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Early Addition: "Old Book Smell" Explained
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Nell Casey
Published Jun 18, 2013
Modified Jun 18, 2013
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- A hooker testified in court that she had no idea her john's dead grandmother was hidden in the closet.
- The city is cracking down on illegal Pelham Parkway barbecuing because revelers are making a mess of the park.
- Joe Lhota apparently buys his shirts at Costco.
- Maps reveal the United States' most disaster-prone areas.
- Would these stockings help repel perverts?
- A dad is mad after a restaurant called, ironically, "Friendly's Sports Bar & Grill," "charged" him for having "fuckin' needy kids".
- Not even Anthony Bourdain can resist the call of the Shake Shack.
- "Old Book Smell" is actually a combination of grass, acid and vanilla-like scents.
- And finally, Stella offers high fives in exchange for chicken:
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