Strange News

Fresh Express announced a recall of a "limited distribution" of its prepackaged Organic Marketside Spring Mix, after two people from Florida found an unwelcome organism in one container.

Fresh Express Recalls Batch After Dead Bat Found In Prepackaged Salad

4:46pm April 09, 2017

by Emma Bowman

Federal health officials are investigating the case, after a couple of Florida salad eaters stumbled upon a perhaps too organic spring mix purchased at Walmart.

Sweet n' Nasty molds hundreds of adult chocolates in house, including these handcuffs and keys — which are used to top bachelorettes' cakes or sold on their own with the phrase, "Eat your way out!"

Kinky Cakes: Inside The World Of Adult Bakeries

10:00am April 08, 2017

by Becky Little

Bachelorette parties aren't the only source of business for bakers who specialize in racy confections. Think divorces, vasectomies, breast implants, military deployments and even funerals.

The Coal Museum Switches To Solar

5:07am April 07, 2017

The Kentucky Coal Museum depicts "the lives that revolve around the coal industry." But WYMT reports they now get their power from solar panels, because it's cheaper.

17-Year-Old Asks Emma Stone To Prom

5:07am April 07, 2017

A 17-year-old student in Arizona recreated the opening scene from the movie La La Land and used the song to ask the actress Emma Stone to prom.

Britney Spears Is Causing Big Changes In Israeli Politics

5:22am April 06, 2017

Israel's Labor Party moved its election date because it coincided with a Britney Spears concert in Tel Aviv. They said they feared extra traffic and a lack of enough security guards for both events.

The Canadian Couple Who Won The Lottery 3 Times

5:08am April 06, 2017

Barbara and Douglas Fink of Edmonton, Alberta won the lottery in 1989, 2010 and now in 2017. They say they'll use the money to help their children and grandchildren.

When You've Tried Everything To Get A Pothole Fixed

5:03am April 05, 2017

Vonnie Daykin in Nottinghamshire, U.K., has reported a pothole that appeared a couple years ago to the city, but they say it's not big enough to fix. So she celebrated its second birthday, with cake.

World News

Canada Is Full Of Cry(ing) Babies

5:03am April 05, 2017

A study suggests that babies in Canada cry more than babies in any other country that researchers studied.

Iceland's soccer team won over England 2-1 in the Euro 2016 round of 16 match on June 27, 2016.

NPR News Nuggets: Big League Baseball, Icelandic Celebrations & Spelling Snafus

12:09pm April 01, 2017

by Wynne Davis

Here's a quick roundup of some of the mini-moments you may have missed on this week's Morning Edition.

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Amgad Naguib holds a fez â one of the first made in Egypt as part of a nationalist movement started in the 1930s to replace imported goods.

For Egyptian Collector, No Object's Too Dusty Or Trivial For 'Mosaic Of Our History'

6:31am April 01, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Amgad Naguib collects old ticket stubs, wigs, letters and toothbrushes that he says tell Egypt's history. "I am sure I have more dresses and hats and handbags than you and all your friends," he says.