Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Rats found on Qantas plane SYDNEY, June 2 (UPI) -- Australian airline Qantas said a 767 jet was taken out of service for 36 hours after five baby rats were found in one of the craft's medical cupboards. Advertisement A Qantas spokeswoman said the rats were discovered during a safety and security check moments before passengers were due to board Tuesday for a flight from Sydney to Brisbane, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday. The spokeswoman said the rats were killed and the aircraft was taken out of service for 36 hours. Sky News reported the plane was inspected Wednesday by engineers who found the plane's wiring systems were undamaged. The spokeswoman said the airline is investigating the incident and the plane was scheduled to return to service Thursday. Math test had unsolvable problem CAMBRIDGE, England, June 2 (UPI) -- The makers of a standardized test given to British teenagers last week have apologized after a math question was found to be unanswerable. Advertisement Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations, which created the AS-level exam taken by nearly 6,800 students Thursday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said it is taking steps to ensure the grades of students are not affected by the error, the BBC reported Thursday. "We very much regret that there was a mistake ... and that our quality assurance procedures failed to identify this error," an OCR spokeswoman said. "Because we have been alerted to this so early, we are able to take this error into account when marking the paper. We will also take it into account when setting the grade boundaries. We have sent a letter to all schools and colleges explaining in more detail what we shall do." "We do apologize again that this has happened," the spokeswoman said. 'Balloon Boy' balloon up for auction SPRING HILL, Fla., June 2 (UPI) -- The parents of the Florida "Balloon Boy" said they are selling the infamous balloon to raise money for victims of the Japanese tsunami. Richard and Mayumi Heene of Spring Hill, who made headlines in October 2009 when they falsely claimed their son, Falcon Heene, had stowed away in the balloon when it was launched into the sky, said the balloon is being auctioned with a "purchase now" price of $1 million to raise money for relief in Japan, where Mayumi has family members, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Thursday. Advertisement Richard Heene said a California attorney is running the auction at balloonboyflyingsaucer.com and bids will be accepted through June 7. The 2009 hoax resulted in Richard pleading guilty to felony charges and serving a 28-day jail sentence. His wife was sentenced to community service for a charge of filing a false police report. Parents make Facebook page for fetus WHITEHOUSE, Texas, June 2 (UPI) -- A Texas couple said they announced the impending birth of their daughter by setting up a Facebook profile for the girl while she is still in the womb. Matt and Ellie Greene of Whitehouse said their daughter, who they have already named Marriah and is due June 9, already has 268 Facebook friends, ABC News reported Thursday. "We weren't sure how to tell all our friends the baby was coming," Matt Greene said. "We'd held off on telling people -- we wanted to make sure everything was fine with the pregnancy. We thought the quickest way to tell everyone would be to use Facebook." The profile is filled with tongue-in-cheek information, including Marriah's education being listed as studying "labor and delivery at Tummy University" and her interests being primarily "swimming."
