StrangeSights

• Looking for an alternative to the chips, chocolate bars and softdrinks usually found in vending machines? A Chinese company has reportedly installed several vending machines at underground stations in the city of Nanjing which dispense live crabs. Not sure how you’re supposed to eat that on the run…

• And the award for the most famous moustache of all time goes to (drum roll please)…artist Salvador Dali. A poll conducted on behalf of the Movember charity - which encourages people to grow moustaches to raise money - reportedly found that 24 per cent of people favoured Dali’s as the most famous followed by wrestler Hulk Hogan (18 per cent) and Albert Einstein (13 per cent).

• Want to be among the first humans to go to Mars? Catch is, it’s a one-way trip. NASA’s Ames Research Centre is reportedly investigating the idea and looking to raise some interest from among the world’s billionaires to help fund the mission which is estimated to cost around $US10 billion.

• Looking for a way to spruce up your town by stymied by the many vacant buildings? Why not adopt the approach of the English town of Redcar which has reportedly placed a series of stickers on the windows of unused shopfronts in a bid to improve the town’s appearance. The stickers depict everything from a furniture store, cafe and restaurant, to a bookshop and even the living room of a house.

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