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How two friends used ChatGPT to launch an AI startup worth $150,000

In just four days, using only ChatGPT and a modest US$185 (about BDT 20k) investment, Sal Aiello and Monica Powers transformed a side hustle into a highly profitable AI startup. Fast forward to last month, the duo successfully sold their venture for a whopping $150,000 (about BDT 16 million).

Offbeat / Cat stuck in taxi's grille travels 500 miles in Wales

A cat was found to have travelled over 500 miles while it was trapped in the grille of a taxi. The cat was discovered by a taxi driver named Tom Hutchins in Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

Goat getting on zebra’s back going to Bremen Town?

A markhor wild goat doeling at Izu Animal Kingdom in Higashiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan, is entertaining zoo visitors by jumping onto a zebra’s back, evoking similarities to the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Musicians of Bremen Town.”

Kuwait store shut down after sticking googly eyes on fish to make them look fresh

One seafood shop in Kuwait, tries to trick buyers who apply the check-eyes-first technique, passing off the fish they sell as fresh by sticking googly eyes on them.

Cyclist who gave Trump the finger is showered with money

More than $70,000 in donations pour into a crowdfunding site set up for the cyclist who is fired from her job for making a rude gesture to President Donald Trump's motorcade.

No bird-brain here: Ravens can plan ahead

Long admired for their intelligence, ravens are now known to be able to plan ahead, a skill previously thought to belong only to humans and great apes, says a study.

'I'm a little dazed,' French artist says after living in a rock

French artist Abraham Poincheval is freed from a block of stone in a Paris museum after spending seven days enclosed in it.

'Hot Felon' is back / The 'Hot Felon' just shared his first model photos

An American criminal, whose mugshot went viral on the web and won admiration around the world, reveals his first modelling headshot on Instagram, reports Mashable.

Couple pick 'wrong' Birmingham in holiday blunder

A couple books a dream holiday to Las Vegas, only to discover when they arrived at Birmingham Airport they have mistakenly booked to fly from Birmingham Alabama.

May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015

Run far or run fast? Astronauts tackle universal fitness quandary

As the NASA designs a fitness program for astronauts whose goal is to combat space's toll on the body, their discoveries could help keep us Earthlings in shape.

March 26, 2015
March 26, 2015

Heave, ho: Elephants rescue 18-wheeler stranded on Louisiana road

The truck's driver, also an elephant trainer, walks the elephants out of the cargo compartment and directs them to help prop up the vehicle.

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