Teen dolphins get high by chewing puffer fish

Teenage dolphins get their kicks by chewing on the skin of puffer fish to get high. The puffer fish secretes a powerful poison called tetrodotoxin that can easily kill a human but can give a tingly and light-headed feeling in the correct dose. A BBC documentary shows dolphins enjoying the puffer skin secretion recreationally, even passing it around the way that human teenagers might pass around a joint.

Flight attendant leaves 25cm dildo in hotel

A flight attendant was embarrassed when she left a personal item behind in a hotel. A note from the hotel, sent to her employers, read: “Hi from crew-watch... We just received a call from the hotel in man. They found a 25cm dildo in one of the crew rooms. Can you let them know it can be collected at OPS later.”

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Florida teen jailed over tomato argument

A 19-year-old woman was detained after reportedly threatening her family over tomatoes, say authorities in Florida. The 73-year-old homeowner told deputies her granddaughter, Katie Gates, got angry because she wanted to eat “more than her fair share of tomatoes at the dinner table”. The teen Gates allegedly threw a water bottle at her grandfather and a pack of cigarettes at her grandmother.

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