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Man litters train with crayfish shells to make others ‘unhappy’

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A LITTERBUG was arrested after littering a train with crayfish shells and making others “unhappy” in Beijing.

China Press reported that the Henan native had bought a pack of marinated crayfish and began eating it on the train and throwing the shells all over the floor and seats.

Despite being advised against doing so by train staff, the 28-year-old refused to take heed and even got into an argument with other passengers who told him off.

He was later arrested by Beijing police. The man explained that he had been feeling down and he wanted to repulse others and make them unhappy as well.

> “Rural” and “debate”. These are the two words that stumped students who took the China’s 2019 postgradua­te admission English test, Sin Chew Daily reported.

These two words trended online and were the top searched words on Weibo, the Chinese social media platform.

Aside from those two words, the new style of questions and uncommon words were other stumbling blocks for the students.

According to China’s Education Department, the number of students who took the exam had been increasing annually.

The number stood at 1.77 million in 2016. This year, there were 2.9 million of such students.

> Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer would apparently “smuggle” his 28-year-old mistress in a suitcase into his apartment whenever his wife was not around.

According to Sin Chew Daily, the woman revealed that they got to know each other in 2010.

She also claimed that whenever they were together, he would complain about his then wife.

Spitzer quit as governor in 2008 following revelation­s that he had used the services of prostitute­s.

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