New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Angela Barbuti, Wires

She swapped genders and email addresses.

After gender-reassignme­nt surgery, TikTok user @chezablond­exo posted a video that now has more than 15 million views, where she explains she sent daily photos of the surgery’s results to someone she thought was her doctor, but turned out to be an unknown recipient.

Don’t judge this pricey sea creature by its scarylooki­ng cover.

A UK beachgoer happened upon an alien-looking critter that washed ashore.

When she posted its photo on Facebook, users likened it to a beast on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”

It was later identified as a gaggle of gooseneck barnacles, which are crustacean­s that cling to coastal rocks.

They are among the most expensive seafood in the world, and can sell for as much as $125 a pound.

Scottish businessma­n Cesidio Di Ciacca bought an entire Italian village in the region of Ciociaria, between Rome and Naples.

The rural hamlet Borgo I Ciacca, which is named after his family, dates back to the 1500s, but was abandoned for decades after the last resident died.

He just finished 10 years of renovation­s on buildings there, with the goal of luring new residents.

It’s one tasty oil spill. Police, volunteer firefighte­rs and a hazmat team in Newton, NJ, cleaned up close to 150 gallons of tahini sesame oil, used to make dishes like hummus and baba ganoush, that spilled from a truck onto a roadway.

An elitist bear is trying to rub elbows and paws with members of this private country club.

The Club at The Strand in Naples, Fla., says a brazen bruin has been strolling the tennis courts and golf course.

The club announced its newest “member” on Facebook, explaining “the bear has not been aggressive, it shuffles out of people’s way and is sensitive to noise.”

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