New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Natalie O’Neill, Wires

Don’t care about anyone’s feelings? Blame your parents!

Empathy is partly genetic, says a study by British scientists from the University of Cambridge.

DNA tests on 46,861 people revealed that genes play a role in the ability to recognize other people’s thoughts and feelings and respond with appropriat­e emotion.

Eat your heart out, Tooth Fairy.

A giant petrified tooth that belonged to a monstrous prehistori­c shark was stolen from a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Australia.

The 3-inch-long tooth came from a megalodon — a beast that died off millions of years ago and could grow up to 22,000 pounds.

The thieves may have hammered or chiseled the tooth from a limestone rock, authoritie­s said.

The world’s first whiskybase­d cryptocurr­ency — dubbed Cask Coin — launched this week without a hiccup.

The digital coin allows boozehound­s to make transactio­ns and own a share in a $56 million Scotch portfolio, which includes rare brands and malts aged up to 50 years.

Creators say it’s a creative alternativ­e to investing in silver, wine, art or gold.

The Hamburglar would be proud.

A Minnesota crook broke into a stranger’s home and cooked himself a plate of kids’ chicken nuggets while the family snoozed.

Dylan Bradley Madden, 21, is accused of slipping into the Mankato, Minn., home through an unlocked garage. The owner, who awoke and confronted him, told cops he looked wasted.

Not gonna fly. A thief was chased by a mob of peacocks when he snatched one of their feathered friends from outside a Miami home.

The bandit, caught on surveillan­ce camera, still reached his truck and escaped, authoritie­s said.

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