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Health Hundreds of tourists are quarantined to their rooms inside a coronavirus-hit Spanish resort – but some are handling it differently to others.

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Offbeat A paperback thriller written in 1981 appears to contain frighteningly accurate predictions about the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

Offbeat A cafe owner in outback Queensland went to extraordinary measures to keep locals content, as floodwaters surrounded the town.

Pets & Animals THIS Warwick woman started an international search for a solution to her little chicken’s winter woes.

Offbeat The sight of three baboons running around a Sydney hospital yesterday was an internet meme dream but it has also exposed the tragic and secret reality of Australia’s...

Environment Crabs are finding their way into odd places across a Cairns northern beaches suburb. But an expert believes he knows why.

Offbeat Damning footage of the moment a young politician exposed himself in front of pubgoers during a wild night out has emerged.

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Offbeat A new type of shop, with blacked-out windows and a seemingly strange collection of goods inside, has emerged in Aussie suburbs.

Offbeat A woman shared the “shocking” find she made inside her “clean” bed linen – and chances are your doona is hiding the same.

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Entertainment The reporter was supposed to be conducting a serious cross about the weather, but he made one hilarious mistake beforehand.

Offbeat A baboon being transported from a medical research colony for a vasectomy escaped with his female companions as the hospital.

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News This iconic fast food business is serving up free chips across Australia - no strings attached. Here's what you need to do to get them.

Offbeat Kmart has released a toy vacuum cleaner that really works — but there’s another reason so many parents are thrilled with the novelty item.

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Business A thought bubble hatched over school holidays has become a Sunshine Coast boy's fledgling business, which has struck a chord with customers.

Offbeat spent around 2,100 hours of planking to train for the stunt, to win back his record from Chinese policeman Mao Weidong.

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News It’s going to be raining naked men and women all in the name of charity as 25 nude skydivers jump over Toogoolawah

Offbeat A puppy frozen for 18,000 years could hold vital clues to how dogs evolved from wolves, if scientists can figure out which one it is.

Food & Entertainment A butcher has found himself in the midst of a war with vegans after creating a meaty “carrot” in a cheeky retaliation against vegan food.

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Lifestyle A furious note left on a woman’s car over her poor parking has caused uproar when she was told to “act like a Kiwi”.

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Dating A woman has revealed how a former flame finally got around to messaging her back – eight years later. His lame excuse left the internet gobsmacked.