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A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such extraordinary flowering in as many months. The corpse flower, also known by its scientific name amorphophallus titanium, bloomed for the first time in its 15 years at Canberra’s Australian National Botanic Gardens on Saturday and was closing on Monday, staff said. Another flowered briefly in the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens in late January, attracting 20,000 admirers. Similar numbers turned out to experience another rancid bloom at the Geelong Botanic Gardens southwest of Melbourne in November.     (A rare flower that smell like decaying...

A young man in China who quit his master’s degree studies at the esteemed Fudan University in Shanghai to set up a food stall has captivated mainland social media. Before making his unconventional decision, Fei Yu, 24, was on the road to becoming an elite student, Jiupai News reported. Despite coming from a poor family in Sichuan province, southwestern China, Fei studied hard to get into Sichuan University, also a top institution in China, majoring in public health. Upon graduation in the summer of 2022, he was admitted to the graduate school of Fudan University. He did not have to take an entrance test since his scores were ranked first in his grade during his five-year...

 A couple renovating their 18th century detached home made an extraordinary discovery when they unearthed a hoard of 264 rare gold coins hidden beneath their kitchen floor. The coins, dating back over 400 years, have been valued at £250,000. The homeowners, who wish to remain anonymous, had been relaying their kitchen floor at their home in Ellerby, North Yorkshire, when they stumbled upon a salt-glazed earthenware cup just six inches below the surface. Initially believing they had struck an electrical cable, but upon further inspection, they were astonished to find a cup filled with gold coins. (The find of over 260 coins is one of the largest on archaeological record from...

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are set to face-off in court next year as their long-running legal battle or so-called 'War of the Rosé' heads to trial, DailyMail.com can reveal. The feuding exes are now due to come face to face after a judge recently threw out the Oscar-winning actress's motion to dismiss her ex-husband's lawsuit over their French vineyard. The Chateau Miraval estate, which produces an award-winning sparkling rosé, is at the center of a long-running court battle between the pair. (Feuding exes Brad Pitt (pictured in September) and Angelia Jolie are now set to faceoff in court next year as their long-running legal battle over their Miraval winery heads to...

ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး ၊ ဒဂုံမြို့သစ် ဆိပ်ကမ်းမြို့နယ်၊ ၁၆၈ ရပ်ကွက် ရိုးမရိပ်သာလမ်းပေါ်တွင် ဆောက်လုပ်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန၊ မြို့ပြနှင့် အိမ်ရာဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ဦးစီးဌာနမှ တည်ဆောက်ပြီးစီးထားသော ရိုးမရိပ်သာ တန်ဖိုးနည်းအိမ်ရာမှ တိုက်ခန်းများကို ဝင်ငွေ...

Now, imagine actually having your hands on a winning ticket — one worth $2.5 million — only to lose it. Mildred Simoneriluto, of Monroeville, Pa., has been trying to find the ticket she accidentally left in the pocket of a jacket she donated, to no avail. Simoneriluto purchased the lottery ticket in May 2024 at a grocery store in nearby Murrysville and realized two weeks later that she had the winning numbers to a $2.5 million jackpot — but couldn’t find it. The 76-year-old retraced her steps and realized it was in the pocket of a jacket she had donated — along with other clothing — to Vietnam Veterans of America which, according WTAE, hands out its...

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at a revered temple in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday to celebrate one of the country’s biggest religious festivals. In the Bankali forests near Pashupati, the temple of the Hindu god Shiva, holy men and devotees puffed on cannabis smoke, a practice that is normally illegal but is permitted during the Shivaratri festival. Devotees have been praying and dancing to religious songs at the temple, which is one of the most important for Hindus around the world. About 81% of Nepal’s population is Hindu. Many Hindus from neighboring India also traveled to Kathmandu for the festival. A key part of Shivaratri is the freedom to smoke...

A 20-year-old trainee gas engineer from Carlisle has stunned everyone after winning a 7.5 million pounds (Rs 79.58 crore) Lotto jackpot. James Clarkson's win was quite spectacular since he had won 120 pounds (Rs 12,676) on the National Lottery over Christmas and had reinvested his winnings in more tickets, according to The Metro. Despite his newfound wealth, Clarkson still wants to carry on with his work. According to sources, he even headed straight to the site and was found unclogging the blocked drains. James' unexpected success has not only changed his financial future but also highlights his grounded attitude, as he expressed his intention to keep working despite becoming a...

A landlord in northern France is trying to force his tenants to leave in the middle of winter by removing the doors and windows on his property. In France, as in many European countries, it’s illegal to evict tenants in wintertime, even if they are behind on rent. However, one landlord in Pas-de-Calais, a department in northern France, is trying to skirt around the law by forcing his tenants to vacate the property without actually asking them to leave. On December 20, a team of workers arrived at the property and started disassembling the doors and windows under the pretext of replacing them. However, the tenants claim that they just loaded up the old doors and windows in a car...

A Chinese student who bought a home for her professor and cared for her like a mother during her later years is now embroiled in a legal battle after the professor’s relatives attempted to claim the property following her death. In 1983, Zhang Wei became a student of professor Chen, a respected vocal music teacher at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. At that time, Chen lived in a cramped 15-square-metre faculty dormitory, sharing the kitchen and bathroom with a family of four next door. In 1984, Chen’s younger brother, who had transferred to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, moved in with her, and the siblings relied on each other for support. Despite her dedicated service,...