Disney Disney's "Doc McStuffins" renewed after Twitter campaign: female African-American is its rare protagonist Maureen Herman

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youtube Soft Better Call Saul revival is a weekly series now, apparently Grant St. Clair

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History The dentist who convinced FDR to bomb Japan with bats Gail Sherman

privacy A million passports leaked online by marijuana club portal Rob Beschizza

Science Suspected brain cancer turns out to be pork tapeworm infestation Rob Beschizza

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crime Rapist who faked own death reportedly dead again Rob Beschizza

Tanzania Man lives with a knife blade in his chest for 8 years Séamus Bellamy

Science Dissolving crust on dead lithium batteries allows restoration to 95% original capacity Rob Beschizza

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books Carlos Castaneda faked an anthropology classic, then built a cult Ellsworth Toohey

Games What is the Jedi problem, and why does every game designer fear it? Grant St. Clair

crime We Have The Herpes: Arby's worker accused of infecting customer by spitting in food Rob Beschizza

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music Ancient Loops turns the Playdate's crank into a sound instrument Ellsworth Toohey

Cops can't stop looking at this banana car Jason Weisberger