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Extra, Extra: 'Game Of Thrones' Finale Was Most Watched In Show's History
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Ben Yakas
Published Aug 28, 2017
Modified Aug 28, 2017
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- Last night's finale of Game Of Thrones was the most watched episode in the show's history.
- Vanity Fair has a long report on how sad and out of place Ivanka and Jared are in Washington.
- The New Yorker profiles TV showrunner Jenji Kohan, who should probably have her own network by now.
- Kathy Griffin has started standing up for herself.
- Man who claimed he was stabbed after being mistaken for neo-Nazi actually just stabbed himself and made up the story.
- Nitehawk is opening a new cinema in Park Slope.
- An ode to the tater tot.
- Learn how concrete came to dominate the world.
- R.I.P. Dumbo cobblestone streets?
- Sports Illustrated explains how the NBA was saved on the back of a napkin.
- Game Of Thrones has created a mini-industry of $3,000 swords.
- A mother of two jumped to her death on the Upper East Side.
- And finally, a beagle puppy learns to howl:
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