Job opportunity for ‘Christmas Light Untangler’

Someone’s going to get paid to untangle that. Photo: Shutterstock

British supermarket chain Tesco is looking for an ‘enthusiastic individual’ to run a Christmas Light Untangling stand to help customers with this frustrating festive task. The successful applicant must be able to untangle three metres of lights in three minutes, and be ‘passionate about Christmas’. Read more

 Cheating Bible up for auction

There are only 10 surviving copies of the infamous edition. Photo: Shutterstock

A rare bible with a very unfortunate printing error has sold for £31,250 (AU$ 66,680) at an auction this week. The 1631 text leaves out an important ‘not’, and lists the seventh commandment as “thou shalt commit adultery”. Whoops. Read more

Plans for crocodile-guarded prison

Waseso plans to travel all over Indonesia to find the best croc guards. Photo: Shutterstock

Indonesia’s anti-drugs chief, Budi Waseso, wants to build an island prison guarded by crocodiles. He says crocodiles are better than human guards as they could not be bribed by prisoners. Read more

Child’s hilarious response to a maths problem

When given a maths problem about students dating multiple partners, this primary school student took the answer literally. “I can’t answer this problem because my mom says acoording (sic) to girl code you (shouldn’t) date a friend’s x boyfriend,” her answer reads. Read more

 Childhood game costs siblings £150,000 40 years later

The vase sold at auction for almost £48,000. Photo: Twitter

A rare antique has been sold at a reduced price after a childhood game between a brother and sister left it damaged more than 40 years ago. The antique was inherited by the kids from their parents and would have gone for £200,000 had it not been broken in a William-Tell style game. Read more