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Jason Wurtz holds his dog SweePee Rambo after winning the 2016 World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on June 24 in Petaluma, Calif. Wurtz tells The Guardian there were no oozing sores on his prize-winning, unprepossessing pooch.

The World's Ugliest Dog And The Case Of The Libelous Oozing Sore

1:50pm June 29, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

There was something slimy in the town of Petaluma, Calif. — and The Guardian broke the story wide open. Bug-eyed, incontinent, bent-backed SweePee Rambo is ugly as all get-out, but she is pus-free.

Anti-Brexit supporters dressed as bananas protest outside a racecourse in York, England. "It is absolutely crazy that the EU is telling us what shape our bananas have got to be," says Brexit's foremost cheerleader, Boris Johnson, the former mayor of Londo

Bendy Bananas And Barmaid Bosoms: The U.K.'s Crazy Anti-EU Food Myths

2:46pm June 21, 2016

by Nina Martyris

British tabloids have long exploited the U.K.'s ambivalent ties to the European Union with exaggerated, funny and often unfounded stories about regulations aiming to undo English food culture.

Care to visit the statue of Genghis Khan in front of Ulaanbaatar's Parliament House? Better direct your steps to Undulations.Cheer.Androids.

World News

Welcome To Mongolia's New Postal System: An Atlas Of Random Words

7:59am June 19, 2016

by Eric McDaniel

Turns out it's often tough to track down an address in Mongolia. So, the country asked a British startup to help overhaul its address system, using random three-word phrases to make it more exact.

Two men allegedly tried to make off with more than $2,000 at a McDonald's in Besancon, France, on Sunday.

World News

Oh, Non! McDonald's Stickup In France Foiled By Special Forces Eating There

7:03pm June 08, 2016

by Chris Arnold

Two men allegedly tried to get away with more than $2,000. But 11 members of an elite French special forces team that specializes in hostage situations reportedly happened to be among the diners.

The culprit is believed to be a vervet monkey (though not this particular one, photographed in 2012 in Kenya's Maasai Mara).

World News

Hapless Monkey Single-Handedly Triggers Nationwide Blackout In Kenya

3:04pm June 08, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A monkey stumbled into the largest hydropower station in East Africa and managed to set off a chain reaction that caused a countrywide blackout lasting more than three hours.

When you've got it, flaunt it: Beards can occur in various chicken breeds. The birds in the middle have them; the ones on the far left and right don't.

Science

Solved: The Mystery Of The Bearded Chickens

3:49pm June 02, 2016

by Madeline K. Sofia

Hip humans aren't the only ones growing outrageous facial hair. Some chickens do, too. And now, geneticists in China have discovered the cause.

Gamer, Girlfriend Take Relationship To Next Level After Super Mario Proposal

7:38am May 30, 2016

Pam Edwards was playing the video game next to her boyfriend, Shane Birkinbine. Little did she know, Birkinbine had redesigned the level so the bricks spelled out "Will you marry me?"

The London Vegetable Orchestra strikes up a tune at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Check Out These Musicians Who Literally Play With Their Food

11:20am May 27, 2016

by Maanvi Singh

It turns out beans aren't the only musical fruit. The London Vegetable Orchestra is one of many musical acts that uses all sorts of fruit and veg to produce sweet (and savory) sounds.

Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov speaks as he attends celebrations marking Defenders of the Fatherland Day in Chechnya's provincial capital of Grozny, Russia, in February.

World News

When The Cat's Away: Chechen Strongman Spars With John Oliver Over Lost Feline

2:20pm May 25, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The fur started to fly when Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov told his 1.8 million Instagram followers that his cat is missing. Then the HBO host got involved and turned the saga into Internet catnip.

ARGO — The Rescue of the Canadian Six was painted by an undercover CIA employee. It depicts an operation in which six Americans ("The Canadian Six") were rescued after the U.S. embassy in Tehran was taken over in 1979.

A Peek Into The CIA Art Gallery Reveals [REDACTED]

12:21pm May 20, 2016

by NPR Staff

There's a private art gallery at CIA headquarters — who knew? Museum director Toni Hiley says the agency has a young workforce, and the collection of art and artifacts helps them learn from the past.

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