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

Posted by mycketforvirrad
Tags: ask.discussion, recurring.weekly, offbeat fridays, offbeat

Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like francis scott key bridge, decriminalization and pain.chronic. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was perplexed.

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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  1. mycketforvirrad
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    Rescued baby hedgehog turns out to be hat bobble BBC News – Ewan Gawne – 26th March 2024

    Rescued baby hedgehog turns out to be hat bobble

    A wildlife rescue that took in what was thought was a baby hedgehog found it was actually caring for a bobble from a hat.

    It was brought to the Lower Moss Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital by a well-meaning rescuer last week.

    BBC News – Ewan Gawne – 26th March 2024

    8 votes
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    patience_limited
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    Harvard Houghton Library apologizes, removes book's human skin binding.

    Harvard Houghton Library apologizes, removes book's human skin binding.

    6 votes
    1. Jasontherand
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      Ask A Mortician did a great video about human skin bound books 2 years ago. https://youtu.be/fhT5YWV_c0s?si=upP923ERor0UoVxU Definitely worth a watch if you want to learn more about the subject.

      Ask A Mortician did a great video about human skin bound books 2 years ago. https://youtu.be/fhT5YWV_c0s?si=upP923ERor0UoVxU

      Definitely worth a watch if you want to learn more about the subject.

      7 votes