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Police in the town of Tergnier -- population 13,000 -- issued fines of 35 euros ($41) in the wake of the national team's World Cup victory this month to people who carried on honking horns after some neighbours were ready to call it a night.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, it's said. So that's exactly what some people in Sweden did recently. Only, what life gave them was a huge amount of water, so they simply turned it into a swimming pool. We're not kidding. Pictures circulating on social media show people enjoying a nice swim after a busy railway station in Uppsala, Sweden got flooded.

Although many cultural debates may be brewing in Britain, it appears that one age-old bone of contention has been settled: Should milk go in a cup of tea first or last?

"He won't even spare his dog" - that's what one Instagram user says about this video of Lionel Messi. It shows the most heartwarming little game of 'keep away' between the ace footballer and his dog Hulk who may have learnt exactly who his human really is. With over 4.8 million views - and still counting - the video has won many hearts in the online world.

China is so worried about its lack of winter Olympians and losing face on home soil that it is plundering the martial arts schools of Buddhist monasteries in the search for a star.

A groom-to-be also reached out to Ms Sawaraj on Twitter after losing his passport days before his wedding. And got himself some assurance from the minister herself.

In a bizarre case, two men and a woman stole a shark from an aquarium by disguising it as a baby and putting it in a stroller.

A dog called Stormy has been awarded a medal after completing a half-marathon in outback Australia and winning the hearts of its human competitors.

A kangaroo has shocked a sleeping family by smashing through a bedroom window in suburban Australia and bleeding throughout their home during a distressed late night frenzy.

After Mumbai Police and UP Police, who both posted warnings against the Kiki challenge, it is the turn of Jaipur Police.

A Canadian van driver who splashed pedestrians along a downtown Ottawa street has been fired by his employer after a video of his mischief provoked an online backlash.

Courtney Duffy was asked to 'relinquish' her duties as a bridesmaid at a friend's wedding, so she asked Jet Blue for a refund.

Bryce Dudal, 18, was delivering pizza to a suburban Detroit family on July 25, when he noticed they had a piano. Watch him play Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata.

Unless you've taken a social media hiatus, chances are you know all about the viral #KikiChallenge or #InMyFeelings challenge. As videos of netizens doing the challenge flood social media, many are warning about the dangers of the viral craze. After Mumbai Police, now UP Police has also tweeted a warning against the challenge.

Employees of a Chinese firm took matters of cleanliness to a whole different level. Videos circulating online show staff members of the company eating food off a urinal in a bid to showcase just how clean their toilet is. Employees also sat down for a meal laid out in the toilet itself.