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Extra Extra: Fellas, we're doing long shorts again
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Published May 31, 2024
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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where they're about to shut down part of the BQE again.
Here's what else is happening:
- THE CITY obtained new details on a group of New York City sheriffs who it says were disciplined last year for creating a "man cave" full of confiscated booze from bars that violated COVID shutdown rules.
- For the third summer in a row, New York City's Olympic-sized public pools will not be hosting adult lap swim hours.
- Did your mom text you about the Trump verdict?
- Sotheby's in Manhattan is auctioning off an entire stegosaurus skeleton that's expected to sell for up to $6 million.
- "If Coke itself has a Coke level of 10, and Diet Coke has a Coke level of 6, Coke Zero sits at a respectable 8." It's the best Coke.
- It's time to think carefully about how long your shorts are going to be this summer.
- If your answer is "pretty short," dare you hike them up even shorter?
- Over on TikTok, people are ghost pooping.
- And finally, cold-blooded unit:
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