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Opinion

Shibi has been reading the book Unbelievable Facts by Geoff Tibballs. One of the many unbelievable facts, apparently, is: "In New Zealand, a cow was sentenced to two days in prison for eating the grass in front of the city courthouse." In keeping with the title of the book, Shibi found this quite unbelievable. Is there someone out there who remembers such an incident or can confirm?

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Sandi Eickhoff was standing in the queue at the McDonald's in Lynn Mall and overheard the following exchange:

Customer: "Can I get a Grand Angus, no meat pattie cos I'm vegetarian."

Staff: "Ok, did you want bacon instead?"

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In Solano County, California, a judge revoked Calvin Jones' probation on a Friday morning. A bailiff handcuffed Jones and took him to a secure room and apparently forgot all about him. Jones was still there more than 10 hours later, when a night worker found him and called sheriff's deputies to pick him up. The courthouse had closed for a long weekend, so if the janitor had not found Jones, he likely would have remained in that room until the courthouse reopened four days later. (Source: Reason.com)

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A young man was walking past a gardener working on lawn in Washington DC, in 2006, when grass clippings blew on to his clothes. In October last year the young man was convicted of murder, for shooting the gardener four times in the face. On the witness stand he said: "He got grass on me. [I] take pride in my appearance." (Source: News of the Weird)

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A sumo wrestler ripped a cash machine out of a Moscow store on Friday, walking off with the bulky 90kg machine on his shoulders, police said. The man and an accomplice apparently walked into a shopping mall and detached a cash machine containing 25,000 roubles. A shop assistant who witnessed the crime called police and the two men were arrested as they tried to escape in a car. The strongman later told police he was a professional sumo wrestler.