South China Morning Post
20 September 2019
Chinese woman fined US$28 for
tossing coins from plane to ‘cure baby’s diarrhoea’
A woman who threw coins onto the parking apron at an
airport in southwest China in the superstitious belief it might cure her
cousin’s baby’s diarrhoea was instead fined 200 yuan (US$28), local media
reported. The incident happened on September 5, as the woman, surnamed Wang,
and a group of her relatives arrived in Xichang, Sichuan province, after flying
from Nanchang, Jiangxi province, to attend a family wedding, the Chengdu Business News reported on Friday.
Wang, 23, dropped the coins through the gap between the aircraft and the jet
bridge as she and her family were disembarking. […]
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Southwest News Media [Savage, MN]
19 September 2019
2 women give birth after
eating The Labor Inducer burger at Excelsior restaurant
The Suburban restaurant in Excelsior never expected to
be in the business of babies, but a special spicy burger has purportedly sent
two women into labor unexpectedly and brought two babies into the world. […] The
Suburban has seen some more pregnant women come in and try The Labor Inducer,
but as far as they know, no one else has had success, [according to co-owner
Cindy Berset]. […]
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India Today
21 September 2019
Delhi cabbies fall for fake
news, start keeping condoms in cabs
A bizarre rumour has taken hold in Delhi. Delhi cab
drivers are nowadays mandatorily carrying condoms with them to escape challans.
The cab drivers say that if they won't carry condom, they are likely to get
fined. […] In response, Delhi Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Taj
Hasan said, "There is nothing mentioned in the Motor Vehicles Act about
condoms. We are not issuing any challan to drivers for not having condoms in
their first aid kits." […]
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