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

September 9, 2021

The former president of DuPont had a squad of trained attack iguanas (boingboing.net) 22:10


Identical: Nicolai Højgaard duplicates twin brother's win (apnews.com) 19:49


New Roomba promises “poopocalypse” horror stories are a thing of the past (arstechnica.com) 18:56


9,000 years ago, funerals in China involved a lot of beer (arstechnica.com) 18:35


‘High-risk activity’: Ardern advises hospital visitors against sex with patients during Covid (theguardian.com) 15:03


Prisoners got 15,000 gelati from pope during Rome's long, hot summer (reuters.com) 14:01


Vancouver Man Dies in ‘Heartbreaking’ Accident at McDonald’s Drive-Thru (complex.com) 13:32


Down syndrome girl who sent painting to Queen Elizabeth is ‘over the moon’ after receiving an official reply (thefirstnews.com) 11:39


Charity told proposal is 'whack' in planning blunder (kentonline.co.uk) 11:08


Coldplay’s Chris Martin says taking mushrooms “confirmed my suspicions about the universe” (nme.com) 10:55


Ivermectin causes sterilization in 85 percent of men, study finds (wfla.com) 07:38


A prisoner swallowed Nokia 3310 and needed surgery to remove it from his stomach (euronews.com) 06:57


City of Loveland agrees to $3 million settlement with dementia patient forcibly arrested, injured after forgetting to pay for $14 in merchandise (kktv.com) 05:21


Ashes dumped in Watertown yard, illegal without permission (fox6now.com) 23:46