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Extra, Extra: So Long, Coral, And Thanks For All The Fish
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Ben Yakas
Published Oct 8, 2015
Modified Oct 8, 2015
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Published Oct 8, 2015
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- In the future, we'll all be eating bugs.
- An 800-pound Rhode Island man says he was kicked out of a hospital for ordering a pizza.
- A police video from the '90s shows a teen girl describing in detail being sexually abused by Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson.
- Matt Barnes doesn't think he's a maniac, can't believe "people think I was some maniac driving 95 miles and listening to Tupac to go beat somebody up."
- That beloved Lower East Side lamb is still living his life like a lamb.
- Some people spend two years of their lives writing books, others spend two years of their lives writing elaborate defenses of the Star Wars prequels.
- This is the apotheosis of...something...something...modern culture!
- Massive amounts of coral are dying off in what scientists say is only the third ever global “bleaching” event on record.
- It's been two weeks since professional douche Martin Shkreli promised to lower the price of Daraprim, and so far nothing has changed. But he is planning a "very expensive" image rehab!
- And finally, these are the most helpful Golden Retrievers in the world:
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