undies for seven days in a row. Men were found to be two and a half times more likely than women to wear their dirty underwear for seven days or more.

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