A cut Musang King durian is shown by a vendor during the International Durian Cultural Tourism Festival in Bentong, Malaysia, on Nov. 25. (Sadiq Asyraf/AP)Add “cause for a university evacuation in Australia” to the long list of reasons that durian may be the world’s most maligned fruit. The smell of gas had been reported in a library on campus, the fire department said. Amid fears of a gas leak, Victoria Police evacuated about 500 students and teachers from the library. As for the rotting durian left behind in a Melbourne university library cupboard, fire officials said Environment Protection Authority Victoria would handle its disposal.

Source: Washington Post April 29, 2018 17:26 UTC