Weird but true
A 21-year-old Canadian woman was busted for DWI — in a drive-thru lane at an Ontario McDonald’s.
She passed out waiting for her order, and worried workers called cops.
They gave her a Breathylizer test and filed charges.
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A giant octopus who lives at the Akron, Ohio, zoo, got to choose her own name.
The 20-pound creature was offered her choice of four balls filled with shrimp, each with an octopus-appropriate name printed on it.
She chose the ball labeled Cora, short for “coral.’’
After dining on the contents, Cora used a tentacle to hold up the ball and pose for photographers.
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Speaking of talented animals . . .
An elephant at the Prague zoo is paying for a modern new enclosure for herself and her herd by painting pictures scooped up by visitors who pay about $2,300 for each work of art.
“Each painting takes her about 20 minutes,’’ said zoo director Pavel Bobek. “She doesn’t tire of doing them because there’s always a snack at the end — and she’s always hungry.’’
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Want to reach the peak of passion?
Tourism officials in Austria are offering couples a chance to bid on a night in a double bed resting on a glacier on top of a 10,000-foot mountain in the Alps.
“It is a very romantic site under a sky full of stars with no one to hear or see you,’’ said an official.
The “unforgettable adventure for two’’ comes with a portable toilet and plenty of food for a gourmet picnic.
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It’s even worse than sitting next to a stranger who wants to tell you his life story.
A woman on an overnight flight from Amsterdam to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was seated next to a man who died en route.
The crew never moved him, and she and the corpse spent the flight side by side.

