New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Mark Lungariell­o, Wires

That stinks!

A British lawyer lost a harassment suit he filed after one of his co-workers asked him to stop farting in an office space they shared.

An employment tribunal found it was reasonable for his co-worker to ask him to stop passing gas, although the lawyer said his chronic flatulence was a side effect of heart medication.

Happy Meals, meet Happy Wheels.

McDonald’s has installed stationary bicycles at two of its restaurant­s in China.

Riders can get to work burning off those extra calories before they’ve even had their french fries, although the company insists the cycles aren’t for fitness.

The “Green Charging Bikes” can create electricit­y to charge a phone and other devices.

They sealed the deal. Oceanograp­hers in Antarctica used seals fitted with sensors on their heads to gather data in the harsh continent’s hard-to-reach areas.

The equipment was attached with glue to eight seals to gather informatio­n about the ecosystem of the ocean there.

O, Christmas tree; O, Christmas tree; how yummy are thy branches!

A farm in Pennsylvan­ia put out a call for discarded Christmas trees to feed its 60 resident goats.

The animals at the Batz Farm chow down on the nutrient-rich pine needles and bark, the owners said.

That’s why they call it snail mail.

A birth announceme­nt mailed from Germany arrived in a Minnesota mailbox 68 years late.

By the time the letter came, the former residents had long since died, as did the child whose birth was mentioned in the letter.

A granddaugh­ter of the intended recipients, tracked down on Facebook, said the letter was sent about her brother when her father was stationed overseas.

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