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Extra, Extra: Killing A Spider At A Gas Station With A Lighter Is A Bad Idea
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- A man at a gas station in Detroit tries to kill a spider using a lighter. It goes about as well as you can imagine.
- Los Angeles has a chef-led alternative rock cover band called Foie Grock. Names that did not get chosen included: Bread Zeppelin, Meatshop Boys, A Flock of Meatballs, Oreo Speedwagon, and Limp Brisket.
- Banksy's Dismaland is coming to an end. The pieces will be dismantled and sent to a refugee camp in France.
- Joe Biden gave an interview in 1974 that paints him in a different light. He loved his wife, who was killed along with their infant daughter in a car crash in 1972, and he wasn't so liberal.
- A Russian man rescued a pregnant dog who was sealed beneath a sidewalk during a sinkhole repair.
- Electroclash darling Peaches will be doing an in-store performance at Amoeba Music in Hollywood on Tuesday.
- Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, and 35 other female comedians talked to Vulture about whether they would want to be a late-night host. Some thought it would be a "grind."
- And now, here's a dog who thinks magic tricks suck:
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