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November 15, 2017

Brooklyn rat carrying avocado on subway tracks caught on video

The internet’s most famous rodent, pizza rat, may get upstaged by his hipster Brooklyn counterpart, avocado rat.

November 15, 2017

Explorer tweeted 'don't rescue me'—but now he's missing

On Oct. 11, Benedict Allen tweeted a couple of lines that now seem ominous: "Marching off to Heathrow.

November 14, 2017

Utah man says high school mascot’s name sounds like male genitalia

One man in Utah started a petition Friday to change the mascot of a new high school, arguing that the name will likely become the butt of a dirty joke.

November 14, 2017

Adventurer declares himself ‘king’ of unclaimed land in North Africa

An Indian adventurer dodged terrorists in the barren desert to stake ownership to a strip of land between Sudan and Egypt that neither country has claimed.

November 11, 2017

Drunk Florida man arrested for driving lawn mower on highway

A Florida man was arrested after police caught him drunk driving his lawn mower down a major highway, Fox 13 reported.

November 10, 2017

Wild clip shows moment surfer breaks his back

A big-wave surfer is already dreaming of getting back on his surfboard a day after breaking his back in what the Telegraph describes as "mountainous seas" off Nazare, Portugal.

November 10, 2017

'Reckless' tradition leads to groom shot in the testicles

The man StepFeed calls "the most unfortunate groom ever" probably wishes he'd skipped his own bachelor party after a celebration in Egypt gone wrong.

November 9, 2017

Anthony Weiner wants pen pals in prison, report says

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who reported to prison this week to begin a 21-month sentence for sexting with a 15-year-old girl, is hoping to stay in contact with the outside world.

November 8, 2017

Amid low birth rates, Polish government asks citizens to multiply like rabbits

The Polish government is encouraging citizens to go forth and multiply like rabbits.

November 3, 2017

Fears squashed: Zucchini mistaken for WWII bomb in Germany

A worried resident in Germany alerted police to what he thought was a World War II bomb in his garden. Officers rushed over — and found a particularly large zucchini.