curiosity
A female gorilla at the Berlin Zoo, believed to be the oldest gorilla in the world, will celebrate her 67th birthday on Saturday. Fatou, who was born in the wild and has lived at the Berlin Zoo since 1959, was given a special early birthday treat of twigs, lettuce, grapes, bananas and some melon in a basket by zookeepers on Friday. According to the zoo, however, there was no room for too much fruit since zookeepers are carefully watching her diet. At her advanced age, Fatou needs very soft food that she can chew well even without teeth. Gorillas typically live up to 35 years in the wild and no...
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A bullet fired from the revolver used in the murder of John Lennon in New York in 1980 is to go under the hammer in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne on Thursday and is expected to fetch up to £2,000 ($2,500). Auctioneers Anderson and Garland are selling the souvenir on behalf of the family of Brian Taylor, a British policeman who served with the police force of Northumbria, the region in which Newcastle is located. Taylor was permitted to fire the weapon during a 1984 visit to the New York Police Department. He himself had come under fire while travelling in a police car during the visi...
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A burglar in northern Germany broke into an home over the weekend in search not of cash or jewelry but a tasty slice of cheesecake, according to police. The man broke into a flat in the northern German town of Rendsburg on Saturday night and promptly sat down at the kitchen table to enjoy a pilfered slice of cheesecake. The resident, who was sitting in the living room, heard sounds coming from the kitchen and walked in to find the stranger eating cake at his table. The burglar immediately fled out of a window of the flat and disappeared over the roof. Police responded to the break-in but were ...
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