Strange News

• Elon Musk's brain implant firm teaches monkey to play Pong with its mind

  Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink has released a video showing how it has taught a monkey - Pager, a nine-year-old macaque - to play the video game Pong with its mind.

• Sri Lanka beauty queen's crown snatched from head over divorce claims

  A beauty pageant winner in Sri Lanka was told she had been disqualified and had her crown taken from her head on stage because she was believed to be divorced.

• Yahoo Answers is shutting down - here are 10 of the best questions ever asked

  Yahoo Answers is going to be shut down after more than 15 years of providing the web with hilarious content.

• 'What would Jesus do?': Easter-inspired diner owner offers job to burglar who broke in

  A failed burglar has been offered a job by one of his victims in a bid to embody the Easter spirit of rebirth and renewal.

• Mummies on the move: Egypt holds grand parade to transfer antiquities to new museum

  Egypt has held a special parade including a full orchestra and a light show as it transferred 22 ancient royal mummies to a new museum in Cairo.

• VW 'sorry' for early April Fool's Day Voltswagen PR stunt

  Volkswagen has apologised for "any confusion" as it admitted that an electric car PR stunt on Tuesday 30 March was an attempt at an April Fool's joke.

• 'You wouldn't want it as your Easter treat': Chocolate given to troops by Queen Victoria is found in an attic

  A 121-year-old chocolate bar with royal connections has been found in the attic of a National Trust property.

• 90,000 greasy pennies dumped on man's drive as final payment after quitting his job

  A Georgia man has accused his former employer of a "childish" move - after he received his final payment of $915 (£666) in pennies.

• Human guinea pigs in timeless cave lockdown

  A research expedition is under way which will see a small group of volunteers spend six weeks underground with no way of telling the time to study the impact on humans.

• 'Worst mice plague in decades' hits New South Wales as hospital patients bitten

  An Australian state has been hit by its worst mice plague "in decades" after a bumper grain harvest.