This week's wackiest web stories: Beer that's cheaper than water
Plus: Totally bus-ted, star-gazing bugs, Taiwan's new Barbie restaurant and if you Wannabe evicted (you better get with my friends)
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Should beer be cheaper than water? wsj.com
I need a dollar
What would you spend your last £138 on? Unfortunately, that's problem Zimbabwe's finance minister is facing. independent.co.uk
Totally Bus-ted
Naples residents were left stranded at bus stops across Italy's third biggest city on Wednesday as the public transport operator, hit by government spending cuts, ran out of fuel. reuters.com
The Pigeon Mystery
The mystery of the "Bermuda Triangle" of the homing pigeon world may have been solved. bbc.co.uk
Diplomacy
Hilary: the most poisoned baby name in US history hilaryparker.com
Better be ready
New research suggests a person’s first sexual experience can set the tone for the rest of one’s sexual life. psychcentral.com
Stars-gazing bugs
A species of South African dung beetle has been shown to use the Milky Way to navigate, making it the only known animal that turns to the galactic spray of stars across the night sky for direction. reuters.com
Fake footage
A Plymouth motorist faked CCTV footage of his vehicle to evade a speeding conviction. bbc.co.uk
Ouch
In his photographic self-portrait series “Struggle To Right Oneself,” artist Kerry Skarbakka captures himself in moments of suspended peril: falling from trees, tumbling head over heels in painfully precarious falls, slipping nude in the shower, or teetering on the edge of a fateful leap from a railway bridge. slate.com
Overkill?
The Seattle Police Department weapons buyback haul included one very disconcerting find: an inert surface to air missile launch tube. spdblotter.seattle.gov
Dumb luck
Sometimes good old-fashioned stupidity can raise the efficiency of an organisation, claims Professor Mats Alvesson. sciencedaily.com
Plastic fantastic
Taiwan's new Barbie restaurant. telegraph.co.uk
Cash for stamps
Johnny Cash to grace new postage stamps. money.cnn.com
Writer's block
How brain science can make you a better writer. poynter.org
If you wannabe evicted
A Spice Girls fan was kicked out of his home for playing hit song Viva Forever. A lot. dailymail.co.uk
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