
A couple of thieves stole a public toilet in the Belarus city of Gomel with a man still locked inside.
The thieves reportedly loaded the portable toilet on the back of a tractor trailer, acting as if they were supposed to do that so passers-by wouldn't suspect anything and call the police.
Archimedes
leapt out the bath and ran naked in the street. St Paul was temporarily
blinded.
Not all 'Aha Moments' are as dramatic as these but they can trigger significant shifts in head, heart and soul...
Has this oft-maligned Buddhist organisation - the largest in America - figured out something that others haven't?
Clark Strand has a few challenging answers
SAAB SELLER
By Jason Jones
I was lying on the sofa munching on a bag of crisps, watching a documentary on Gandhi. That wonderfully pared-down statement of his - 'We must be the change we want to see in the world' - really hit home. I’d always blamed politicians for everything that was wrong in my world, from parking fines to melting icebergs – a convenient 'out' for a couch potato with a conscience. I sold my Saab and bought a bicycle.
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Machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029, leading US inventor Ray Kurzweil has predicted.
'Ultimately these computers will be in our bodies and brains...so it really is one civilization.'
EMBARASSING EPIPHANY
By Diane Southam
It was parents' open evening at my infant school in Slough. I was five years old. The teacher asked me to stand in front of the class and hold up my rather splendid picture for parents and classmates to admire. I felt so proud.