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<p>From Insta-perfect Nigerian lavatories to the world&#x27;s most irresistible stamp. Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:880px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1760143410022m-1125034-1_600Wx600H-JPG.webp" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner"><em>La Poste</em></span></span></span></div><div><strong>Real stamp of approval </strong></div><p>No such worries about what has to be the world&#x27;s most lickable stamp. The French post office has come up with a croissant-scented one to celebrate the country&#x27;s favourite breakfast treat.</p><p>The air of a post office in Valence was filled with the smell of buttery, flaky crust pastry as collectors queued up to buy them. Director Anthony Richet told AFP he was &quot;quite proud&quot; of the stamps, which fittingly sell for around the same price as a croissant.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Loo never look so good</strong></div><p>Lagos may be the only place on the planet where women want to look their best going into a nightclub toilet rather than coming out of one.</p><p>For the ladies&#x27; rooms of many of the Nigerian megacity&#x27;s throbbing nightspots double as glammed up selfie studios.</p><p>So glamorous in fact that at the Zaza lounge, pressing a button on the bathroom wall summons a complimentary glass of champagne that pops through a small window.</p><p>It&#x27;s all part of the mutually beneficial effort to get the most beautiful smiles possible in front of the bathroom&#x27;s many mirrors, assistant manager Johnny Franjeh told AFP.</p><p>&quot;The decor plays a huge role&quot; in pleasing their clientele and getting social media clicks, he said, with some clubs going in for chandeliers and lots of faux marble and gold.</p><p>The trend has sparked a restroom decoration arms race, with the Rococo cabaret claiming it invented the idea.</p><p>Two weeks before opening, staff posted a photo from its bathroom.</p><p>&quot;Maybe two hours later we got like 200 requests for booking,&quot; CEO Ghada Ghaith said, with those making reservations mistaking the restroom for its restaurant.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Greek tragedy</strong></div><p>Sunday was a very dark day indeed for the Greek footballing dynasty, the Petrakis family.</p><p>Giorgos Petrakis, 37, was sacked as coach of former Greek champions Larissa after they suffered a shock 5-2 home defeat to local rivals Volos.</p><p>Hours later his father Giannis, 66, got the boot from Panetolikos after his team lost six-nil to Levadiakos.</p><p>The drubbing was the worst in the club&#x27;s history, taking the family&#x27;s toll of leaked goals to 11 for the weekend.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Explosive recipe</strong></div><p>French onions nearly made Dutch eyes water when authorities discovered two hand grenades hidden among a load of the root vegetables.</p><p>The onions were en route to a factory in the northern Dutch province of Zeeland, where they risked becoming a rather explosive ingredient.</p><p>&quot;The projectiles were identified to be consistent with pre-1925 French and German manufactured chemical weapons,&quot; the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) concluded after peeling back the layers of the case.</p><p>How the grenades got in with the onions remains a mystery.</p>

<p>From Insta-perfect Nigerian lavatories to the world's most irresistible stamp. Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.</p>

From Insta-perfect Nigerian lavatories to the world's most irresistible stamp. Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.

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Published October 11, 2025 08:46 AM PHT

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