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Early Addition: Scientists Find "Very High" Chance Aliens Exist
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Ben Yakas
Published Dec 6, 2013
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- The Japanese have invented the world's thinnest condoms.
- Yup, aliens probably exist and they want to know what NYC is like: "The chance that there's a planet like Earth out there with life on it is very high."
- A new high school named after Nelson Mandela will open in Brooklyn next year.
- This is why you should never put Christmas lights on a palm tree.
- Let's all take a moment to remember Nelson “A-Rod” Mandela.
- Men apparently talk like women nowadays, according to Science.
- Noel Gallagher is an international treasure who does not think very highly of Arcade Fire or Lady Gaga: "She's probably doing a shit on top of a boiled egg right now. And somebody will fucking freeze it and call it art."
- But what mouth wash does he use? How can we replicate him unless we know everything?
- Despite (or perhaps thanks to) Jay Z's meddling, Robinson Cano is now a Seattle Mariner.
- And the Mets signed now-former Yankee Curtis Granderson, which hopefully won't blow up in their faces like every other big free agent signing of the last decade.
- Area man told by wife that "it's either me or the Harley," so man decided to try selling both.
- And finally, Max the pug has a surreal encounter with his doppelgänger:
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