All about Hitler's return, robot-made Rembrandt, Frenchman home with 400 reptiles

In Peru, Hitler runs for mayor despite the threat from Lenin

In Peru, Hitler hopes to return to power in a small town in the Andes, despite a threat from a detractor named Lenin. Campaign slogans reading "Hitler returns" and "Hitler with the people" have appeared around the highland town of Yungar, where local politician Hitler Alba is seeking a new term as mayor.

The artist as an algorithm: robot-made Rembrandt for sale

Robots can do many of the jobs previously performed by humans, but could they ever replace artists? A team of French entrepreneurs who believe so has written a computer algorithm that can create original paintings with some resemblance to works by Old Masters such as Rembrandt.

Scaly, scary lodgers: Frenchman shares home with 400 reptiles

In an unassuming house on France's River Loire, a cobra lives on the coffee table, a 50 kg (110-pound) tortoise roams the garden and a two-meter (seven-foot) alligator sleeps in the owner's bed while another keeps watching at the door. Over two decades, 67-year-old reptile enthusiast Philippe Gillet has amassed a collection of more than 400 phobia-inducing animals, including rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and lizards in his home in western France near the city of Nantes.

(With inputs from Reuters)