Odd News from Around the Globe

Idaho

Dive team finds lost iPhone with alarm still sounding in Idaho river

Tom Adams said he and his wife, Marlo, were kayaking on the Snake River when his boat overturned causing him to lose his phone, keys and wallet into the fast-moving waters. Adams contacted the Bingham County Search and Rescue Dive Team, which agreed to help look for his lost property as a training exercise. "They use opportunities like this to practice and get more dive time in to prepare for the real calls, and more important events such as lifesaving," Adams told the East Idaho News. "Many members of the dive team met at the boat ramp, geared up, and hit the water. Because of the current, they had to use a safety line." Adams said it took about 20 minutes of searching before one of the divers surfaced with his keys and his iPhone -- which was still sounding an alarm. "It was still alarming from my Sunday morning wake-up call reminder," Adams said.

Florida

Customer finds 7-foot gator inside Florida post office

Sheriff’s officials say someone stopped by the post office about 3:30 a.m. ET Wednesday to drop off a package and saw the 7-foot (2-meter) gator roaming around the lobby. The building has automatic double doors that allows off-hours entry, officials said. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission considers an alligator a “nuisance” animal if it is 4 feet or longer and deemed a threat to people, pets or property.

Washington, D.C

Woman Wore Same Hawaiian Shirt To 264 Zoom Meetings — And No One Noticed

The resident of Washington, D.C., identified only as “Jackie,” said she wore the shirt to 264 remote meetings between April 2, 2020, and June 16, 2021. “I was like, wouldn’t it be funny if I wore this shirt again? Like that’d be a funny joke and everyone would say something,” she said. Sadly, no one said anything. “And then I thought, well, I’m going to keep doing this until someone notices, and no one ever noticed,” she said. Keeping the gag going despite the lack of reaction wasn’t easy, Jackie said. “I had some real ups and downs. Like the first month, I was like, this is really funny. Then it’d be like, oh, I’m still wearing this. And then it’d be funny again,” she said. Jackie finally spilled the beans about her shirt on her last day of work.The reaction was ... not what she expected. “When I told my team that I had been wearing the same shirt, they didn’t know what I was talking about. They hadn’t noticed,” she said. “The intern literally said, ‘On purpose?’ So, there’s that,” Jackie said.

Australia

111-Year-Old Australian Man Claims That Eating Chicken Brains Once A Week Is The Secret Behind His Longevity

111-year-old Dexter Kruger, Australia's oldest-ever man has claimed that eating chicken brains is the secret to his long, long life. Kruger gave an interview to Australian Broadcasting Corp. at his nursing home in the rural Queensland state town of Roma. He said that a weekly addition of the poultry dish was the reason for his longevity. "Chicken brains. You know, chickens have a head. And in there, there's a brain. And they are delicious little things", Kruger said. "There's only one little bite," he added. Kruger's son, Greg, 74, said that his father's simple outlook on life is how he has managed to live for so long.

France

People Are Stealing Legos.

French police have been investigating an international ring of toy thieves with a particular affinity for Lego. In this case, three suspects were caught taking boxes of Legos from a toy shop near Paris, with the goal of selling them in Poland. And it's not just Europe. Lego robberies have happened in the United States as well. Last month, a man in Oregon was arrested after local police suspected he stole $7,500 worth of Lego toy sets. There's a lot of money in Legos. Lego sets come out in limited editions and they soon become collectors' items. There might even be a whole black market for the bricks, Lego specialist Gerben van IJken tells Scott Simon on Weekend Edition. "Well, that's very difficult to prove that there's a black market. However, there is an enormous amount of collectors out there who are missing out on certain sets right now and are willing to pay a lot of money for these sets," he says. Van IJken is an auctioneer at an auction website for collectibles. He says the most valuable and sought-after sets are those in their original packaging, not opened yet. For example — Lego Café Corner, a set released in 2007 for about $150, can nowadays run up to $3,000 if kept in its original condition, van IJken says. Other sets routinely fetch thousands of dollars in online marketplaces. Some sellers are asking for more than $3,500 for an unopened set of the Lego Millennium Falcon. Just like almost everything else in the world, the pandemic could be a driving force behind this phenomenon. "Especially during the lockdown period, as we are in right now — it's still extremely popular," van IJken adds. "And Lego sales are still extremely high, not only in the Lego Company itself but on our platform too. We saw a 100% rise in sales over the past year."

Thailand

Visitor crashes through kitchen wall in Thailand

Ratchadawan Puengprasoppon was awoken in the early hours of Saturday morning by crashing and banging. When she went to find out what had happened, she discovered an elephant’s head poking through her kitchen wall beside the drying rack. The male elephant, named Boonchuay, appeared to be looking for something to eat. His trunk rummaged through the kitchen drawers, knocking pans and cooking paraphernalia to the floor. He chewed on a plastic bag as Ratchadawan, unsure what to do, filmed the episode on her phone. It’s not the first time Boonchuay, who lives in Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan national park, has visited Chalermkiatpattana village. “They come to visit quite often. They always come when there is the local market because they can smell food,” said Itthipon Thaimonkol, the park’s superintendent.

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