The weekly weird

Published December 12, 2020

Driver pulled over for using folding lawn chair as car seat

Police in Ontario, Canada, shared photos of a vehicle that was pulled over and impounded when the driver was found to be sitting on a folding lawn chair.

The Halton Regional Police Service’s Burlington station said officers in Burlington pulled a car when something seemed off about the vehicle’s driver’s seat.

A closer look revealed the driver’s seat of the car was missing and had been replaced with a folding lawn chair.

Police said the vehicle was impounded and the driver was ticketed for unsafe vehicle operation and driving with an inoperative seat belt.


Wild koala in Christmas tree

Animal rescuers in Australia were summoned to the home of a woman who found something unexpected in the branches of her Christmas tree: a koala.

The Adelaide and Hills Koala Rescue said the hotline operator initially thought they were being pranked when Amanda McCormick called to report finding a koala climbing the Christmas tree inside her home in Mannum.

“Koalas are very curious creatures and if the opportunity presents itself, they will investigate,” the rescue told in a Facebook post.

The female koala was safely returned to the outdoors.


Pizza with 254 kinds of cheese

French chef, Benoit Bruel cooked a pizza that contained 254 varieties of cheese in the city of Lyon, Guinness World Records said.

Guinness shared a video showing Bruel weighing out the portions of cheese to make sure there was enough of each variety to qualify for the world record. Benoit told Guinness officials that he thought it was important that the record be held by France, which is known for its cheeses.

Published in Dawn, Young World, December 12th, 2020

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