The Sandy Hook Rises

Conspiracy theorists have latched on to another strange coincidence involving the Newtown shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School: the words “Sandy Hook” appear in the film The Dark Knight Rises, which itself is connected to a horrific shooting rampage. Apparently “Sandy Hook” shows up almost two hours into the film, and several different videos have been uploaded to the internet that isolates the scene in question. According to many of the conspiracy theories, the purpose of the Sandy Hook reference was to generate subliminal messaging by the scene in Christopher Nolan’s final Batman movie. However, it's probably all just a coincidence. But that's about it for the coincidences today because New Zealanders are already unloading their unwanted Christmas presents on Trade Me, in hopes of profiting from gifts gone awry. The Boxing Day ritual of re-gifting unwanted presents is well underway, with more than 20,000 items listed on the auction site since lunchtime on Christmas Day. Among the listings are hundreds of pieces of jewellery and clothing, a range of kids toys, perfume, photo frames, and electronic items like new cellphones, Xboxes, TVs, and cameras. One Trade Me user has listed an unwanted gift of four bottles of barbecue sauce, while one user was clearly unimpressed by All Black Sonny Bill Williams' abs - listing a copy of his biography for just NZ$1. So if you're from New Zealand, and have the money for whatever you may want from the flood of unwanted pressies, click here to join the fun.