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In Wales, UK, a 26-year-old man dressed as the Grim Reaper was fined after climbing onto a hospital roof and scaring patients and staff for about 50 minutes by standing motionless and making strange sounds.

A 2,000-year-old marble head of Venus was discovered on a beach in Alicante, Spain, during earthworks near an ancient Roman seaside villa. The find, dating to the 1st–2nd centuries AD, was part of a full-size statue. Pottery, amphorae, coins, and an oil lamp depicting a gladiator were also uncovered. The city council has named it the Venus of Alicante.

Being a parent is not easy. And it doesn't matter who you are: a gorilla, a bear, or a human.

🇦🇷 In Argentina, viewers started a fight in a cinema over Spider-Man spoilers One of the audience members had already seen the film and began loudly retelling the plot to his girlfriend. Requests from other viewers to be quiet quickly escalated into a full-blown fight.

Actor Vincent Pastore has died. The death is believed to have been from natural causes, Deadline reports. The exact cause has not been named. Pastore was 80. He is best known for playing Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero in the series The Sopranos.

A recipe for the “first Coca-Cola” has been found in Florence: a 19th-century document discovered in the archives of the San Marco monastery pharmacy describes a “fortifying wine elixir,” The Guardian reports. The ingredients included coca leaves, kola nuts, and wine. The formula closely resembles the recipe later used by American pharmacist John Pemberton. He simply replaced the wine with carbonated water — creating the syrup that became the basis of Coca-Cola.

The man wanted to take one dog from the shelter, but the dog convinced him to take his sister too

Jared Leto denies accusations of sexualized violence against teenagers. Through his representatives the singer and actor stated: “I have never subjected anyone to sexualized violence in my life. These accusations are absolutely and categorically false.” Jared Leto has been accused of sexualized violence and harassment against at least ten teenage girls. Four of them claim the actor’s behavior may have amounted to criminal offenses.

Vibe of the day: sail far away on a sailboat with two parrots

In Germany, a tree pulsing with fire was filmed. The unusual phenomenon occurred after a power line was torn down during a storm. Due to intermittent electrical discharges, the flames flared up and died down, creating a pulsing effect.

🇺🇸 A 16-year-old lifeguard pulled a 10-year-old boy from the raging ocean in California At Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz, a wave swept the child away. A lifeguard immediately rushed to help and, battling the elements, brought the boy to shore, NBC Bay Area reports.

Marvel has announced a Ghost Rider film starring Ryan Gosling in the lead role. The actor will play Johnny Blaze, a motorcycle rider who sold his soul to the devil. The director will be Shawn Levy, whose Deadpool & Wolverine grossed over $1.3 billion at the box office.

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A bear ran through a crowded parking lot in Tennessee, sending people scrambling into their cars.

A powerful tornado in China lifted a moving car off the road and into the air.

Austria has opened a police station in the house where Adolf Hitler was born, Reuters reports. The authorities hope this will stop the building from becoming a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis.

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A 96-year-old woman has been recognized as the world’s oldest culinary blogger. She has 3 million followers. Eileen Chin is originally from Jamaica but has lived in the United States for many years. She records recipes together with her grandson Lucas. The Guinness World Records site reports on her new achievement. Eileen started blogging three years ago. All her recipes come from a personal handwritten cookbook with yellowed pages. The woman showcases both traditional Jamaican dishes and food from other countries.

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In Poland, a beaver stole a man's underwear and took it to his hut

NASA released a time-lapse of the Psyche spacecraft’s flyby past Mars during a gravity assist maneuver. The images show numerous craters and the planet’s white polar ice cap. The probe is now heading to the asteroid Psyche between Mars and Jupiter, which it is expected to reach by 2029.

Strange natural phenomenon in Spain: hundreds of fish washed ashore. In the port of Garrucha, located in Almería province (Andalusia, Spain), an unusual natural event was recorded. Hundreds of fish suddenly jumped out of the water onto the piers and beaches.

🇨🇳 In China, the parents of a young child apologized to passengers in advance for possible noise during the flight and distributed earplugs. The unusual gesture on the flight from Yichang in Hubei Province drew praise on social media.