Nobel Laureate Smuggles Memoir Out of Iranian Prison, UK Exam Board's Gender-Neutral Pronoun Row, Monkey That Ghosts Scientists, Dog Obsessed with Cabinet & ISIS Material Arrests in Melbourne

Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi — arrested fourteen times for her activism — has smuggled her memoir out of an Iranian prison, documenting beatings, solitary confinement, and neglect in firsthand detail. UK exam board Pearson Edexcel announces that students can use gender-neutral pronouns in GCSE language exams — critics call it absurd, pointing out the pronouns aren't recognised in many of the languages being tested. Scientists studying Gee's golden langur in the forests of India and Bhutan say the rare monkey actively hides and retreats whenever humans approach — leaving researchers with years of effort and little more than blurry photos. A dog owner posts online that their pet has developed a fixation with staring into an ordinary kitchen cabinet for long stretches — no food inside, nothing visible, and the internet cannot agree on whether it's mice, a smell, or something stranger. And in Melbourne, four people are arrested after authorities link them to the sharing of violent ISIS material — the operation follows the return of several ISIS brides from Syria.Note: Stories #2 and #3 lack verifiable news sources or named individuals — recommend replacing both before publishing.The Daily Strange — where truth is always weirder than fiction.