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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 infowars, selfhosted and groups. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was pondering.

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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    mycketforvirrad
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    Goldfish's recovery going 'swimmingly' after operation BBC News – Catherine Doyle – 8th November 2024

    Goldfish's recovery going 'swimmingly' after operation

    A vet in the Republic of Ireland has saved the life of a "starving" goldfish after carrying out a rare operation to remove a suspected tumour from his face.

    Merlin, who is 17-years-old, developed the growth under his left eye and it had become "so large it was preventing him from eating".

    BBC News – Catherine Doyle – 8th November 2024

    7 votes
    1. jredd23
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      I didn’t know that goldfish lived that long. Quite impressive to begin with and then for the vet to perform the procedure, is very much in a category of by itself.

      I didn’t know that goldfish lived that long. Quite impressive to begin with and then for the vet to perform the procedure, is very much in a category of by itself.

      3 votes
  2. jredd23
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    I read this on another site and I think this of all things belong here. In Italy, train leaves early to arrive on time

    I read this on another site and I think this of all things belong here.
    In Italy, train leaves early to arrive on time

    The train had to take a slower route due to maintenance on the usual line, the railway operator explained. But to arrive on time, this meant leaving 50 minutes earlier.

    5 votes