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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 Chick-fil-A’s surprising new business venture to a bizarre pizza parlor impersonation scheme, these stories are sure to inspire wonder — or, at the very least, befuddlement — at the weird ol’ world around us.
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Chick-fil-A is planning to launch its own streaming service, along with a slate of original shows, Deadline has reported.
The fast food chain has been working with several major production companies to produce its own family-friendly shows, the news site said, and is also looking to license and acquire content.
According to Deadline, one of the originals in the works is a family-friendly gameshow from production companies Glassman Media and Sugar23, which has secured a 10-episode order.
The budget for Chick-fil-A’s unscripted works is in the range of $400,000 per half-hour, Deadline said, with scripted projects and animation also under discussion. Sources speaking to Deadline said the project is slated to launch later this year.
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Thirty-six flights were cancelled at a Japanese airport on Saturday after a pair of scissors went missing.
According to a Japanese media report, stores at Japan’s New Chitose airport are required to store scissors in a locker when they are not being used. When retail staff couldn’t find a pair of scissors on Saturday, security checks for incoming passengers were paused for at least two hours while a search was carried out.
Thirty-six flights were cancelled as a result of the incident, while more than 200 were delayed. Some musicians even ended up missing a festival they were scheduled to perform at, The Register reported.
While the scissors were eventually located the next day, the news was not announced until a further day later. The delay, Japan’s NHK News said, “was due to the time it took to confirm whether the scissors were the same as the ones that had been lost.”
A postcard has found its way to an office in Swansea, Wales, 121 years after it was originally sent.
It is adorned with a King Edward VII stamp, who reigned as British monarch until 1910. https://t.co/sexqi7kXL7 pic.twitter.com/c0Z6ECAHf4
A postcard sent to an address in Wales reached its intended destination this week — 121 years after it was posted.
Swansea Building Society, where the postcard was delivered with regular mail, took to Facebook to share the surprising discovery.
The postcard, whose postmark dates back to August 3, 1903, was addressed to someone called Lydia Davies. An employee of the building society told WalesOnline that Davies may have lived at the address back when it was a house, not a bank.
“The address is correct, we are still 11 (and 12) Cradock Street, but it’s 121 years later than expected,” marketing and communications officer Henry Darby said. “It’s wild, actually. A little bit spooky.”
The main section of the postcard reads: “Dear L. I could not, it was impossible to get the pair of these. I am so sorry, but I hope you are enjoying yourself at home. I have got now about 10 shillings pocket money not counting the train fare so I’m doing alright.”
In the top corner, the sender also wrote: “Remember me to Miss Gilbert + John with love to all from (unreadable).”
The bank has asked anyone with information on Miss Davies or the mysterious postcard to reach out.
A Florida man is facing a felony charge for impersonating a popular pizzeria and delivering bad pies to customers.
According to police, 55-year-old Jose Marti-Alvarez distributed flyers advertising “Roman Pizzeria” in the Miami Springs area, misleading customers who thought they were ordering from well-known pizza parlor Roman’s Pizzeria.
Jesus Roman, the owner of the real Roman’s pizza restaurant, told WPLG the pies delivered by the suspect were “bad, uncooked, sometimes they [were sent] in a box with a piece of raw dough.”
The bizarre scheme had been ongoing for a number of years, police said, with Roman facing complaints, bad reviews and unhappy customers as a result of Marti-Alvarez’s fraudulent behavior.
Marti-Alvarez was arrested on a charge of organized scheme to defraud on Monday morning, and police say he also faces an aggravated battery charge “after fleeing from hotel staff in his vehicle and hitting a staff member” with the vehicle.
Despite the impact the fraud has had on his business, Roman does not want to see a long prison for Marti-Alvarez, or even an apology.
He told CBS News: “I would like him to not use my restaurant’s name and if he uses his right name, then do the right food.”
“He could have his own business. He can do his own stuff. It’s his own name. There’s nothing wrong with that. We’re all here to work and get by. I appreciate that.”
Still hungry for more weird news? Check out last week’s roundup.
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