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News of the Weird

By News of the Weird

Published July 14, 2021

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Up for auction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a painting that was purchased in a South River thrift store for $4.09 by an unnamed buyer.

After buying the painting, NPR reported, the purchaser noticed the artist's signature on the back, with a date of 1997.

Canadian auction house Cowley Abbott has identified the painting as "DHead XLVI" by rock superstar David Bowie, who died in 2016. It's part of a series of 47 pieces of art Bowie made between 1995 and 1997. As of press time, bids were up to $38,100.

When an unnamed 18-year-old found herself locked out of her home in Henderson, Nevada, on June 15, she followed the example of a certain right jolly old elf and tried to enter the home through the chimney, United Press International reported.

Henderson firefighters posted on Facebook that the woman became stuck "just above the flue," and they used a rope system to pull her to safety.

She was uninjured (except maybe for her pride).