A passenger who wore a live snake as a mask while travelling on a bus in the north of England has been warned it is not a legitimate face covering. A Transport for Greater Manchester spokesperson said although “a small degree of interpretation” can be applied to coronavirus rules, “we do not believe it extends to the use of snakeskin - especially when still attached to the snake”. However, an onlooker said she found the incident “really funny”.
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Brain wrapped in foil washes up on beach
A human brain wrapped up in tin foil has been discovered washed up on a beach in Racine, Wisconsin. Jimmy Senda, a local artist, found the brain on Samuel Myers Park Beach after spotting a square package held together by a pink elastic band and allowing curiosity to get the better of him. “It looked like a chicken breast – kind of,” he said. “It took a little bit for it to really register what was going on: it was a brain.”
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