And other stories from the stranger side of life
Mountain rescuers saved a group of climbers in the Lake District after they ate too many magic mushrooms, reported The Telegraph. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team said it was alerted to a group of young men by a concerned onlooker who reported they had taken the drug on Easter Saturday. “The casualties were walked down and given advice by the team medic regarding the timing of their onward travel,” said a spokesperson.
Licence plate sale breaks world record
A charity auction in the United Arab Emirates saw a vehicle license plate with the letter and number combination “P7” sell for nearly $15m. The plate sold for $14,975,356, beating the Guinness World Record for the most expensive car license plate, which was set at $14,200,000 for license plate “1” at an Abu Dhabi auction in 2008. Other plates sold at Saturday’s auction included “AA 19”, “O71” and “Q 22222”, noted UPI.
‘World’s loneliest house’ goes viral
A cottage described as the “world’s loneliest house” has gone viral online, reported The Mirror. Achnambeithach Cottage, located in Glencoe near Loch Achtriochtan in the Scottish Highlands, sits “alone in a deserted valley with only a few trees for company”, said the paper. After a video of the cottage was shared on TikTok, one user wrote: “I envy the person who lives in that house. Scotland is magical.”
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