Baby’s (every)day out!

03 September,2023 08:50 AM IST |  United Kingdom  |  A Correspondent

The youngest world traveller is an 11-month-old from the UK who has already visited 23 countries

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At just 11 months old, Atlas Montgomery has seen more of the world than most will see in a lifetime - he's already visited 23 countries with his parents Becs Lewis, 29, and Will Montgomery, 31. The family of three, who live in the United Kingdom, has been travelling around Europe in a camper van since the tot was six weeks old, taking advantage of Lewis' maternity leave until early November. "It never occurred to me that you could travel with a baby. It seemed so unrealistic, but it is not that hard," Lewis said.

"It has been amazing - you can see every bit of his growth. It's great being able to travel with just the three of us," she added. So far, many of Atlas' milestones as a baby have been marked in each country: he learned to crawl while the family was in Switzerland, got his first tooth in Norway and began eating solid foods in France. They've also visited Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Czech, Denmark and Norway, among others.

The journey began in New Zealand and Singapore to visit her husband's side of the family. The couple then bought a Fiat Ducato van for almost $14,000 while making a trip home to the United Kingdom for Atlas to meet Lewis' parents, which has carried them on the rest of their travels. Lewis said that they have "plenty of space" in the motor home, as it includes a bathroom with a shower, ten storage cupboards for odds and ends, a sink and a toilet.

Life-changing sex

This ‘therapist' has sex with husbands to save their marriages

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Sex therapist and intimacy educator Olivia Bentley has a hands-on approach with her clients - by sleeping with them. "I've saved marriages," the Boise, Idaho, native said, calling her work "life-changing".


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The "veteran" sex worker, who has spent 15 years in the industry, claims that women have asked her to "demo sex acts" on their husbands, while some wives grant their eager hubbies a "hall pass" to pay Bentley a visit.

"Some ladies say, ‘I don't always want to be involved in this, but I want to know who you are, I want to approve of you and I'm going to let him come and see you,'" said the 46-year-old intimacy educator, who earns a whopping $5,00,000 per year (Rs 4.31 crore) for her services.

The OG Barbenheimer

Barbara "Barbie" Oppenheimer, 68, from Massachusetts, has experienced an exciting summer amid the double-feature of Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer that sparked a mashup obsession on the Internet. Most people can't believe her name is real and not a joke.

Forbidden cocktail


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Xuming Li, a former PhD student at the University of South Florida, mixed a cocktail of dangerous chemicals, loaded it up into syringes, and then injected it into the home of his upstairs neighbours through a crack in their front door, because he was annoyed by the noise they were making. He was arrested after a hidden camera caught the act.

Un-bear-able delay


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Passengers on an Iraqi Airlines flight were delayed after a bear managed to escape from the cargo hold. The animal was somehow able to get out of its crate just as the plane was about to depart from Dubai International Airport on Friday. It was headed to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, but travellers were asked to disembark while the bear was dealt with.

Say goodbye to hangovers

London-based GABA Labs is working on a type of synthetic alcohol called ‘Alcarelle', which reportedly provides the relaxing effects of alcohol without hangovers or any of the negative side-effects. "It feels like what a glass of wine feels like," GABA Labs founder Dr David Nutt said. "It makes you a bit more chatty, a bit more socially engaged."

Chickening out of eating chicken

The latest trend on social media, #chickenanxiety has had many home chefs admitting that they have a strong fear of undercooking poultry. Viral confessions, which have racked up nearly 23 million views, have people revealing moments when they chickened out of eating the staple meat because they were unsure if it was cooked properly.

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