Weird but true

Actress Amanda Seyfried has given new meaning to the term “hair of the dog.’’

The star of “The Art of Racing in the Rain’’ is turning her pooch’s fur into sweaters.

“I have a spinning wheel and I’m learning how to spin fibers into yarn,’’ she says.

What do kids and penguins have in common? They both get report cards.

The National Aquarium of New Zealand releases the birds’ “grades” on its Web site. Here are two samples. BAD: Mr. Mac, who “takes the cake, or should we say fish,’’ for snatching a catch “right out of his girlfriend Lulu’s mouth.’’

GOOD: Dora, who “used to be a bit of a princess demanding a guided escort to the feeding station,’’ but now waddles over herself.

Don’t live in any of these cities if you’re a goof-off.

Residents of Washington, DC, Houston, Atlanta, Seattle and Chicago put in the most hours at their jobs, according to a study by technology company Kisi.

Believe it or not, New York made the list of cities that have the healthiest “life balance.’’ The other “healthiest’’ cities are San Diego, Portland, San Francisco and Minneapolis.

Champion female kickboxer Iman Barlow, who lives in Britain and is known as the “Pretty Killer’’ — and her boyfriend, a boxer named Stan Stannard, came to the rescue of a mugging victim on the Spanish island of Majorca.

Two crooks grabbed a $30,000 watch from their male victim, who was there with his child.

The fight was no contest — and the victim certainly got a kick out of how the story ended.

What minor offense by their main squeeze drives women crazy?

Britain’s Daily Mail found that gals really hate to find their husbands or boyfriends squeezing toothpaste from the middle of the tube.

That, and stirring gin and tonic with a spoon.