How to get paid to sleep
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Want to get paid to sleep? Your dream may be about to come true because a luxury brand wants to to hire a professional bed tester to review and provide feedback on every bed and garden daybed they sell. The ‘Comfort Connoisseur’ will be asked to complete a scorecard for each bed for the luxury brand Olivia’s.
Sea lion found near highway in California
Police and animal rescuers in California have found a sea lion wandering near a busy stretch of highway. The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito said the sea lion was spotted on Sunday next to Interstate 5 in the Tracy area. The Marine Mammal Center explained that the sea lion, which they have named Gilligan, probably became lost while searching for food.
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Student breaks into museum to take selfies
A student in Australia has broken into a museum to take selfies. Security footage shows the German student crouching down next to a dinosaur skeleton to take a picture with it and stealing a cowboy's hat. Police say they had broken in at around 1am after climbing on to some nearby scaffolding to gain access to the building and was inside for around 40 minutes.
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