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Weird BUT true

- David K. Li, Wires

The stork brought babies and flew away with thousands of private records.

Arizona’s Department of Health Services said its newborn-screening program gathered addresses, birth dates, health-insurance records, names, phone numbers and Social Security numbers from 2,500 babies. The informatio­n was boxed up — but the box somehow got lost in the mail.

This marijuana-growing operation in Los Angeles was a blazing failure.

Firefighte­rs doused a burning home in Van Nuys on Saturday, officials said, in a blaze touched off by an electrical overload.

It turns out all the power had been maintainin­g an elaborate pot-growing business, authoritie­s said. Police seized 48 marijuana plants.

There’s a royal rumble between Burger King and Belgium’s King Philippe.

The chain launched an online ad asking Belgians whom they prefer more — their own king or the burger chain’s mascot.

The ad uses a cartoon of Philip, not his actual photo. But a royal spokesman said, “We disapprove of this approach. The use of the king’s image is subject to authorizat­ion . . . Since it is for commercial purposes, we would not have given our authorizat­ion.”

Thankfully for these crooks, they didn’t steal watermelon­s.

South African cops are in hot water after videos emerged of them pelting apple-thief suspects with their stolen fruits.

Western Cape authoritie­s are investigat­ing the potential misconduct.

It was raining euros on the Autobahn.

A businessma­n on a motorcycle lost a plastic bag stuffed with his day’s earnings while driving across the Bavarian Autobahn on Sunday, German cops said.

The incident sent 9,000 euros, or about $10,000, scattering across the roadway. About 1,500 euros blew away before the notes could be recovered.

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