Weird News: Wednesday July 31st

Police have arrested a woman suspected of being the "Pink Lady Bandit" who robbed a slew of banks along the East Coast last week, authorities said.

Dubbed the Pink Lady Bandit by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for carrying a distinctive pink handbag while committing at least two of four alleged bank heists, Circe Baez and her alleged accomplice, Alexis Morales, were arrested without incident Sunday at the Speedway Inn & Suites in Charlotte, N.C., the FBI announced ina statement on Monday.

source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/07/30/FBI-Pink-Lady-Bandit-arrested-charged-with-robbing-four-banks/3401564461757/?mph=4

This Nebraska teacher will surely win show-and-tell once the school year begins.

Josh Lanik, 36, was vacationing with his family when he discovered a brandy-colored gem at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.

"It was blatantly obvious there was something different about it," Lanik said, according toa press release from the park issued Monday. "I saw the shine, and when I picked it up and rolled it in my hand, I noticed there weren't any sharp edges."

source: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/teacher-finds-diamond-crater-of-diamonds-trnd-scn/index.html

A suspected meteorite about the size of a football has crashed into a paddy field in a village in eastern India.

The rock, which landed in Mahadeva village in Bihar, weighed nearly 13 kilograms and was found to have magnetic properties, the state's Chief Minister's office said in a statement.

Images show villagers standing around a huge muddy crater believed to have been caused by the object.

The rock is currently on display at the Bihar Museum, but will be transferred to the Srikrishna Science Center, in Bihar, for analysis that will confirm if it is a meteorite, said Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/26/asia/india-meteorite-bihar-intl-hnk/index.html

An Ontario city said it broke a Guinness World Record by gathering more than 1,300 people in one place wearing plaid patterns.

The"PLAIDurday" event, organized by local radio station Q104 and Tourism Kenora, gathered 1,359 people wearing plaid at the Whitecap Pavilion in Kenora.

source: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2019/07/29/Canadian-town-sets-Guinness-record-with-more-than-1300-wearing-plaid/6641564422291/


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