Denmark Recalls Instant Ramen For Being Too Spicy, And More Of The Week's Weirdest World News – Digg
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Welcome to another entry in our column, The Week’s Weirdest World News. The world, you might have noticed, is a very strange place — so every seven days, we’ll be rounding up the most bizarre things that have happened across the globe, purely for your enjoyment.
From an ironic book ban in Florida to a man inadvertently buying confidential documents, these stories are sure to inspire wonder — or, at the very least, befuddlement — at the weird ol’ world around us.
A school board in Florida has banned a book about book banning.
“Ban This Book” by Alan Gratz will no longer be available to students in the Indian River county school district after school board members voted last month to remove it from shelves.
Gratz’s book tells the story of a fictional child who creates a secret banned-books library after her school board bans a number of titles. Officials behind the motion to oust the book accused it of “teaching rebellion of school board authority.”
“Ban This Book” was challenged by Jennifer Pippin, chair of the local chapter of Moms for Liberty, a national far-right group that is behind many of the book bans that have swept the US over the past few years.
Gratz told the Tallahassee Democrat the move was “incredibly ironic.”
“It feels like they know exactly what they’re doing, and they’re somewhat ashamed of what they’re doing, and they don’t want a book on the shelves that calls them out.”
[Image credit: Alpha on Flickr/Creative Commons]
Denmark has recalled products by a popular instant ramen brand, claiming the products are so spicy that they pose a health risk.
Three flavors of South Korean company Samyang’s Buldak noodles have been pulled: 3x Spicy & Hot Chicken, 2x Spicy & Hot Chicken and Hot Chicken Stew.
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, which announced the recall on Tuesday, warned that the levels of capsaicin — chili pepper extract — in one packet were “so high that they pose a risk of the consumer developing acute poisoning.”
Samyang told the BBC: “We understand that the Danish food authority recalled the products, not because of a problem in their quality but because they were too spicy.”
“The products are being exported globally. But this is the first time they have been recalled for the above reason.”
A skateboarding cat in China has broken a Guinness World Record after skateboarding 32 feet, 9.2 inches in just 12.85 seconds.
One-year-eight-month-old American Shorthair Bao Zi recently became world’s the fastest cat to travel 10 meters on a skateboard.
Bao Zi’s owner told the Guinness World Records he originally bought the cat to deal with a mouse problem at home.
“I’ve been training dogs for over a decade, and I started skateboarding with my own dog for fun,” Jiangtao said. “But Bao Zi showed a keen interest in skateboards, so I decided to nurture this behavior.”
[Image credit: sodai gomi/Creative Commons]
A history buff in China inadvertently found himself in possession of secret military documents after buying some discarded books for around 85 cents.
In post shared on social media on Thursday, the country’s Ministry of State Security praised the man, who came across the books at a neighborhood recycling station, for reporting the incident via a hotline.
The retired man was identified only by his family name, Zhang.
“Mr. Zhang thought to himself that he had ‘bought’ the country’s military secrets and brought them home,” the ministry’s post said. “But if someone with ulterior motives were to buy them, the consequences would be unimaginable!”
According to the post, state security agents investigating the incident found that two military employees had sold the confidential materials to a recycling center as paper waste, instead of shredding them.
The ministry did not say what the secret documents were about.
Still hungry for weird news? Check out last week’s roundup.
[Image credit: Alpha on Flickr/Creative Commons]
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