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I’m starting a pinned thread of some of the more offbeat COVID-19 related stories. Please send me suggestions!
Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/30/astrophysicist-gets-magnets-stuck-up-nose-while-inventing-coronavirus-device
Malaysian men in shopping muddle amid COVID-19 lockdown https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-52040256
Starving monkey 'gangs' battle in Thailand as coronavirus keeps tourists away, via @joannamuses https://www.livescience.com/amp/macaque-fight-thailand-temple-coronavirus.html
New Zealanders are coming up with alternative protective gear to get out and about in times of pandemic, via @brodieemery https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12321001
Malaysian man dresses up as a ghost to scare teens into staying at home during Movement Control Order, via @coolvirus https://says.com/my/fun/terengganu-man-prank-teens-mco
Big Brother Germany contestants in tears after being told about coronavirus, via @spacearcheology https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/big-brother-germany-contestants-learn-about-coronavirus-crisis-on-live-tv/news-story/e122b77cb686e7faba333ade12350f8e So similar to the plot of Charlie Brooker’s excellent Dead Set miniseries made in 2008 (except it had zombies) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285482/
As population works from home, Walmart reports increased sales for tops but not pants, via @maxopray https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/coronavirus-social-distancing-work-from-home-walmart-tops-pants-sales/
Indian Cops Are Wearing Covid-19 Helmets As Reality Just Gets Weirder During Pandemic, via @MmichaelLlucy https://gizmodo.com/cops-are-wearing-covid-19-helmets-as-reality-just-gets-1842556045
Investors are buying the wrong Zoom stock, via @MattGrudnoff https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/the-sec-really-wants-investors-to-stop-buying-the-wrong-zoom-stock-2020-03-27
Medical fetish site donates entire stock of scrubs after being contacted by "desperate" health officials, via @BiteTheDust https://www.newsweek.com/medical-fetish-site-donates-stock-nhs-1494951
Goats running riot through a Welsh town's deserted streets during COVID-19 isolation, via @bronya_l https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/31/llandudno-goats-herd-running-riot-coronavirus-lockdown
Two men dressed as ‘pocong’ paid to spook village in Central Java into self-isolation, via @imerincook https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/men-dressed-as-pocong-spook-village-in-central-java-into-self-isolation/
England: "We have unfortunately been hearing anecdotal evidence of hens being stolen from their coops due to these unprecedented circumstances", via @DorsetRachel https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/chicken-thefts-soar-amid-coronavirus-egg-shortage-224712/
Turkmenistan bans the word “coronavirus”, via @AmyFeldtmann https://rsf.org/en/news/turkmenistan-bans-word-coronavirus
Brazilian gangs impose strict curfews to slow coronavirus spread, via @djp1974 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/brazil-rio-gangs-coronavirus
New Zealand police urge thieves who stole coronavirus-testing tent to get tested, via @AmyFeldtmann https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-police-urge-thieves-who-stole-coronavirus-testing-tent-to-get-tested
