Reuters Odd News Summary
Following is a summary of current odd news briefs.
Boxing-Bob or weave? Boxer gets mid-match trim after braids come loose
Austin DeAnda's victory over DeAundre Pettus in Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday night created some buzz after the American boxer had to have an emergency haircut when his braids came undone in the third round of the bout. Middleweight DeAnda, fighting at Scope Arena on the undercard for Keyshawn Davis' win over Gustavo Daniel Lemos, made the decision to cut his locks after having his vision obscured by the loose hair.
China clamps down on quest for soup dumplings by 'Night Riding Army'
Police in central China imposed traffic curbs at the weekend to halt a viral craze in which thousands of university students borrowed share bikes to ride overnight to the city of Kaifeng in search of breakfast. The "Night Riding Army," as some participants described it, clogged a highway on Friday, pictures posted on social media showed, a surge in turnout for a rolling flash mob that had been gathering riders for months.
