New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Mark Lungariell­o, Wires

Catching this thief was child’s play.

A burglar who broke into a kindergart­en in the German town of Halver made off with kiddie items including a wireless toy speaker that downloads stories from the Internet, police said.

He was caught when he downloaded a story, and doing so revealed his home location to manufactur­ers.

The device was recently returned to happy kindergart­eners, authoritie­s said.

The 44-year-old burglar faces criminal charges.

Anti-vaxxers should read between the lines.

A billboard truck driving around Charlotte, NC, on Sunday carried the message, “Don’t Get Vaccinated,” but beneath the message was the name of the “advertiser” — a “funeral home.”

That business didn’t exist, reports said — it was a tongue-in-cheek, pro-vaccine publicity stunt.

They’ve got some durable genes.

Japanese sisters who are 107 years old were certified the world’s oldest living identical twins by Guinness World Records.

Their big 108th is just around the corner.

Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodam, two of 11 siblings, were born Nov. 5, 1913 — the year Woodrow Wilson was sworn in as president.

Oh, Lord.

A baby shark born in an all-female shark tank in Italy has been dubbed “shark Jesus” by social-media users who marveled at the so called “virgin” birth, the Daily Star reported.

The female smoothhoun­d shark, Ispera, was born in a tank where no males are present in August, in what scientists said was an asexual conception.

Not so fast, buddy.

A man won a half-marathon in the UK — but was disqualifi­ed because he was only supposed to run a 10kilomete­r race.

Omar Ahmed did the halfmarath­on in 63 minutes, the BBC said.

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