Mysterious News Briefly — December 17, 2020 Watch out, Florida pythons – Truman, a python-sniffing black Labrador retriever trained to track down the estimated 300,000 invasive species in the state, caught his first snake, an 8-foot python in Miami-Dade County. After hearing how many are left, Truman demanded a bigger treat. A study by researchers at the University of Sussex found that sniffing lemons can actually help people feel thinner, while scent of vanilla can make you feel thicker and heavier. Whichever scent you sniff, the cookie it’s in is guaranteed to make you fatter. Space Perspective announced that its “high-performance balloon and pressured capsule” called Spaceship Neptune will be ready for testing in 2021 and for taking eight passengers into the stratosphere in 2024. Each trip will cost around $125,000 per ticket – more if you want the balloon to say “Happy Birthday!”