Weird BUT true

This investigation is nothing to sneeze at.

Japanese police are looking into reports of a middleaged man offering two male high-school students $9 to sneeze in front of him.

It’s not clear if the man, who offered the payments at the Sukenobu Station in the city of Hamamatsu, broke any laws. But police say the probe is in the interest of “maintaining public safety and order.” She lied her pants off ! A bare-bottomed Pennsylvania woman on the run from the law allegedly gave cops a litany of fake names when questioned for public intoxication last week.

Kristine L. Deitz, 36, eventually revealed her real name when approached near a Denny’s in Harrisburg Township, according to police. She was hit with multiple charges including escaping a work-release program and providing false ID to law enforcement.

This Ohio crematorium fire happened outside.

Heat from the Littleton and Rue smokestacks in Springfield, Ohio, may have ignited brush near the structure, according to fire officials.

The furnaces inside were not damaged, officials said.

Rotten news for this Australian college.

Hundreds of students and teachers were evacuated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology library after someone reported smelling a gas leak Saturday, officials said.

A search found no leak, just a rotting durian — a fruit with a thorn-covered rind known for its pungent odor even when fresh.

This rubber ducky caused some serious rubbernecking.

A giant inflatable rubber duck confused motorists and snarled traffic in Des Moines, Iowa, as it rolled down a major thoroughfare there, police said.

The inflatable critter — a promotional item for a “duck derby” fundraiser nearby — was carried into the street by a gust of wind.