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Maine gun store counts a cow among its employees (www.upi.com)
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This is udderly adorbs

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Chess master aiming to play for 60 hours straight (www.upi.com)
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Two and a half day chess bender

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Two vultures found 'too drunk to fly' in Connecticut (www.upi.com)
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A woman called Swastika got an apology from Uber after it banned her because of her name (www.businessinsider.com)
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British farmers using Axe body spray to keep rams from fighting (www.upi.com)
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Fields now smell of grass and middle school aged boys.

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Unhoused Man Builds Entire House On The Side Of A Los Angeles Freeway (jalopnik.com)
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US man returns from Europe to $143,000 T-Mobile bill for using phone overseas (www.theguardian.com)
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On the bright side, T-Mobile to name next tower in their honor.

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NJ toll worker called out of work due to a ‘gut feeling.' Turns out, she was right (www.nbcnewyork.com)
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Death, scorned but once, shall inevitably return.

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'Villainous appearance' spurs researcher to name ant species after Harry Potter antagonist (www.abc.net.au)
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Rubber duck washes up on Scottish beach 18 years after it was released in Dublin (metro.co.uk)
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They are awfully fond of it.

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Man drinks at 120 bars in 24 hours to break world record (www.upi.com)
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Ok, so how many of us have broken this record but didn't want the world to know?

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A 9-year-old boy's dream of a pet octopus is a sensation as thousands follow Terrance's story online (apnews.com)
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Elephant escapes circus, wanders streets of Butte, America (www.montanarightnow.com)
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China: Internet amused by 'sanitary pad' building design (www.bbc.com)
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Proposed design for new train station leaked, plans to build during first period of 2024.

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Dorset police instructor removed female trainees’ earrings with bolt cutters, hearing told (www.theguardian.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/13733540

Dorset police instructor removed female trainees’ earrings with bolt cutters, hearing told

PC Martin Briggs’ alleged treatment on day of fitness test left one woman bleeding from her ears

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Mid5o

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Thousands of Ford Broncos recalled same day OJ Simpson dies (www.yahoo.com)
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Mexican news channel accidentally airs man's testicles instead of solar eclipse (www.nme.com)
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Easy mistake to make

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Employee Quietly Sneaks His Own Painting Onto the Walls of a German Museum (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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Harwich factory to make jet fuel out of faeces for Wizz Air in world first (www.bbc.com)
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San Francisco woman describes tow truck trying to nab her moving car (abc7.com)
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Carjacking on a different level

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Female Yu-Gi-Oh player quits tournament because opponents smelled bad (www.dexerto.com)
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Bakery asks customers to check cookies for lost diamond (www.upi.com)
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Free prize!

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Agreement reached on penalty for owner of escaped Indianapolis monkey; Unclear where monkey is now (www.wthr.com)
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IACS out for Momo

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Fare-dodging horse waits on the platform at train station (www.upi.com)
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Transport for NSW quipped the horse was "returned to his residence in a stable condition. No one involved in the incident is intending to take any further action as the individual was only horsing around."

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Two-story house floats through San Francisco Bay (www.upi.com)
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