(COPENHAGEN, Denmark) — A ferry with some 300 people on board was stranded in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday after the ship’s engine failed and sent smoke pouring from the engine room, the Danish operator said.

The Regina Seaways was in international waters off Kalingrad, Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave between Poland and Lithuania, when the breakdown occurred, Copenhagen-based DFDS Seaways said, adding that the smoke triggered the ship’s fire extinguisher system in the engine room.

Passengers assembled at muster stations in preparation for a possible evacuation, but the situation was under control and an evacuation wasn’t immediately necessary, DFDS spokesman Gert Jakobsen told The Associated Press. There were no reports of injuries.

“We are talking about a malfunction in the engine room that caused a lot of smoke,” Jakobsen said. “Right now we are inspecting the engine room to find out whether the ship can sail on its own or needs to be tugged.”

The ferry, which also had cars and trucks o..

So a horse walked into a bar, but before the bartender could ask, “Why the long face?” the horse charged through the space, bucking her legs, and knocking around tables. It sounds like a joke, but the entire event was caught on the bar’s surveillance camera, so the world could witness the lengths a horse would go just to get a drink.

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Cue up the Cheers theme song: Guess the little horse just wanted to take a break from all her worries.

The horse ran into the bar at what looks like a full gallop, startling the customers and the bartender, sending chairs scattering, bumping into tables, and s..