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Friday, August 4, 2017

French oysters go on sale in vending machines

ILE DE RE, France (Reuters) - In a change from chocolates and fizzy drinks, the French are starting to offer fresh oysters from vending machines in the hope of selling more of the delicacy outside business hours.

Egyptian liver delicacy on the table at operating room themed restaurant

CAIRO (Reuters) - Dressed in blue surgical scrubs and gloves, kitchen staff at the Egyptian restaurant D.Kebda prepare grilled beef-liver sandwiches behind a glass pane as the customers tuck in.

Man rescued in toy dinghy one mile off English coast

LONDON (Reuters) - A carefree sailor has been rescued from his toy dinghy one mile (1.6km) off the coast of Redcar in north east England after being dragged out to sea by strong currents.

'Flying Spaghetti Monster' church told no advertising

BERLIN (Reuters) - The anti-religion Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster can be banned from advertising its services on the outskirts of town, a German state court ruled on Wednesday.

Seven Welsh priests walk into a bar, get mistaken for stag party

LONDON (Reuters) - Seven Roman Catholic priests were refused service in a Welsh pub after staff mistook them for a stag party in fancy dress.

Beat that: Biggest heart ever goes on display in Toronto

TORONTO (Reuters) - The largest heart ever seen has gone on display at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum, giving visitors a chance to view a hugely rare biological curiosity up close.

Diving into Taipei's summer university games from a train

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Commuters in Taiwan on Tuesday pretended to hit a ball with a bat, swim and run on a Taipei subway train as part of a campaign to promote the capital's Summer Universiade games this month.

Harvard Law alumni directory lists Scaramucci as dead

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anthony Scaramucci is having a bad week. He was fired as President Donald Trump's communications director - and listed as dead in Harvard Law School's alumni directory.

Chinese woman undergoes plastic surgery to evade $3.7 million debt: media

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A 59-year old woman from the central Chinese city of Wuhan transformed her appearance through plastic surgery in order to avoid 25 million yuan ($3.71 million) of personal debts, state news agency Xinhua said.

UK finance ministry's top cat toasts first year in office

LONDON (Reuters) - Twenty-two mice scurrying around Britain's finance ministry have fallen foul of the chief mouser to the Treasury since he took up residence one year ago with a mission to reduce the government department's rodent population.