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Extra Extra: Heinz enters its Swiftie era
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Emily Nadal
Published Sep 28, 2023
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It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City, where a local cat won the 15th annual Hambone Award for getting stuck in a sofa.
The award honors the year's strangest pet insurance claim, and this year, Giles took home the recognition after he was bopped in the face by a sofa bed after getting trapped beneath it. Here’s to you, Giles, and your silly antics.
Here’s what else is going on:
- A deer fell off of a New Jersey overpass and crashed right through the windshield of a passing car. The deer didn’t make it, but luckily, the driver did.
- Swifties have quite an influence. After a photo of Taylor Swift eating chicken went viral for its caption that said her condiments of choice were “ketchup and seemingly ranch,” Heinz decided to jump on the opportunity to take advantage by creating a sauce by the same name.
- Home Alone fans who want to live like Kevin McCallister will now have a chance to book a Plaza Hotel experience that includes a four-hour limousine ride around New York City and a cheese pizza pie. The limousine ride will take you to all the filming locations in the movie.
- AI real-estate brokers have been popping up in New York City, and many people don’t even know they’re communicating with a robot. I hope that means the elimination of broker fees.
- A new study shows Zoom backgrounds with plants or books make you look the most trustworthy.
- Another study shows that we not only generally have positive feelings about pumpkin spice products, but also that Starbucks continues to dominate the online chatter about them.
- The USPS makes it pretty easy to change your address, and scammers have been taking advantage of the smooth process for identity theft schemes. And even though the USPS vowed to change that earlier this year, a CBS investigation found there are still ways to get around enhanced rules.
- And, finally, back to work, team:
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