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For news articles which seem so much like satire that you're surprised they're not from The Onion.

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Mayor Adams unveils city's first official trash bins (ny1.com)

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French cyclist fined after stopping to kiss his wife at the Tour de France (www.cnn.com)

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Leftover Ramen Broth Is Causing Problems on South Korea's Mount Halla (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Thief told police ‘once you pop you can’t stop’ after stealing 17 tubes of Pringles (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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A Nigerian woman reviewed some tomato puree online. Now she faces jail (edition.cnn.com)

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North Korea accused of sending balloons carrying excrement into the South (www.theguardian.com)

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Uproar after Sydney bakery shares photo of four-year-old’s Hamas-themed birthday cake (7news.com.au)

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The Gouda, bad and ugly: NYC law student addicted to cheese went to nearly $6K-per-week rehab (nypost.com)

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‘I like sushi’ remark to Japanese colleague was not racist, judge rules (www.thetimes.co.uk)

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North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Man’s body dragged into woods by bear after deadly crash on Mass. highway, state police say (www.boston25news.com)

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The 2025 Real ID deadline for new licenses is really real this time, DHS says (www.usatoday.com)

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Italy bans puppy yoga on animal welfare grounds (www.bbc.com)

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Pokémon Go Players Invent Fake Beaches on Real Maps to Catch Rare Wigletts (www.404media.co)

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A little girl said monsters were in her bedroom. It was 60,000 bees (www.bbc.com)

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Irish basketball teams ordered to replay final 0.3 seconds of playoff match (www.theguardian.com)

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Alan Titchmarsh’s jeans blurred by North Korean TV censors (www.theguardian.com)

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Montreal man returns from vacation, gets letter from Quebec government saying he's dead (montreal.ctvnews.ca)

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Sports betting in Missouri may cause gambling addiction spike (www.ksdk.com)

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Japan will no longer require floppy disks for submitting some official documents (www.engadget.com)

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Chicago man seeks $75 million in damages after his 'local dating life' gets called out on Facebook (www.thefocus.news)

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Canadian police warn that posting videos of alleged package thieves could be ‘violation' of their privacy (www.foxnews.com)

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Poison expert indicted on murder charges in his wife's fatal poisoning (scrippsnews.com)

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Try not to let moose lick your car, Parks Canada warns, as more salt-seeking animals flock to highways (www.cbc.ca)

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TSA director arrested by US Customs and Border Protection (www.foxnews.com)

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