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

October 17, 2021

The fart and the furious: Tattoo artist set ablaze during butt tattoo 'gas leak' (thesouthafrican.com) 20:59


Police find hundreds of frozen edible dormice in drugs raid in Italy (inews.co.uk) 20:45


Scientists say they have produced coffee from cell cultures with an aroma and taste resembling the real thing. The VTT Technical Research Centre may have come up with a more sustainable alternative to growing coffee beans by floating cell cultures in bio-reactors filled with a nutrient medium. (reuters.com) 13:03


Meteorite Crashes Through Home, Lands In Sleeping Woman's Bed (huffpost.com) 05:14


Pablo Escobar: Colombia sterilises drug lord's hippos (bbc.com) 04:10


Australian police chase tractor used in daring bike shop ram raid (yahoo.com) 03:23


Dormice favoured by Italian mafia seized in drugs raid (rnz.co.nz) 00:22