And Finally... Beer from Hindenburg airship sells for £11k
A bottle of beer, recovered from the wreck of the Hindenburg airship, has sold for a record £11,000.
The Lowenbrau was found by fire boss Leroy Smith after the German craft burst into flames in New Jersey in 1937.
The bottle, heat-damaged but still sealed, was sold with an account of its recovery signed by Mr Smith.
Fierce international phone bidding pushed up the price at Henry Aldridge auctioneers in Devizes, Wilts.
Six bottles were found, four went missing and one is at the Lowenbrau brewery.
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