E: 31/10 (DAILY) Headline or Hoax – Win £10 (freebirthdatelottery.com)

wdywuk

18/10 guessing real

RoCoB

https://www.freebirthdatelottery.com/october-2025-headline-or-hoax/

RoCoB

Sundays: Flying hippos researchers found hippos become briefly airborne while running. True

https://www.bing.com/search?q=Flying+hippos+researchers+found+hippos+become+briefly+airbourn+while+running&form=CHRDEF&sp=-1&lq=0&pq=flying+hippos+researchers+found+hippos+become+briefly+airbourn+while+running&sc=0-76&qs=n&sk=&cvid=E5EA3B624ACB46E5A882953FE55AEF69

One-Eye

https://www.freebirthdatelottery.com/october-2025-headline-or-hoax/

Monday 20th October

A man filmed himself in front of a huge tornado funnel

answer from HERE = REAL

RoCoB

Tuesdays: A zoo asked the public to donate small pets as food for predators. ‘Real’

https://www.newsweek.com/aalborg-zoo-pets-donate-food-2108594

One-Eye

https://www.freebirthdatelottery.com/october-2025-headline-or-hoax/

Wednesday 22nd October

Scientists confirm cats can sense Wi-Fi signals

I can't find anything so my answer = HOAX

RoCoB

Thursday: UK council interduce fine for hanging laundry outdoors. ‘Real’

Midnighter

RoCoB said:

Thursday: UK council interduce fine for hanging laundry outdoors. ‘Real’

Amusingly it's just around the corner from me:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36389585

One-Eye

UK council introduce fine for hanging laundry outdoors

The only evidence I can find for this being true is an AI generated tiktok spoof of Keir Starmer on a particularly dubious site that has spread across the web. Several areas have bans on laundry on the balconies of flats that are for safety reasons, not for aesthetics. Some landlords have banned laundry on their properties for aesthetic reasons (mill owner Sir Titus Salt banned laundry outdoors for all the residents of Saltaire back in the 19th century), but it is not illegal and there is no £100 fine. This applies to the Westwood Park development in Beverley mentioned by @Midnighter - it is the private developer's rules, not the council's, and there is no £100 fine.

I would go for HOAX for this one.

One-Eye

https://www.freebirthdatelottery.com/october-2025-headline-or-hoax/

Friday 24th October

Scientists create chocolate that burns calories as you eat it

I'm a little bit on the fence with this as many studies have shown that dark chocolate consumption can increase metabolism and burn calories after consumption but scientists didn't create it. There are no "negative calorie" foods that burn more calories than the food provides at the time of consumption so I am again favouring  HOAX