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Buddha statue contains mummy of monk

By Sarah Beth Hensley

WASHINGTON — A mummy exhibit at a Budapest museum features a Buddha sculpture that contains a mummy inside. In an examination at Norway’s Meander Medical Center, scientists flipped the statue on its back and did a CT scan during which they found a 1,000-year-old mummy inside. The mummy is a Buddhist monk who lived around the year 1100, scan research shows, according to Drents Museum, the mummy’s former home. The mummy was on exhibit at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands until last September and is now on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Budapest. In May 2015, it will go to a different display in Luxembourg.

h/t: The Washington Post

A Starbucks barista received nearly $80,000 in tips after being singled out for refusing to serve a customer not wearing a mask

By CNN
A Starbucks barista who was publicly shamed by a customer after asking her to wear a face mask has received nearly $80,000 in virtual tips after a Facebook post that criticized him went viral. Lenin Gutierrez, 24, was working his usual shift at a San Diego Starbucks on a Monday morning when a woman -- who was not wearing a mask -- walked in and attempted to place an order, he told CNN.
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