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Early Addition: Drunk British Man Fined For Pretending To Be A Ghost
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Ben Yakas
Published Aug 8, 2014
Modified Aug 8, 2014
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Published Aug 8, 2014
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- Everyone knows what you looked like in high school, Steve Buscemi.
- Will Arnett confirms season five of Arrested Development is coming to Netflix...eventually.
- A drunk British man pretended to be a ghost in a cemetery by "waving his arms about and going 'wooooo.'"
- Yeaaaaah, this person definitely regretted getting that tattoo of Jiminy Cricket on her breast.
- The most retweeted person on Twitter is the Pope.
- Bodega Cats! Bodega Cats! Bodega Cats!
- Here's the catchiest song you'll hear today: "Kickin' It Wit My Daddy."
- NY Magazine doesn't know how to feel about this post all about how NY Magazine never knows how to feel about anything.
- The MTA needs $1.5B for the next phase of the Second Avenue Subway.
- This is the coolest skull chair we've ever seen.
- And finally, SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT HERE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS EXACTLY:
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