Thousands of mystery balls that washed up on Sydney beaches last month were gunk globules made of products such as motor oil, hair, food waste, animal matter and wastewater bacteria – but their source is yet to be traced.

A statement from the NSW Environment Protection Authority on Wednesday confirmed the balls comprised fatty acids, petroleum hydrocarbons and other organic and inorganic materials – and were not tar balls as previously theorised.

Burrowing badgers cause £100,000 damage road (www.bbc.com)

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Colorado Accidentally Posts Voting System Passwords Online (www.pcmag.com)

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Boeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispensers (www.popsci.com)

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Universe would die before monkey with keyboard writes Shakespeare, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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The tootsie pop question remains unanswered

Outrage over casinos prosecuting gamblers who use small abandoned slot credits (moneywise.com)

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Cop 'attacked' by giant inflatable runaway Halloween pumpkin in middle of the street (abcnews.go.com)

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Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (www.cnn.com)

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That seems a little excessive.

Police recover more than 40,000 stolen Bluey coins (www.bbc.com)

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Imagine trying to off load 40K in one dollar bluey coins 🤣

Women pictured in Wisconsin strip club’s ads fight for payment after winning lawsuit (www.startribune.com)

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A Lot of Cheddar: London Thieves Make Off With $400,000 in Artisanal Cheese (www.mentalfloss.com)

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Not gouda, totally unbrielievable.

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Chinese scientists revive brain that had been dead for 50 minutes (www.marca.com)

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Immediately runs for political office...

Woman Who Sued Company for Not Giving Her a Farewell Card Finds Out They Did Buy a Card But Almost No One Signed It (www.latintimes.com)

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Big oof

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Jimmy John's introduces the 'Picklewich': How to get one (www.usatoday.com)

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Woman ‘tossed’ into landfill after builder refuses to pay $12k for botched bathroom (www.independent.co.uk)

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