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Unlucky 13 Strikes Again
There is clearly a reason why people still believe in superstitions – because sometimes they come true! Just ask one very unlucky teenage boy who recently felt the brunt of bad luck usually associated with Friday the 13th. The teen was just one of the hundreds of thousands of spectators watching an aeronautical display in the east of England on the dreaded date, when the 13-year-old was struck by lightning at exactly 13:13. Though he only suffered minor burns and is expected to make a full recovery, it’s probably safe to say that this particular superstition is not one that he will ever take lightly again!
Speed Doesn’t Pay (Except to the Traffic Department!)
Many of us dream of making it into the record books one day, but definitely not for having the world’s largest speeding fine! A Swedish motorist, who was driving a Mercedes Benz sports car, was recently clocked driving a crazy 180mph (approximately 289 km/h) on a Swiss highway. He was going so fast, in fact, that it took him over half a kilometre to bring the car to a complete halt once he had been signalled to pull over. Speeding fines in Switzerland are calculated using a formula that takes into account both the extent to which the speed limit has been broken, as well as the guilty party’s salary earnings. Based on this, the Swedish speedster may be forced to cough up as much as £650,000 (close to R7,4 million) for his need for speed. Ouch!
Teaching Goldilocks a Lesson
Generations of children have grown up with the classic story of Goldilocks breaking into the three bears’ house and helping herself to their food. Now, it seems, the bears are looking for a little payback. A black bear in New Hampshire in the USA recently wandered through an open door into a family home and helped himself to a bunch of grapes, two pears and a gulp of water out of the fishbowl. Luckily the owner returned in time to save the fish, but the bear did insist on taking a stuffed bear with him on his way out – clearly feeling it was definitely better off with its own kind!
