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Weird true BUT

- Natalie O’Neill, Wires

A driver in Canada was busted for playing a flute with both hands while cruising down a busy road.

The Pied Piper on wheels was allegedly grooving along to an iPod song Wednesday when cops in Halton, Ontario, hit him with a ticket for distracted driving.

Who needs yachts and mansions?

A Florida man won $1 million in a lottery, then told reporters he plans to spend the dough on a new toothbrush.

“I’m just looking forward to upgrading to an electric toothbrush and splurging on a good pair of flip-flops,” Brian Nelson, 26, of Leesburg, said after hitting the jackpot.

This thief ’s on the record. A crook in Egypt grabbed a cellphone from a journalist who was live-streaming a segment — and unwittingl­y broadcast his face to thousands of viewers, according to cops.

Mahmoud Ragheb, a reporter for the local outlet Youm7, was on a bridge in Shubra Al-Khaimah covering a story about an earthquake when the guy snatched his gadget.

The robber was then seen in the news feed smoking a cigarette and looking down at the phone’s screen, leading to his arrest.

He can’t bear technology. A brazen bruin ambled into a house in Alberta, Canada, and smashed a computer monitor with its massive paw, according to the homeowner.

Sean Reddy of the Fort McMurray area said the black bear strolled into his son’s bedroom, made a mess and bolted.

A tapeworm that lives off insects could be the key to the fountain of youth, according to a study.

Ants infected by a parasite known as Anomotaeni­a brevis lived three times longer than their uninfected counterpar­ts, according to scientists from Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany.

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