Funny how fast the good people of the heartland can become common crooks when it comes to gas.

After an employee at a Shell station in Minocqua, Wis., accidentally set the automated-pump price at 33 cents per gallon – and then left for the night – a near-riot ensued.

“I was very upset that there’s that many dishonest people,” said manager Andrea Rutland.

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An Australian outdoor-concert venue has discovered another major security risk – blankets.

Guards at the site in Perth refused to let anyone in with a blanket, saying they were a security risk, meaning everyone had to sit on the bare grass all night.

And the back of the tickets warned fans not to bring in “crocodiles or spears.”

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Cops getting called at night to break up fights between good ol’ boys in southern Mississipi isn’t all that uncommon – except when the ol’ boys in question are a bunch of Buddhist monks.

The police had to be called on two separate occastions to stop rumbles between the brothers at a temple in Biloxi this week.

Factions there were split over the choice of head monk.

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Cape Town in South Africa has the smartest hookers in the world, according to a new report.

Local media have found women with advanced degrees in subjects such as nursing, teaching and physiotherapy walking the streets and working in brothels.

In fact, 19 percent of all prostitutes there have degrees – but started turning tricks because it earned them more money.

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Like a scene from a sequel to “Good Will Hunting,” a young janitor at a Polish university has turned out to be a secret genius.

Like Matt Damon’s character in the film – who solved arcane math problems while cleaning at night – custodian Aleksander Kudajczk showed his talent in the after hours by playing Chopin on a piano in a chapel.

When university officials spotted him on a security camera, they realized his playing was so good they helped him start a career as a professional.