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Peru’s prime minister Aníbal Torres (above) has caused upset after praising Adolf Hitler’s leadership

If you’re ruling over Peru
There’s one thing that you shouldn’t do
And that’s fly a kite
Saying Hitler was right
As that will not endear folk to you

John Moynes

EFE

New Zealand’s bomb squad rushed to a chip factory after a potato on the production line turned out to be a grenade

Some workers were rather dismayed
In a factory where chips were made
Because, to their shock,
What they thought was a rock
Was an eighty year old hand grenade

John Moynes

Stuff.NZ

Analysis of the electrical signals fungi send to one another has identified patterns that bear a striking structural similarity to human speech

Some boffins decided to see
If they could decode the fungi
As they claim the mushroom
Spends its whole life on Zoom
Which seems a bit trippy to me

John Moynes

Shutterstock

‘Ai-Da’, powered by AI, has become become the first robot to ‘paint like an artist’

In Oxford some boffins have got
What they say is a creative bot
If you ask “Is this art?”
Then you’re going to start
A dull argument. No, it is not.

John Moynes

Artnet

A German man is suspected of having taken 90 Covid jabs to sell vaccination cards

Doctors have been heard to plead
That you get the three jabs that you need
But one German man
Came up with a plan
To take dozens. It’s all down to greed

John Moynes

RollingNews

Six members of Japan’s maritime self-defence forces (SDF) have received suspensions after years of eating free ‘navy curry’ they were not entitled to

Some officers out in Japan
Came up with a rather neat plan
Though not working at sea
They all ate for free
As much curry as anyone can

John Moynes

Alamy

The price of used cars in Ireland increased by 7.9% during the first three months of this year, according to research by Done Deal

If you want to buy a new car
You’ll find that prices now are
Incredibly high
And so that is why
You’ll stick to your current jam jar

John Moynes

A UK police’s decision to fine 20 people for lockdown breaches appeared to shatter the claim that Covid rules were followed at 10 Downing Street

During lockdown staff at Number 10
Had a number of gatherings when
They all drank champagne
Which goes to explain
Why they’re fining some women and men

John Moynes

BBC

Lough Funshinagh in south county Roscommon hasn’t drained since 2016

Experts just cannot explain
Why Lough Funshinagh will not drain
As it really should
It’s now a great flood
That grows every time there is rain

John Moynes

IFJ

‘Mountaineering Scotland’ has revealed that virtually all fatalities on the Scottish mountains are men over the age of 60

Some experts have told a long tale
Of why sometimes mountaineers fail
If you’re climbing alone
Then stay off your phone
And mainly try not to be male.

John Moynes

Pic: WinterMountaineering