Here are the stories which are true but really odd...

August 10, 2021

Eight-year-old becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy in Pakistan (theguardian.com) 19:50


Amazon’s plan to avoid lawsuits: Pay customers $1,000 when products injure people (arstechnica.com) 19:09


Oregon governor signs bill ending reading and math proficiency requirements for graduation (yahoo.com) 17:08


World's longest basketball game record attempt underway in New York (upi.com) 15:10


The mayor of Japanese city Nagoya earned himself Internet infamy and a rare rebuke from Toyota Motor Corp on Thursday for chomping down on an Olympic gold medal at an event meant to celebrate its winner, softball pitcher Miu Goto. (reuters.com) 12:41


White Florida Man uses $700 mask to disguise himself as black man, robs 5 banks (sun-sentinel.com) 05:24


London's Tower Bridge stuck open after technical failure (bbc.com) 02:03