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Sperm Banking: Seoul Government Offers Money for Procedures to Combat Plummeting Birth Rate

South Korea has the lowest birthrate in the world (and still falling)—in Seoul, where the population is both congregating and aging, reversing a vasectomy will now come with a monetary incentive.

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Yes We San: Millennial Computer Whiz on Track To Become Youngest Modern Saint

An Italian teenager who built websites for his church is in line to be canonized.

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Virgin-Industrial Complex: New Dating Show “Virgin Island” Recruiting Participants

People who have never done the deed can now apply to do it, on television, in a country founded by Puritans. What could go wrong?

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Attempted Curder: Newfoundland Police Officer Attacked by Cheese Freak

On a busy night for law enforcement, one offender was thinking outside the box of mac & cheese.

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Not a Capitol Offense: Covert Gardener Plants Cannabis in State-Owned Tulip Bed

Outside the state capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin, some unexpected guests popped up (literally): Cannabis plants. Call us! We know exactly what to do!

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Bumbling Fools: Women Swipe Left on New Bumble Ad Campaign

The dating app seemingly encouraged women to lower their standards in a ham-fisted ad campaign. Mmm… ham.

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Summa Cat Laude: Vermont State University Confers Honorary Degree on Local Kitty Boy

In Western Vermont, Max the cat just became the first in his (birth) family to earn a college degree.

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A Model Employee: 95-Year-Old Woman Finds Life-Sized Sculpture of Herself

A former New York City seamstress and her family tracked down a life-sized tribute to her commissioned by her boss, who wasn’t even her dad, so you know she was good.

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Sleep Tissue Massage: Man Locked Into Department Store After He Falls Asleep in Ultra-Relaxing Chair

Can a massage ever really be too relaxing? Turns out, yes.

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Number of the Bleeps: 6-6-6 Lottery Draw Mints More Than 5,000 Winners Statewide

Thousands of lottery entrants in North Carolina came up winners with a less than popular string of digits. What exactly are they manifesting???

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Through the Looking Glass: NYC-to-Dublin Virtual Portal Prompts Fascination and Tomfoolery Alike

Two cities set up a 24-hour livestream between two points, and it’s going about as well as you’d expect: temporarily closed.

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California Man Fights Municipal Powers That Be by Immortalizing His Boat on a Fence

After a California city notified a resident that his fishing boat might be an eyesore, he said “I’ll show you an eyesore,” using the city’s own rules (and flawless trompe-l’oeil technique) to just barely comply. We stan a petty king.

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