Ramp it up
An enterprising grandmother is making life easier for may people by constructing wheelchair ramps out of Lego bricks and installing them in the German town of Hanau.

Buried treasure
A ring that was lost in America 47 years ago has been found buried in a Finnish forest. Read more ›››

Featherweights
A photo of two mice brawling on a London tube station has won the Natural History Museum in London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Silly sausage
I don’t know what it is about world record foodstuffs lately but the Argentine city of Tandil broke the record for the longest salami. Read more ›››

Sun’s out
The National Science Foundation released close-up images of the sun’s surface which looks good enough to eat. In fact, each bubblelike granule of covecting plasma is roughly the size of Texas.

School of fish
Cuttlefish have demonstrated their ‘complex cognitive abilities‘ by choosing their daytime food based on their evening menu. Read more ›››

Roaring trade
A factory in Iran is one of the largest producers of American and Israeli flags churning out 2,000 a month specifically for burning during street protests. Of course, the organisation responsible for burning most flags are the American Boy Scouts.

Ancient genes
It seems we may have more Neanderthal DNA than previously thought. This probably explains social media. Read more ›››

Relatively rude
Switzerland has minted a gold coin so small you’d need to look very closely to see Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue at you.

Cool for cats
Not being the owner of a cat I had never realised that those feline fiends are scared of cucumbers. Apparently it’s all down to ‘biological preparedness.’
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Pranked outback
An ITV reporter was tricked into donning body armour to protect her from the dangerous ‘drop bear’ she was holding in a report on the Australian bushfires.

Home alone
Spotify has launched playlists and podcasts for dogs to listen to when they are left at home alone. Read more ›››