Strip club bypasses lockdown with drive-through service
And other stories from the stranger side of life
A strip club in Oregon is keeping the cash rolling in during the coronavirus pandemic by offering a drive-through service. The Lucky Devil Lounge now runs a drive-up food service with takeout orders delivered by the dancers and an in-car experience featuring performances, music and lights under canopies. However, “there’s no nudity”, a spokesperson said.
Vandals trapped in Oxford phone boxes
Fed-up engineers hatched a cunning plot to trap vandals in phone boxes in the early days of the telephone service, a book on the history of phones in Oxford reveals. Author Reg Earl says that following several attempts by students to steal handset parts to use in home-made wireless sets, a device was fitted to public phones that when triggered would lock the door, trapping the offender inside.
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World’s smallest man is ‘big in heart’
The world’s shortest living man who is able to walk has declared himself “big in heart” after regaining a Guinness World Record title. Edward Nino Hernandez, from Colombia, measures in at 72.1cm (2ft 4.4ins) and originally gained the title in 2010, before losing it six months later to a man who has now died. Following a Guinness World Records ceremony in Bogota, 34-year-old Hernandez said: “I always share my big smile with everyone, that’s my charm... I want people to meet who I truly am - small in size, big in heart!”
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