World’s most expensive chocolate

Fritz Knipschildt, sometimes known as the Willy Wonka of Connecticut, prepared the La Madeline au Truffe, which sells for $2,600 per pound, for The Guinness World Records at the chocolate room in Brooklyn.

One of the La Madeline au Truffe’s primary ingredients is a rare French Perigord truffle that accounts for its high price.

The expensive truffle is then surrounded by a ganache of heavy cream, sugar, truffle oil and vanilla coated in 70 per cent Valrhona dark chocolate and rolled in fine cocoa powder.

Each portion of the record-breaking chocolate is crafted with the utmost care, including the ganache that is made with fresh cream and fresh butter.

Each piece of the chocolate is presented on a bed of faux pearls in a silver box tied with a bow and sells for $250.

Cat behind the high water bill

Curt Coleman posted a video to YouTube showing his cat standing on the toilet’s lid and using his front paws to operate the flush lever.

“This is the reason my water bill was outrageous. Finally, had to start leaving the door closed when I left for work. He (the cat) was doing this numerous times throughout the day,” Coleman wrote in a post.

He said the feline’s newfound talent lead to some scary moments. “Hearing the toilet flush when I am in the house alone can be startling. Especially after watching The Conjuring ... in the dark, bad crazy! Bad cat!” he joked.

Admissions letters uses augmented reality

A teacher at North-western Polytechnical University in Xi’an was filmed demonstrating the capabilities of the new admission letters, which reveal additional information when viewed through the university’s AR app.

The video shows the letter transform on the smartphone screen into an animated scroll that unrolls to reveal text and video about the school’s history and various programmes.

The university said it is the first school to use augmented reality in its admissions letters.

Kitten dropped from sky by seagulls

Don’t take seagulls lightly, they can pose a threat to the food in your hand or to your pet walking beside you. Just like a resident contacted the RSPCA after witnessing the tiny four-week-old kitten being attacked by a flock of seagulls and dropped from the sky at Sandy Cove in Cymru.

“This poor kitten must have been through a terrifying ordeal — seemingly swooped upon by a gull, before being dropped to the ground,” Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Wales’s animal collection officer William Galvin said.

Officers said the kitten was unhurt and was taken to the Bryn-Y-Maen Animal Centre, where staff nicknamed her ‘Sky.’

“Sky is very young, and will now be hand-reared at our Animal Centre, and should be available for re-homing when she is old enough,” Galvin said.

Published in Dawn, Young World July 22nd, 2017