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Extra, Extra: Are Dumb People Better At Sex?
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 15, 2016
Modified Jan 15, 2016
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- The NYPD wants $36,000 to share cop bodycam videos with press.
- Leslie Mann is all about that weed juice.
- A man stole the entire 192 bottle Essie nail polish collection from a Duane Reade.
- Are dumb people better at sex?
- President Obama thinks dogs would only wear pants on two legs.
- A former clickbait blogger reflects on six months in the celebrity journalism factory.
- Mayor de Blasio and Chirlane McCray were both disappointed by the overhwelmingly white Oscar nominees.
- The great character actor Fred Melamed gave a fantastic interview to AV Club.
- A teen allegedly threatened to toss an off duty cop into the subway tracks.
- Matthew Perry took "The Friends Apartment Quiz" on The Graham Norton Show and did very well.
- And finally, it took awhile, but Timo the cat finally figured out how to get into the hammock:
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