Weird stories making headlines: Dobby’s grave, 500-kg cake and a gravity hoax

Dobby the house elf may be fictional but apparently no one can mess with his graveDevelopers of the pound430million Greenlink electricity interconnector between Ireland and Britain reportedly changed the cablersquos route after Harry Potter fans flooded their mailbox with complaints The reason The planned underground cable would have passed through Dobbyrsquos unofficial memorial at Freshwater West in Pembrokeshire Wales the beach where his death scene was filmed for the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsSimon Ludlam former project director and founder of Etchea Energy revealed the bizarre saga on The Energy Revolution podcast this week After a television interview showed the proposed route the team received ldquohundreds of callsrdquo from enraged fansLudlam initially wondered ldquoDobby whorsquos Dobbyrdquo before discovering the gravity of the situationThe team rerouted the cable avoiding Dobbyrsquos grave while coming close to genuine Bronze Age remains The 190km 500MW cable became operational in February 2025 Britain got its electricity and Dobby got his ldquorest in peacerdquoThe cake that became architectureA 500kg wedding cake looks like a monumentForget ldquosomething sweetrdquo This wedding cake came with the weight of a small car PICODDITYCENTRALCatalan pastry chef Marc Suaacuterez has unveiled an astonishing 500kg wedding cake erected 35 metres tall and 18 metres wide Commissioned by a Saudi couple for their royal wedding the cake was unveiled at Parisrsquos Opera GarnierSuaacuterez spent around six weeks on conception and another four months bringing it to life The project took roughly 1800 hoursGravity takes a day offSir Isaac Newton is laughingrdquo became the Internetrsquos verdict after a bizarre conspiracy theory flopped on Tuesday Viral posts claimed NASArsquos secret ldquoProject Anchorrdquo would switch off Earthrsquos gravity for seven seconds at 1433 UTC supposedly backed by an 89billion budget NASA denied the claim explaining that gravity depends on Earthrsquos mass and cannot be controlled with switchesJurassic limpA 150millionyearold dinosaur may have had a limp or a quirky walk At Coloradorsquos West Gold Hill tracksite Dr Anthony Romilio studied 130plus sauropod footprints across a 955metre looping trail Using drones and a millimetreaccurate 3D model they found changing stride widths and a 10centimetre difference between left and right steps The loop offers a rare glimpse into how Jurassic dinosaurs moved and limpedThe Rs 2300crore cart that she never checked outA 32yearold Osaka restaurant worker Mayu Yoshida was arrested after allegedly placing more than 2000 fake orders worth 257 crore on Shueisharsquos online manga store between 2024 and 2025Kissa kiss kaPICODDITYCENTRALA wealthy Chinese woman allegedly bankrolled a 50episode short drama so she could star opposite 23yearold actor Zhong Yufei and write more than 60 kissing scenes with him The series was later rejected by the streaming platform for being too explicitMiniMozart heistPICODDITYCENTRALMozartrsquos 270th birthday tribute in Salzburg has hit a noticeably unmusical note 210 of 320 tiny Mozart statues have vanished Unveiled on July 15 by German artiste Ottmar Houmlrl the 50cm gold figures showed Mozart with his beloved dog Pimperl Within two weeks thieves cleared out most of the euro100 statues from Houmlrlrsquos former home and gardensECLIPSE your limitsPICNASAEurope watched in awe as a total solar eclipse briefly turned a day into darkness on August 12 while scientists studied the Sunrsquos fiery coronaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever