Here are the stories that didn't quite make the news today:

• This gaping chasm in the middle of a road in China is more a sinkhole than a pothole — but its title doesn't matter. What matters is the six-foot-deep well swallowed up a minibus. Yikes. (The Daily Mail)
  
  
• Tired of craning your neck to check that blind spot in your car's rearview mirror? So is Dr. R. Andrew Hicks, which is why he created this low-distortion wide-angle mirror that quadruples your rearward field of vision. (Jalopnik)
  
  
• This transport truck driver is genius for thinking to park these new compact cars sideways on his flatbed to save space, and super-skillful for pulling off the precision parking necessary to get them in position. (YouTube)