N-gated Hacker NewsJun 2, 2025
🐔🌍 A man sails around the globe with a chicken. Apparently, it was a slow news day at The Guardian. Next, they'll cover a dramatic pigeon race! 📰🐓
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/apr/21/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-globe-french-sailor-guirec-soudee-monique #sailingadventures #chickeninspired #globetrotter #slownewsday #quirkynews #HackerNews #ngated
Have hen will travel: the man who sailed round the world with a chicken

Meet Monique, for the past five years, she and Guirec Soudée have been sailing around the world. Emma Beddington reveals how the French sailor chose to brave the high seas with just one feathered shipmate

The Guardian
Hacker NewsApr 17, 2025

Potatoes in the Mail

https://facts.usps.com/mailing-potatoes/

#HackerNews #Potatoes #in #the #Mail #mailingpotatoes #USPS #funfacts #quirkynews

mailing potatoes - U.S. Postal Facts

POSTAL FACT: It's SPUDTACULAR! As with coconuts, potatoes can be mailed without a box. Simply write the address it's going to and your return addresses on the spud, have it weighed for appropriate postage, and it can be shipped as-is.

Postal Facts - U.S. Postal Service
Eileen QuigleyApr 19, 2023
The bear knew what all discerning sodapop drinkers know: when you splurge, drink the good stuff. A bear in Canada broke into a truck and guzzled a 'massive' amount of soda. It wouldn't drink the diet soda. https://news.yahoo.com/bear-canada-broke-truck-guzzled-155428794.html #quirkynews #oddities #mademeburp #inthenews #bears #nature
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