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A big splash occurred on Monday morning at the House Press Gallery in the U.S. Capitol. No, this wasn’t one of those unexpected guest appearances for celebrities to talk to reporters about some favorite cause. This splash came from an exploding urinal. More specifically, something suddenly broke in the piping of the third-floor urinal, and water began spewing from beneath the men’s room door. As the water flowed, it first surrounded the Associated Press’s working area, then spread toward both ends of the gallery, which was occupied by fewer than usual reporters and staffers, because the House is out of...

DONGYANG (Zhejiang) - Following breast milk banquets in the southern city of Changsha comes news that children's urine is being used to cook eggs in eastern China. The Chinese Business View reported that residents in Dongyang City of Zhejiang province believed eggs cooked in the urine of young boys were nourishing. It said people were queuing with washbasins in hand outside every primary school. Some even turned to the principals or teachers to help them collect the urine. A check by the Chinese-language newspaper at one primary school found washbasins were placed in the boys' toilets. A principal said some...