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It may not be immediately obvious to everyone, but one family are convinced they can see the face of Jesus on the lid of a jar of Marmite.

Claire Allen, 36, said she was the first to notice the image on the underside of the lid as she was putting the yeast spread on her son’s toast.

Her husband Gareth, 37, said he could not believe his eyes when he saw it.

Mr Allen, of Ystrad, Rhondda, said: “The kids are still eating it, but we kept the lid.”

He explained: “Claire saw it first and called her dad to come and take a photo of it.

“When I first looked at it I wasn’t sure, but when I moved it away from me it started coming out. I thought yeah, she’s right – that’s the image of Jesus.

~ BBC News

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A US teenager who was thwarted in an attempt to rob an internet cafe armed with a hidden banana ate the “weapon” before he was arrested, police say.

John Szwalla entered the shop with a banana concealed under his T-shirt and demanded money, saying he had a gun.

The shop’s owner and customers overcame the hapless thief and called for help, but they said the teenager ate his “weapon” before the police arrived.

Officers joked they may charge the 17-year-old with destroying evidence.

Bobby Ray Mabe, the owner of 109 Biz Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said police officials took pictures of the banana skin instead.

“If he had had a gun he would’ve shot me,” Mr Mabe told the Winston-Salem Journal newspaper. “But he had a banana.”

~ BBC News

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Researchers at the University of Warwick have created the world’s first Formula 3 racing car to be designed and made from sustainable and renewable materials.

The BBC’s Claire Marshall has been looking at the car which is powered by chocolate, steered by carrots and has a bodywork made from potatoes.

~ BBC News

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