Love bug
is in the air this week 鈥� albeit in a heavily commercialised and somewhat forced way. Those of a cynical bent may wish to take advantage of an offer from a zoo in Sevenoaks, UK. For a measly 拢1.50, members of the public can name one of the Hemsley Conservation Centre鈥檚 cockroaches after their ex.
To keep things relatively civil, only the first name will be written on a board outside the roach enclosure. Feedback has never been happier to be pseudonymous.
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Star-crossed lovers?
OVER at New 杏吧原创 towers, Feedback is setting aside such misgivings in the hope that a secret valentine has bought us a heart-shaped meteorite.
The 10-kilogram lump of 鈥渋ron and coarse octahedrite鈥� is a fragment of the Sikhote Alin meteorite that scorched through the skies over Siberia in 1947. Boasting a 鈥渞ich caramel patina鈥�, auction site Christie鈥檚 claims it is one of the finest meteorites in private hands.
鈥淭he heart of space鈥� is expected to sell for up to $500,000 on 14 February. Feedback will be waiting by our mailbox.
Stream queen?
SPEAKING of gifts, Christmas has come early for Feedback with the news that Gwyneth Paltrow is returning to our screens.
The Sliding Doors star is bringing her vaginal-steaming, psychic-vampire-fighting luxury wellness brand Goop to Netflix for what you might call alternative reality TV. The documentary-style episodes will feature doctors, researchers and people who are neither, but have strange, profitable ideas about health. Pass the spirulina popcorn!
Plastic fantastic?
IMAGINE our excitement when we clapped eyes on the headline 鈥淢attel to offer new scientist Barbie line鈥�.
鈥淎 driver who claimed he crashed after swerving 鈥渢o avoid an octopus鈥� on a stretch of road 5 kilometres from the coast has been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving, reports BBC News鈥�
Who will they be modelled on? What accessories will they come with? Perhaps they might carry a New 杏吧原创 mug and tote bag? With the perils of the media industry ever increasing, it might be a smart move to diversify into doll accessories.
Sadly, the 鈥減roduct line and content centered around exploration, science, conservation and research鈥� comes not via this illustrious organ, but National Geographic. Sindy, if you鈥檙e reading this, let鈥檚 talk.
Bomb de terre?
and mash? Workers at a Hong Kong snack factory discovered a grenade dating to the first world war in a consignment of potatoes from France. The 1-kilogram explosive was handled with a particularly delicate touch as the pin had been pulled some 100 years ago. Now that is what we call a delayed fuse.
Bomb disposal experts were quickly called to the scene, and detonated the misplaced munition in a nearby trench, which was probably the original plan, come to think of it.
Cash pipeline?
of sinkholes, once a phenomenon confined to geology textbooks and mining operations, seems to have exploded recently, appearing suddenly in our news feed like, well, sinkholes.
With new sinkholes opening at a rate that leaves Starbucks executives envious, it is no surprise that geology once again got the blame when a metre-wide hole appeared in a street in Pembroke Pines, Florida. On closer inspection, however, the 鈥渉ole鈥� turned out to be a 50-metre tunnel running from a wooded area towards the local bank.
The mystery mole didn鈥檛 make themselves known to take the rap for the fallen-in road. The FBI would also like a word about an attempted bank robbery.
Handle with care?
owners have been warned not to kiss or snuggle their pets after 11 people in the US contracted a rare strain of salmonella. Ten of the 11 had close contact with hedgehogs before becoming ill, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Infection with the bacterium can cause diarrhoea, fever and stomach cramps, and death. It is almost as if covering themselves in spikes wasn鈥檛 warning enough.
Hue and cry?
Trump鈥檚 apricot glow is simply the result of 鈥済ood genes鈥�, according to . An anonymous source at the White House said the official line was that Trump鈥檚 tangerine complexion was natural, and not the result of a bad choice in bronzer.
Previous accounts have told of a tanning bed in the president鈥檚 official residence 鈥� something denied by other staff members. Feedback could be persuaded that an orange face with pale eyes is down to genetics, but only if those genes belong to a red panda.
Big bad bird
was summoned to a police station in Shivpuri, India, after repeatedly attacking a neighbour鈥檚 daughter, provoking an official complaint to the local authorities. NDTV reports that the bird attended the station in the company of its owners, who told police they would rather be jailed than allow its arrest.
The couple, with no children of their own, said the chicken was 鈥渓ike a child鈥� to them. They were allowed to take their feathered family member home after promising to lock it up in future.
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