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Among the usual headlines of Brexit, US President Donald Trump and more, some other more unusual news is hiding.
A thief strolls out of an art gallery with a painting, a woman is removed from a flight for fat-shaming, a toddler gets stuck in his toy, a woman gets back her message in a bottle after 17 years and a 65-year-old man clings to the bonnet of a speeding car in a road rage incident, all caught on video footage or images.
Russian art thief casually takes painting from art gallery
The incident happened on Sunday at the busy Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia. CCTV footage caught footage of the man casually strolling up to a painting worth $182,000 (£139,000), taking it off the wall and strolling slowly out of the gallery as visitors look on. Because of his relaxed attitude, everyone assumed that he worked there. Moscow Police later identified the suspect, arrested him and recovered the painting, a mountain scene in Crimea painted by Russian artist Arkhip Kuindzhi.
Woman removed from United Airlines flight over fat-shaming
This incident happened on New Year’s Day but the video footage has only now gone viral. It happened prior to takeoff on a United Airlines flight. Norma Rodgers was seated next to a woman in the centre seat, who was chatting on her mobile phone. She was complaining that she was stuck between two fat people. Rodgers asked the flight crew to find the passenger another seat as she did not want to be verbally abused by the “bitch.” After an uproar, the offending passenger was removed from the flight.
Police rescue toddler who was stuck in his own toy
This little 20-month-old boy from New Jersey got a new toy and he couldn’t wait to play with it. However, he ended up getting stuck in the toy, a box designed to teach children shapes. Soona Choe, the boy’s mother, told CBS New York that Luca had somehow managed to climb into the toy. Looking back, she said the situation was “comical.” She said she is going to keep the toy so she can tease him when he is older. Aw! Look at that face!
Young girl casts message in a bottle into the sea, gets it back 17 years later
Emily Edwards, now 25, was on holiday in Wales when she was seven. Just for fun, she wrote a note to her future self, put it in a bottle and threw it in the sea. 17 years later, the bottle has come back to her. It was found on the beach by a runner. The ink had faded but Sam Hammond could read enough to recognise Emily’s name and postal code. Hammond’s mother thought it would be fun to try and contact Emily to give her the bottle. It happened after a photo of the note was posted on Facebook.
65-year-old man clings to bonnet of car in road rage incident
A road rage incident in the USA led to a man clinging to the bonnet of an SUV as it sped along the highway at around 70 miles per hour. Richard Kamrowski, 65, and Mark Fitzgerald, 37, were involved in a minor accident and pulled over to exchange insurance information. They then got into an argument which led to Fitzgerald driving away. Kamrowsky wasn’t having anything of it and jumped on to the vehicle, clinging on. Kamrowsky claimed later that he thought Fitzgerald was going to run over him.
