Shock as iPhone still works after 15 months under water

An iPhone dropped into the bottom of a river still works 15 months later. The smartphone fell overboard when Erica Bennett and her family went on a tour in South Carolina. After a diver found it 15 months later he was amazed that, thanks to its waterproof case, he could charge it and reunite it with its owner.

New Tupac is 'alive' theory emerges

A fresh conspiracy has emerged that Tupac is still alive with claims that his guards wiped a photo of the rapper so he could fake his own death. As he lay in hospital, so the theory goes, a woman took a photo of him which would have proved he didn’t die in a drive-by shooting in 1996. However, his guards seized her camera, deleting the image.

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Chef is hooked over his cannabis tuna

A chef in Italy has been arrested on suspicion of drug dealing after two large marijuana plants and 1kg of Indian hemp were found in his pantry. The chef insisted the stash was part of his experimentation with making cannabis-infused wine, olives, coffee and tuna.

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