An American man in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in China, has discovered a fake Apple store. While visitors to Asia are used to seeing fake products for sale on a regular basis, no-one expects to see an entirely fake shop.
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Have you ever dropped your mobile phone into the toilet. If you answered yes, you are certainly not alone. A recent study suggests, at one time or another, 19 percent of people have dropped their phone in the toilet.
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A woman in Australia has escaped criminal charges after putting her children up for sale on eBay. The woman claims it was all a joke, but she did include a lengthy sales pitch and there were people bidding on the auction.
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If you happen to be driving around Australia and see a Stormtrooper on the side of the road, don’t be alarmed – that’s just Jacob French. In an effort to raise money for the Starlight Foundation, French has put on a Stormtrooper outfit and taken to the road.
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In a surprising statistic, one out of ten British pets have their own social networking profile. According to a study by the UK pet insurance provider PetPlan, and published in the London Daily Telegraph, there are more Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook profiles for pets than you may have thought.
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Erik Demaine, a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has discovered an algorithm for solving a Rubik’s cube with any number of sides. For all those people out there struggling with their 11×11 cube, this nifty piece of math may offer some clues.
