Published 15:21 IST, January 16th 2021
Kashmir man's delivery on horse to Simpsons' prediction, see top news that amazed netizens
Several events in the past week amazed netizens. From Kashmir man's delivery on a horse to Simpsons' prediction of the Capitol Hill siege, many events made news
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Several quirky and fun pieces of news made headlines last week. Some of the most amazing of them were an Amazon delivery man in Kashmir rode a horse to deliver the parcel to the Simpsons' Capitol Hill prediction. While some other fun news included Elon Musk allegedly asking people to use the Signal app instead of WhatsApp amid their updated privacy policy controversy to a video of a dog scaring away a lion amazed netizens as well. Read ahead to know the details of the top viral news of the week.
Top viral news of the week
Kashmir man's delivery on a horse
In a video that surfaced on the internet, Amazon delivery man was seen delivering the parcel on a horseback. In the one minute-11 second long video, the delivery man can be seen getting off the horse when he reaches the house he is supposed to deliver the parcel to. He is also seen riding the horse expertly through the snow-clad region. To this, Amazon also replied to the user who uploaded the video a quirky yet reassuring way.
Amazon delivery innovation 🐎#Srinagar #Kashmir #snow pic.twitter.com/oeGIBajeQN
— Umar Ganie (@UmarGanie1) January 12, 2021
Product safety - ✔️
— Amazon Help (@AmazonHelp) January 12, 2021
Delivery associate - ✔️
But snowfall ❓
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Delivery still happens as promised. How? 🐎 #DeliveringSmiles ^GS
Simpsons' Capitol Hill prediction
After Trump supporters stormed the Capitol Hill and protested against the election of Joe Biden, netizens were quick to announce that The Simpsons' had predicted this event as well. Several of them took to Twitter to draw comparisons between the stills of the show to the actual rioting. See the video below.
Another predictive programming by the Simpsons! We live a in Truman show 😅
— Dj ListenDaT ❤️ (@djlistendat) January 7, 2021
You decide 👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/qkQd8kAzQp
Elon Musk's 'Use Signal' tweet
Elon Musk's tweet which is alleged that he was asking people to use the Signal app instead of WhatsApp has taken social media by the storm. The tweet comes after WhatsApp's updated privacy policy which made people question how safe the widely-used social media application was. Several memes were made on the same as well.
Use Signal
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021
😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/4is0AFknzY
— Mohammad Alqadi (@ALQadiPAL) January 8, 2021
@elonmusk this poor company has just been launched from .60 a share to 3.60 + due to people thinking you meant Signal the Company $SIGL & not the social app. 😅 pic.twitter.com/3AxpomQVYV
— K10✨💛✨ (@Kristennetten) January 7, 2021
Dog scares away lion
Indian Forest Service official Parveen Kaswan uploaded a video on Twitter wherein a dog and a lion can be seen at loggerheads. In the one minute 34 seconds long video, the dog and the lion appear to be fighting for dominance. But really amazed people was the bravery of the dog who scared the lion away. He was continually barking to scare the lion.
Need this much confidence in life. Dog vs Lion. It also highlights issue of stray dogs & wildlife interaction. @zubinashara pic.twitter.com/lNu7X4ALm5
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) January 10, 2021
Telegram trolls WhatsApp
Telegram did not let an opportunity go to troll WhatsApp over its updated privacy policy. According to its new policy, users have to share their private data with its parent company Facebook. Telegram used Twitter to use the Ghanaian dancing pallbearers to troll WhatsApp. Several netizens also hopped on the bandwagon and made memes of their own about WhatsApp's privacy policy.
— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) January 10, 2021
— Shandu kaNdaba (@IamThobani) January 10, 2021
Hehehe.... pic.twitter.com/jTUsoPuUxe
— I Burn For You (@Yolada_) January 10, 2021
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15:21 IST, January 16th 2021