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Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news

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Tags: ask.discussion, recurring.weekly, offbeat fridays, offbeat

Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like glassdoor, monopolies and steam.families. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was curious.

But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched offbeat stories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!

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    Shop error leaves Orkney island with more Easter eggs than people The Guardian – Aneesa Ahmed – 20th March 2024

    Shop error leaves Orkney island with more Easter eggs than people

    An error by a shop on the Orkney island of Sanday has left it with 720 Easter eggs in the store – far more than its entire population.

    Sinclair General Stores needed to order 80 eggs, but instead accidentally ordered 80 cases of nine, giving it a total of 720 for the 500-strong population.

    In the spirit of Willy Wonka, he is now running a competition to let one person win 100 of the spare eggs – all in aid of charity.

    The Guardian – Aneesa Ahmed – 20th March 2024

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