Offbeat snippets from other sources…
Amazing lyre bird’s sound imitations [Youtube]
Chinese county retracted a rule urging its workers to smoke more for tax income [BBC]
Dubai – Lighting struck Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest structure (pic) [Wickedreport]
India – Air powered motorbike [Youtube]
Indian village with 250 sets of twins [Telegraph]
Japan – Pet poop recycling machine [Japanprobe]
Japan – Ningen Shogi, human Japanese chess game [Mainichi]
Lucky – A ticket holder in Spain has won a €126m lottery [Euromillion]