Quick action: The company that hired Christopher Strickland as a store security guard in Anchorage, Alaska (US) can be proud of the man’s quick thinking skills. Strickland was Johnny-on-the-spot when a father, who was shopping in the store, didn’t realize that his infant daughter was not strapped into the baby seat in his grocery cart. As the baby wiggled around, then fell out of the seat, Strickland ran to the rescue, catching the child in his arms just as she was about to hit the floor. Needless to say, the father was duly grateful. The incident was caught on the store’s video camera and was posted online.

Jarring idea: There is a restaurant in Kiev, Ukraine, where customers are served everything, from salads to ice cream in jar containers. Aptly named The Jar Bar, this café is stocked with a large assortment of jars, so the perfect-sized jar is available for every menu item. If a customer wants to order out or take leftovers home, no problem! Servers simply bring the lid. Not only are jars used as serving vessels, they are also used in the décor. For example, light shades are jars and the wallpaper sports a jar theme. The Jar Bar is the brainchild of Maksym Khramov and Anton Biletsky, who hope to franchise the idea.

Saving the porpoise: There is a freshwater mammal in China that is very rare. Called the Yangtze finless porpoise, this mammal lives in the Yangtze River basin, including Poyang Lake, which is a freshwater lake. That lake was dammed, so it is not nearly as large as it used to be and the population of these porpoises has plummeted to approximately 1,000. To encourage people to take action to save these mammals, the fisheries organization in the region decided to pay cash to people who call for help if they find one or help save an injured one.

Lost in the yard: Australians must have quite large backyards, that is, if this story is to be a gauge. It seems that a man who lives on a rural property on the outskirts of the city of Darwin got lost in his yard and had to call emergency to send someone to find him. To his credit, the man’s yard isn’t just a little garden, it’s about 20 acres of land and contains long grasses and scrub brush. How did it happen? Well, the fellow’s dog started barking and he thought it was because a dingo was nearby. While looking for the dingo, he realized he was lost. Luckily, he had his phone with him to call for help.