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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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A coin from the 17th Century has been discovered in Guernsey by a metal detectorist.

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A popular St Andrews sandwich shop is considering introducing a £1 "seagull insurance" policy to combat the persistent problem of seagulls snatching food from customers.

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Banknotes with a original value of £78,430 have been sold for more than 11 times that amount for charity following a series of auctions.

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An Airbnb host has been forced to add a new rule to her listings – no cryptocurrency mining – after guests ran up a $1,500 (c. £1,175) electricity bill during a three-week stay.

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Young people should get free Netflix if they surrender illegal knives, the head of Germany's police union has suggested. Jochen Kopelke, federal chair of the Union for Police (GdP), called for a knife amnesty in the wake of a high-profile attack in Stuttgart.

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