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Weird BUT true

- Natalie Musumeci, Wires

Here’s some pajama drama. Officials in the Chinese city of Suzhou publicly shamed residents on Monday for wearing their sleepwear in the streets — then, after a public uproar, apologized.

Officials posted online surveillan­ce photos of seven people in PJs, denouncing their “uncivilize­d behavior.”

But the next day the bureau apologized for using facialreco­gnition software for that purpose — and for denouncing what’s not an uncommon fashion choice in China.

This was a not-so-great escape.

Daniel Christophe­r Booth, 36, a Macclenny, Fla., resident wanted for allegedly selling methamphet­amine, ducked into a pond when authoritie­s caught up to him.

But he was swiftly busted when he was forced to come up for air. “Now we can only assume that Mr. Booth has seen one too many action movies,” police said.

In another bozo move . . . A Florida man was busted for allegedly stealing a FedEx truck and mistakenly driving it onto the runway at Tallahasse­e Internatio­nal Airport.

Aaron Lennihan, 23, told cops he was lost, authoritie­s said.

This California crime has cops abuzz.

Thieves stole 92 beehives, used to pollinate almond trees, from an orchard in northern California.

Because the hives are tricky to remove and, with their boxes, heavy enough to require transporti­ng by flatbed truck, beekeeper Mike Potts suspects a rival beekeeper.

A 15-year-old girl in China who looked much older due to a rare genetic condition has undergone life-changing plastic surgery to look younger.

The teen who was diagnosed with progeria — a condition that causes a child’s body to age fast — was bullied so much for her appearance, she didn’t want to go to school. Good Samaritans chipped in more than $25,000 to pay for her medical bills, reports said.

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