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

March 20, 2023

The heat generated by a washing-machine-sized data centre is being used to heat a Devon public swimming pool. The computers inside the white box are surrounded by oil to capture the heat - enough to heat the pool to about 30C 60% of the time, saving Exmouth Leisure Centre thousands of pounds. (bbc.com) 22:53


Teens pull guns on girls as “prank” in Provo (abc4.com) 22:42


Fukushima man arrested for defecating on another person’s bicycle seat (japantoday.com) 22:21


Greta Thunberg receives an honorary doctorate of theology from the University of Helsinki (helsinki.fi) 19:46


I Went on a Package Trip for Lonely Millennials. It Was Exhausting. (nytimes.com) 19:17


Family shaken after pre-k student told to wipe feces off bathroom wall at Lacombe school (nola.com) 15:45


Meet the men paying to have their jaws broken in the name of ‘manliness’ (gq-magazine.co.uk) 13:53