ODDS AND ENDS: Potato DNA findings and other offbeat offerings
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WHEN A POTATO ISN’T A POTATO AFTERALL
When is a potato not a potato?
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When DNA confirms it.
According to stuff.co.nz, a 17.4-pound vegetable dug up at the farm of Colin and Donna Craig-Brown in August 2021 that was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s heaviest potato isn’t actually a potato thanks to DNA test results.
The Craig-Browns said Guinness World Records had requested a DNA sample from “Dug” the tuber as part of their second application for the record.
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The DNA sample was reportedly tested By Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture, which revealed that Dug was a “tuber of a type of gourd” but not actually a potato.
Colin told stuff.co.nz he’s disappointed that Dug isn’t a big potato, but he and his wife enjoyed the “roller-coaster” of a ride that was the world record. He speculated that Dug’s creation might have resulted from the crossbreeding of a gourd and a cucumber.
Down, but not out, Doug said the experience has inspired him to attempt another growing of the world’s largest potato. As for Dug, the tuber will breathe new life as vodka.
BODY FOUND IN HONG KONG WAS ACTUALLY SEX DOLL
A stiff body found in Hong Kong was likely used on something hard prior to its disposal.
According to the Hong Kong Free Press, police were called to a dumpster located in Big Wave Bay after a body was discovered. In a video clip recorded by an area resident, cops can be seen unwrapping what appeared to be a body as other officers taped off the surroundings.
Turns out the body was a discarded sex doll.
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A resident told the Hong Kong Free Press that she found a body wrapped in black garbage bags with masking tape around it.
“So I went around to the other side of the bin and I opened it up to see from a different angle and it was like a legit body, kind of sitting up. Like I could see the head, the shoulders, and the legs,” said the woman.
Cops were called to investigate. Upon opening up the wrapping further, the resident said everyone “just started laughing.”
Until it was confirmed to be a sex doll, residents in a WhatsApp group speculated that the body was dumped by an outsider. It’s not known who shamelessly discarded the doll.
WOMAN ALLOWED TO KEEP ‘FART’ LICENCE PLATE, BUT CAN’T USE IT
A North Carolina who possessed a crude vanity licence plate is allowed to keep it, but isn’t allowed to use it on her vehicle.
According to news outlet WLOS, Asheville, N.C., resident Karly Sindy jokingly applied for a vanity plate that read “FART” and was surprised that it was approved and arrived in the mail.
Upon receiving the plate, the Division of Motor Vehicles in North Carolina informed her it was issued in error as “FART” was a banned letter combination in the state.
Sindy was allowed to appeal the decision. In response, the DMV stated she could keep the vanity plate, but wasn’t legally allowed to use it on her vehicle anymore.
“…They said since they refused ‘FART’ for other people, they couldn’t allow it for this,” said Sindy. “I was really hoping they would just take FART off the list because it’s not a bad word, but you know that didn’t happen.”
During the appeal process, Sindy founded the Friends of Asheville Recreational Trails (FART). The woman said she will continue to hold FART events to celebrate her illegal plate.
WANT TO CLAIM ROADKILL? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT
That squirrel you ran over on the highway could be a tasty treat.
And if you live in Wyoming, there’s an app that can help you legally claim it.
As reported by the Associated Press, the new state of Wyoming app is helping to take roadkill off the pavement and onto the dinner tables of those who want them. All while making roads safer for the animals.
In what could be the first app of its in the United States, the app’s roadkill feature allows users to quickly claim accidentally killed animals such as deer, elk, moose, wild bison or wild turkey after it is documented and reviewing collection rules for personal consumption.
Wyoming is one of 30 states which allow people to collect roadkill for food purposes.
Besides allowing people to document and claim the roadkill, it also helps ensure users follow the rules, such as no collecting roadkill after dark, along highways or construction areas or in national parks.
The app also allows Wyoming to collect data as geotagging roadkill will help biologists and highway officials to decide where wildlife crossing signs will go.
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