Weird BUT true

A British isle is seeking a king.

Officials on Piel Island, a 50-acre spit off the northwest coast of England, are seeking an operator to manage the local pub, the Ship Inn.

The tavern keeper, by island tradition, is declared the King or Queen of Piel. The new monarch is initiated by sitting upon their throne as buckets of beer are poured over their head.

Call it an emu-tional rescue. Officials in Somerset County, Penn. are warning residents to be on the lookout for an emu that escaped a local farm this week.

The large, flightless birds are surprisingly fast and dangerous, running up to 30 MPH with sharp claws capable of eviscerating other animals — including humans.

UK mom Amy McQuillen was “humiliated” this week after police smashed her car windows in a bid to save her 10-year-old daughter’s doll.

The cops had mistaken the toy, strapped into a booster seat, for a baby.

Making matters worse: the officers tried to arrest McQuillen when she confronted them for vandalizing her car, before the mistake was discovered. “They were fully apologetic towards me afterwards,” she said.

Albinism is a rare genetic disorder — except in one UK family, where six sibling were born without pigmentation in their skin, hair and eyes.

The family is now recognized by Guinness World Records for the largest collection of albino siblings.

The family has grown to embrace their condition over the years.

“It makes me very unique,” said sister Naseem Akhtar.

“Wait, what?” tops the list of 10 words and phrases Lake Superior State University hopes to banish from the public lexicon in 2022.

“Asking for a friend,” “supply chain” and “no worries,” once only an Aussie favorite phrase, also made the list.

The university introduced the annual list of “overworked, oxymoronic, nonsensical” phrases in 1976.