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Two fezzes which are believed to have belonged to comedian Tommy Cooper are set to go up for auction.

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A car park built for £51 million in Oxfordshire is lying empty because a council cannot connect it to the main road.

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A local council in South Korea is offering cash incentives worth up to £13,000 to young people who strike up a relationship following a local matchmaking event. Busan's Saha district office is offering 1 million won (c. £570) to any couples that form after a mass blind-dating event to be

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A cannabis business has been sanctioned for handing out free ice cream. While cannabis can now be bought and sold for recreational use in Ohio, one dealer has been slapped with a fine of $150,000 (c. £115,000) for handing out free sweet treats as well.

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Police in Brazil have launched a crackdown on claw machines on the basis that their unreliable controls defraud players. While many players believe winning prizes – often stuffed toys – from the machines is a matter of skill, they are actually games of chance, according to authorities in

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The original furniture featured on the set of the hit TV show Friends is set to go up for auction.

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A man has spent £30,000 building his own canal in his garden – complete with a functioning lock system and a narrowboat converted into a swimming pool.

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The legendary jersey worn by Babe Ruth when he famously "called his shot" during the 1932 World Series has sold for a record-breaking $24.1 million (c. £18.2m). The sale, conducted by Heritage Auctions, makes the jersey the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever auctioned.

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A vacant office building in Liverpool's city centre has allegedly attempted tax avoidance by housing a snail farm. Comprising only 15 crates with a mere two snails each, this venture has raised eyebrows among council officials, who suspect it's a ploy to dodge business rates by qualifying under

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Two billionaires are apparently fighting after one accused the other of stealing mounds of sand from a public beach for his own private construction project.

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A star American footballer has unexpectedly come to the defence of a woman jailed for stealing $1.5 million (c. £1.16m) worth of chicken wings. Chris Jones, a player for the Kansas City Chiefs, has offered to pay for the wings in order to secure Vera Liddell's release from prison, USA Today re

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