Weekly Rewind: November 24
Black Friday survival tips, spittoon-made spirits, hip-hop dogwalkers, giant asteroids & womanspreading make up this week's selections of unusual stories from the web.
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5. Fancy a nice 2017 vintage of previously spat-out wine?
If you're a traditional wine connoisseur then you might want to look away now. If you like a tipple and don't believe in waste, well, this could be the drink of choice for you. The Guardian has reported that a Tasmanian distiller has created a drink from previously tasted and discarded wine. After noticing the large amount of leftover plonk at the end of a wine festival, Peter Bignell, who runs the only distillery in Australia to run entirely on biodiesel, thought it was something of a waste and that the obvious solution was to drink that wine again. So, after 12 months at Poor Tom’s gin distillery in Marrickville, the spit bucket wine has been transformed into an 80-proof clear spirit that tastes something like an unaged brandy. It is, reports The Guardian, apparently quite nice.
4. Can you survive Black Friday?
Depending on where you are in the world, maybe you've already braved the coarse consumer elements of this most inhospitable of shopper days. Things may be cheaper, but is it really worth your safety, your sanilty and, quite possibly, your soul to get that 47-inch, flat screen, ultra 4K, smart TV? Yeah, course it is! But, play it safe people, and maximise your shopping success rate by adhereing to the BBC's Black Friday and Cyber Monday Top Tips.
3. Wu-Tang Clan barking mad over alleged copyright infringement
We love us a pun or two here at shots, but the same can't be said for Wu-Tang Clan producer and rapper RZA, who, according to a report in The Guardian, has just launched legal proceedings for breach of copyright. The culprits? A Brooklyn-based dog-walking service called the Woof-Tang Clan. They might be walking “the illest group of dogs in New York City”, but by taking on the hardcore hip-hop group we reckon they've bitten off more than they can chew...
2. Payback time: Women embrace Manspreading 
You might be familiar with the practice of 'manspreading' - where men on public transport sit with their legs wide apart (presumably to avoid squashing their brains), thereby taking up more than their allocated seat. Now the tables are turning thanks to a female version of the phenomenon, reports the Evening Standard. Designed to empower women and allow them to claim their space, #womanspreading is gaining momentum on social media, with everyone from commuters to Hollywood A-listers eschewing the ladylike crossed-leg pose for something more comfortable.
1. Narrow miss on meteoric Christmas collision 
The Daily Mail has reported that astrological destruction before Christmas will be avoided after news that a giant asteroid will brush past Earth on December 17; passing it 6.4 million miles away. The asteroid has been named Phaethon, after the Greek sun god, because it passes so close to the sun. Presumed to be half the size of the rock that killed the dinosaurs, we shouldn’t feel too relaxed about the encounter either, as asteroids can change course, so count your lucky stars and pray they don’t align.
