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Extra, Extra: The French Don't Want Your Stinking Hashtag
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 25, 2013
Modified Jan 25, 2013
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Published Jan 25, 2013
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- Listen to the synthy, falsetto new Strokes single "One Way Trigger."
- Shocking news: cat ladies are more likely to commit suicide, according to Science.
- France has rejected the word "hashtag" in favor of mot-dièses.
- Sarah Palin and Fox News have broken up, RIP soulmates.
- When you want to read about gun control, don't you think of Stephen King?
- The top 10 most absurd quotes from a story about rich NYers whose homes are "too big."
- The NY Times has a feature on 72-year-old subway singer Geechee Dan.
- Whose leg do we have to hump to get more photos of Bo the dog in the snow?
- Two teen girls were arrested for attacking a 55-year-old man on the subway in Brooklyn.
- Tina Turner has been approved to become a private dancer Swiss citizen.
- If your plane was struck by lightning and the engine was set on fire, would you be this calm?
- And finally, just imagine what you could do if you could sneeze on command:
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