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Savoury cakes: When people eat cake, it’s usually a sweet treat that incorporates such flavours as chocolate and vanilla. That’s not the case with the creations at Tot Aw, a bakery in Jakarta, Indonesia. Short for “totally awesome,” Tot Aw’s bakers make cakes out of instant noodles. They press the cooked noodles into round forms and stack them into tiers. Each tier then gets  “iced” with savoury, rather than sweet, toppings, such as meatballs or curry chicken stew. These noodle cakes have become very popular, with people ordering them for birthdays and weddings.

Returned to owner: When Kim Fauth-Newberry donated her late grandfather’s footstool to charity, she had no idea she was also giving away over $43,000 (USD). From Owosso, Michigan (U.S.), Fauth-Newberry wanted to give away her grandfather’s furniture to people who might need it. Luckily for her, an honest man named Howard Kirby became the owner of the stool.  When a family member unzipped the stool’s cushion and found money inside,  Kirby knew just what to do. He took it back to the second-hand store. The store found Fauth-Newberry, and he gave the money back to her.

Stretchy outfit: Clothing makers use a variety of materials to make fashionable outfits, such as wool, cotton, rayon, linen, and silk, but rubber bands? Those weren’t a very common clothing material until Rie Sakamoto of  Tokyo, Japan, tried them. An art student at Tama Art University, the creative clothing designer decided to see what she could make by knitting rubber bands together. Her endeavour was successful; she made dresses, jackets,  and scarves. Intrigued by its qualities, including flexibility and texture, her goal was to find new uses for this ubiquitous office staple.

Fake kidnapping: A man from a town called Pitalito, in southwestern  Colombia, didn’t really want to get married. A few days before the nuptials, he confessed to his close friends that he wished he could get out of the commitment. They suggested a fake kidnapping. The groom went into hiding,  and his friends called police saying they had seen him being abducted by a group of men. The police took the news very seriously and brought in the army. The groom’s friends realized their error and confessed what they had done. They are likely to be charged and given jail time for their prank.

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