Curious, Greek and Funny

"A Greek man is suing a Swedish dairy firm for £4.5 million after his photograph ended up on yoghurt tubs marketed as a "Turkish" brand." 


(Can't blame him!)

"The man, who is furious at being portrayed as a Turkish, the traditional national enemy of Greece, has accused Lindahls dairy of using his image without permission.

He found out about his picture on the Turkish-style yoghurt tubs after Athanasios Varzakanos, a friend living in Stockholm, recognised him. (...) In his legal writ the man, who has not been named by the courts, has argued that he is not Turkish, he is Greek, and lives in Greece, and the use of his picture is misleading both for those who know him and for buyers of the yoghurt.

The dairy has expressed surprise at the legal action and has insisted that the image was legitimately bought from a picture agency.

Last June, an American couple was shocked to discover that their family's Christmas card photo, which had been posted on a social networking internet site, was being used without their permission to advertise a supermarket's delivery service in Prague." 

The first animals that do not depend on oxygen to breathe and reproduce have been discovered by scientists on the bed of the Mediterranean Sea.

"Three species of creature, which are only a millimetre long and resemble jellyfish encased in shells, were found 2.2 miles (3.5km) underwater on the ocean floor, 124 miles (200km) off the coast of Crete, in an area with almost no oxygen.

The animals, named Loriciferans due to their protective layer, or lorica, were discovered by a team led by Roberto Danovaro from Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona, Italy. (...)

The professor said: "It is a real mystery how these creatures are able to live without oxygen because until now we thought only bacteria could do this."

(Both stories from The Telegraph, here and here)