In today's news...

[Mihai Roșu]

Thread for funny news stories. Nothing too political or controversial (another thread would totally be welcome for that), and it doesn't necessarily even have to be today's news. Just post amusing stories (with a link) :3 <3

Here's a starter:

Bulgaria Government Shocked To Discover It
Owns $3 Billion In Bitcoin

Bulgaria’s GDP is about $52.4 billion (2016), so it is quite a shock that the Bulgarian Government is sitting on an approximate $3 billion worth of Bitcoins seized in an anti-corruption operation back in May.

Putting this into a little more glaring context, Bulgaria is holding 18% of the national debt in bitcoins...

[Mihai Roșu]

Have another, courtesy of Olympics season:

Team Norway ends up with 15,000 eggs
thanks to translation error

The chefs for Norway's Olympic team ordered 1,500 eggs.

What the chefs got was 15,000 eggs.

With Norway boasting a team of 109 competitors, the team's chefs placed a bulk order for eggs from a local store. The order was apparently lost in translation, however, and they received a bumper batch -- some 13,500 more than expected.

"There was literally no end to the delivery," chef Stale Johansen told Aftenposten. "Absolutely unbelievable."