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THE WEIRD AND SOMETIMES NOT SO WONDERFUL...

Dying To Have Sex

Australian scientists have investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death after one season, while females of the species reproduce once but live up to four years. It seems that male quolls sacrifice sleep in favour of having sex leading to death by exhaustion.

“By the end of the breeding season, these quolls just look terrible,” An expert said. “They start to lose their fur, they start to not be able to groom themselves efficiently, they lose weight and … they’re constantly fighting with each other as well.”

LONDONERS RISK A £500 FINE FOR SKIDDING

If you’re in London and wanted to have some fun in the snow and ice this winter, you better watch out because there is a law that could result in a £500 fine from the police. Sure, the officer would have to be well-versed in the complexities of a law that came into effect in 1839 that also prohibits kite-flying and the use of fireworks, but it is still possible.

The law basically states that if you mess around in the snow or ice near a footpath or road, you can be fined.

Radioactive Rice Grain In A Haystack

A tiny radioactive pellet used to calibrate radiation detectors has gone missing somewhere on an 870-mile stretch of road in Western Australia, with the state’s emergency services chief warning ‘it may never be found’. Western Australia has issued an “urgent public health warning” after a tiny but extremely dangerous radioactive test capsule fell off the back of a lorry. The tiny capsule, which emits the equivalent amount of radiation as ten X-rays per hour, was being transported to Malaga, near Perth, from a mining operation in Newman, 870 miles away.