New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Dean Balsamini, Wires

It’s a case of hisssstake­n identity.

Animal rescuers in Britain responding to separate squeamish calls for snake removal soon learned both were false alarms.

In Fleet, Hampshire, a “serpent” on a windowsill turned out to be a replica children’s toy. And two “snakes” spotted in Manchester, England, were nothing more than pieces of worn-out cloth strap.

This gives a new meaning to “junk” food.

Researcher­s at Harvard University found that men gorging on pizzas, burgers and french fries are more likely to have smaller testicles and a lower sperm count than those who eat a diet rich in fish, chicken, fruit and vegetables.

The findings come after researcher­s analyzed the health and diet of 2,935 men with an average age of 19 during military-service entrance exams.

It’s a tour de farce. A hole in the wall outside a bank was listed among the top tourist attraction­s in Derbyshire, England, according to a TripAdviso­r page for Ilkeston.

Boasting an average rating of 4.5 out of five, the “one-of-a-kind architectu­ral masterpiec­e that draws visitors from near and far” is nothing more than a ruse perpetrate­d by online jokers who hijacked the page.

What took him so long? Daniel Shuman of Virginia never before played the lottery, but the first-timer is now a $1 million winner.

The rub is his ticket was a gift from his wife, who bought him a ducat for a Virginia scratch-off game.

No word if Shuman will split the booty with his spouse.

He’s bee-side himself. California homeowner Herb Herbert had a bug in his ear that he had insects in his backyard. An expert found up to 150,000 bees living in a 70-pound hive under Herbert’s shed.

The hive and bees were safely relocated.

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