Reuters: Oddly Enough

• Lengthy pizza delivers funds for embattled Australian firefighters
  An Italian restaurant in Australia has made a 103 meter (338 foot) Margherita pizza to raise funds for firefighters battling bushfires.
• Ultra trail runner Jornet beats base jumper in odd contest
  Ultra trail runner Kilian Jornet beat base jumper Tom Erik Heimen in an unusual contest -- one ran up and down a mountain while the other climbed up and flew down in a race last year, footage of which was released on Tuesday.
• Doctor TikTok-ed off with injured All Blacks loose forward Savea
  Injured All Blacks loose forward Ardie Savea has been ordered to curb his use of the social media platform TikTok as he recovers from knee surgery.
• Drink like a Mexican kingpin: 'El Chapo' beer launched by daughter
  Have a cold one, have an "El Chapo" beer. That's the message of Alejandrina Guzman, whose company has developed a craft beer dedicated to her infamous, incarcerated kingpin father Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
• Moonstruck: Japanese billionaire's girlfriend entrants top 20,000
  Applications to become Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's girlfriend have topped 20,000, streaming service AbemaTV said on Thursday, ahead of its documentary on his search for a "life partner" to take on his moon voyage.
• Brain freeze: Russian firm offers path to immortality for a fee
  When Alexei Voronenkov's 70-year-old mother passed away, he paid to have her brain frozen and stored in the hope breakthroughs in science will one day be able to bring her back to life.
• Spotify launches playlists for dogs left home alone
  Spotify has made playlists and a podcast for dogs to listen to in their owners' absence, after finding that nearly 74% of UK pet-owners play music for their animals.
• Yamaha warns musicians not to climb in instrument cases after Ghosn escape
  Yamaha Corporation, has warned people not to try and squeeze inside musical instrument cases after reports former Nissan Motor boss Carlos Ghosn fled Japan concealed inside in one.
• UK's Johnson: I need to lose weight but becoming vegan would cheese me off
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wants to lose weight in 2020, but will not do "Veganuary" - the popular practice of becoming vegan in January - as it would take too much concentration and mean giving up cheese.
• After Britain appeals for weirdos, spoon bender Uri Geller applies
  Spoon-bending celebrity psychic Uri Geller, 73, has applied for a job in the British government in response to an advert for "misfits" and "weirdos", saying no other candidate would possess his powers.