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Weird news

From animal invasions to perplexing discoveries, here is where you can find the odd news stories that make you go, "Huh".
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Infospark: Look up and spot these constellations – notable star formations in the night sky

What do you know about stars and constellations? Photo: EPA-EFE

Infospark: Look up and spot these constellations – notable star formations in the night sky

Tea farmers pick this year’s first batch of West Lake Longjing tea in the Wengjiashan Mountains in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province. Photo: Xinhua

This spring tea harvest in east China has a special helper – robots

InfoSpark: Discover the kiwi fruit’s fascinating origin – China

InfoSpark: What year is it? It depends on the calendar you’re using!

Hongkongers express hygiene worries after rat seen at Japanese restaurant Sushiro

Not stone or dust: scientists explain how a hot ash cloud turned brain tissue into glass

Snakes and lizards found in parcel from Hong Kong to Australia

10 brand names you use every day that are actually trademarks

Spark Study Buddy (Explorer): China half-marathon prize is a cow

Infospark: The world’s most unusual Christmas traditions – from Austria to Japan

Oxford’s 2024 word of the year is ‘brain rot’

7 unusual jobs, from professional sleepers to emoji translators

‘Sad bananas’ boost sales by 58% in German supermarket experiment

132 hamsters escape cages on plane in Portugal, causing chaos

Alien poo, Olaf, pollution? Globs on Canadian shores baffle scientists

So short, farewell: New Zealand airport enforces 3-minute goodbye limit

Disney+ subscription means man can’t sue for wrongful death, media giant alleges

Infospark: Look up and spot these constellations – notable star formations in the night sky

This spring tea harvest in east China has a special helper – robots

InfoSpark: Discover the kiwi fruit’s fascinating origin – China

InfoSpark: What year is it? It depends on the calendar you’re using!

Hongkongers express hygiene worries after rat seen at Japanese restaurant Sushiro

Not stone or dust: scientists explain how a hot ash cloud turned brain tissue into glass

Snakes and lizards found in parcel from Hong Kong to Australia

10 brand names you use every day that are actually trademarks

Spark Study Buddy (Explorer): China half-marathon prize is a cow

Infospark: The world’s most unusual Christmas traditions – from Austria to Japan

Oxford’s 2024 word of the year is ‘brain rot’

7 unusual jobs, from professional sleepers to emoji translators

‘Sad bananas’ boost sales by 58% in German supermarket experiment

132 hamsters escape cages on plane in Portugal, causing chaos

Alien poo, Olaf, pollution? Globs on Canadian shores baffle scientists

So short, farewell: New Zealand airport enforces 3-minute goodbye limit

Disney+ subscription means man can’t sue for wrongful death, media giant alleges

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