You can now get paid to drink champagne and eat cake
And other stories from the stranger side of life

Would you like to be paid to drink champagne and eat cake? Your wish has been granted. The online exhibition platform ExpoCart.com is hiring a member of the public as a “wedding fair tester”, to review sales events in England, Wales and Scotland. The lucky candidate will be paid £50 an hour as well as travel expenses.
Nevada brothel offers to record visits
A brothel in Nevada is offering punters video souvenirs of their visits. The house of sin includes a dedicated sex tape room where visitors can record everything that goes on from multiple angles, using voice commands to Amazon’s Alexa. They are then presented with a video of their experience.
Sports stars help break plane-pulling record
British Airways workers teamed up with sports celebrities to pull a 200-ton plane a distance of 328 feet for a Guinness World Record. Fitness coach Joe Wick, broadcasters Gabby Logan and Gary Lineker, and Paralympic wheelchair tennis silver medalist Alfie Hewett were among those taking part.
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