Eco-warrior Greta Thunberg ‘is a time-traveller’

Greta Thunberg is a time-traveller. That is the latest allegation to be thrown at the environmental campaigner after a tweeter found a photograph of a similar looking girl, taken 121 years ago. “I'm not one for conspiracy theories but she is 100 per cent a time traveller,” remarked one commenter.

Wanted man found sleeping in Ikea

Swedish police say staff at an Ikea store found a wanted man sleeping in the bed department. The man remained in the outlet after closing and curled up in a bed. He was arrested for trespassing, and officers then discovered that he was being sought for a separate unspecified offence.

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New video shows Tupac ‘is alive’

Tupac is alive and has been filmed chatting on his phone, according to conspiracy theorists. Many have never accepted that the US rapper, who was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, is dead. The footage has been uploaded to YouTube, captioned: “A video Of Tupac alive in 2019, age 48”.

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