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Extra, Extra: There Was An Explosion In The Arts District Today
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- GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee decided to parody Adele's "Hello" in his latest campaign video. It's… look, it's well, it's something. "Hello from the Caucus night/If Bernie wins, I'm gonna die."
- It turns out your calming Sleepytime Tea has a weird past involving extraterrestrials, eugenics and cults.
- There's a Thai airline that will allow you to buy a seat for your possessed doll.
- Leonardo DiCaprio and Pope Francis hung out the other day to talk about the environment.
- City Council has approved putting up gates to keep drivers off of the L.A. River path in Elysian Valley, which is supposed to only be traversed by cyclists and pedestrians.
- Eater takes a look at Fatburger's history in rap lyrics.
- One Million Moms, a conservative organization of moms who don't like naughtiness in culture, are protesting Olive Garden for airing commercials during Lucifer, a new FOX show about Satan chilling in present-day Los Angeles. We'll be eating our endless breadsticks in Hell, I suppose.
- There an explosion today at a construction site in the Arts District, if you were in the area and wondering what the commotion was all about. No one was hurt.
- Gustavo Dudamel and Youth Orchestra L.A. will be performing during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, along with Coldplay and Beyoncé.
- People think that this monkey looks like Lord Voldemort.
- A U2 superfan made a plaque at the site of the band's Joshua Tree.
- And now, here is a squirrel diving in the snow.
Snow-diving squirrelSnow-diving squirrel in Estonia.From BBC Ukrainian
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