More than 500 students and teachers were evacuated from a university in Melbourne, Australia, as a result of a smell initially suspected to be gas.
But it turned out the "gas" that students smelt at a Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology library was a rotting durian found in a cupboard.
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Durians are a prized fruit in South East Asia with a sweet and creamy flesh, but their smell can take some getting used to.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday May 01 2018, @04:09AM (1 child)
You're so right, so right. Fake News BBC is pathetic. As everyone knows. But their headline is much better. Another story ruined by terrible SoylentNews editors!
(Score: 1) by petecox on Tuesday May 01 2018, @05:08AM
But I guess that matters not to anyone who has never set foot in Victoria.