Judges in the UK reversed a decades-old decision by an errant (and some would say malicious) computer accounting system that convicted 39 former UK postmasters of theft, fraud and false accounting.
In India someone stole a bag that they found contained thousands of doses of the Covid vaccine. The bag was returned anonymously with an apologetic note.
Thieves of a Big Bird costume in Australia were not so lucky. Despite returning it after a night of mischief, charges will be pressed.
The internet went out for 900 customers in a small town in Canada. Beavers were to blame.
An eagle-eyed Argentinian renewed google.com.ar for a couple of bucks and briefly owned all of Google’s traffic in that country.
The subject of the Disaster Girl meme has taken back control of her image by selling the photo as an NFT.
Sean Culkin of the Kansas City Chief’s is the first NFL player to get paid in Bitcoin.
Citizen Kane was knocked off its 100% perch on top of the Rotten Tomatoes leaderboard, replaced by . . . Paddington 2. In celebration or perhaps an homage, a Reddit user is photoshopping Paddington into a movie still “every day until I forget.”
The headline of the week award goes to CTV with Boulders block Boulder Canyon road near Boulder, Colorado, Boulder County Sheriff’s Office says
A pair of Yeezy sneakers worn by Kanye West at the Grammys were sold for $1.8 million.
There is a good chance that the former Flint, Michigan Police Academy building will be used to grow marijuana.
An Australian farmer had to destroy his entire crop of hemp because cooler than expected temperatures raised the levels of THC beyond the legal limit. He should just ship the crop to Flint.
Oh, and Prancer found a home.
Hat-tips to Devon, Jane and Roberto.
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