4 votes

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 beast studios, steam controller and anonymity. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, for those following along.

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!

1 comment

  1. mycketforvirrad
    Link
    Gibraltar’s monkeys eat dirt to purge the junk food tourists give them El País – Miguel Ángel Criado – 26th April 2026

    Gibraltar’s monkeys eat dirt to purge the junk food tourists give them

    In nature, the Barbary macaque has a nearly vegetarian diet based on fruits, tender leaves, roots and an insect here and there. But on the Rock of Gibraltar, they also eat chocolate cookies, ice cream cones, M&M’s and potato chips. The result? A study published in Nature shows that the monkeys are eating dirt to purge the sugars, fats, and dairy products from this junk food tourists give them.

    El País – Miguel Ángel Criado – 26th April 2026

    1 vote