Octopus ‘predicts’ eight gold-medal haul for Japan at Rio Games

An octopus predicted Friday that Japan will win eight gold medals at the Rio Olympics. At an event in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, aimed at promoting locally caught octopuses, the cephalopod was placed in a tank with three plastic boxes labeled “7 or under,” “8” and “9 or more,” and it chose the middle one. Organizers […]

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