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This Canadian is the new world champion of spreadsheets, and he has the belt to prove it (www.cbc.ca)
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Toronto's Michael Jarman wins 2024 Microsoft Excel World Championships in Las Vegas

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Pet crocodile dies after being tossed into Alaska snow during argument between brothers over anime, troopers say (www.wrdw.com)
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Miller High Life is making a cologne that it says smells like a dive bar (fortune.com)
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German island to end ritual of spanking women with cow horn (www.dw.com)
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Japanese convenience store launches chilled ‘drinkable mayo’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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Title changed from the original article title because it was kind of clickbait-y.

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Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years (www.livescience.com)
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Thought I'd crosspost this here

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Elusive deer spotted wearing high-vis jacket in Canada: ‘Who is responsible?’ (www.theguardian.com)
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Sightings of deer wearing high-vis jacket raise questions, quips and concerns in B.C. village (www.cbc.ca)
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My favourite part is the quote from the Conservation Officer:

He said people should not approach wild deer — nor put clothes on them.

"I didn't think I'd have to specify that one," he said. "Usually they're pretty quick."

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Stanford expert on 'lying and technology' accused of lying about technology (www.sfgate.com)
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Chemists have created the world's thinnest spaghetti (www.engadget.com)
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Police find 2 kilogram garden gnome made entirely of MDMA (nltimes.nl)
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Duct-taped banana sells for more than $6 million at auction (www.nbcnews.com)
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Billionaire internet company boss turns up to real-life 1v1 against CoD player angry about lag (www.dexerto.com)
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Smuggler caught with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes strapped to body at airport (www.news4sanantonio.com)
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Bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume, insurers say (apnews.com)
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Four people arrested for staging fake bear attacks with bear costume in Lake Arrowhead (www.nbclosangeles.com)
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43 lab monkeys escaped in South Carolina. They have a legal claim to freedom. (www.vox.com)
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Costco forced to recall 80,000 lbs of butter – because the label fails to mention it contains milk (www.independent.co.uk)
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Tennessee woman randomly attacked by monkey as she was feeding her cats (www.independent.co.uk)
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Naked British Tourist Falls From Balcony In Thailand Covered In Poo (insidenewshub.com)
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Europe's most important rocket test almost foiled by a slice of cheese (interestingengineering.com)
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/18774034

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New York state officials seize Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut from owner (www.nbcnews.com)
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World’s fattest cat Crumbs dies weighing 38 pounds weeks after his stint at fat camp (www.independent.co.uk)
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Smuggler packs 200 pounds of meth into PC cases, gets busted — Australian Border Force foil drug smuggling plot (www.tomshardware.com)
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Relief mixed with sadness as New Zealand bids farewell to ‘hated’ giant hand sculpture (www.theguardian.com)
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