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# mad world

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2022
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Opinion: How to talk to your children about the war in Ukraine
Sharon Byrne of Barnardos offers some helpful advice to parents trying to navigate discussing the war with their children.
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This woman just met the man who took her brother's face
Joshua Aversano’s entire face was donated to Richard Lee Norris for transplant after Aversano died in a car accident.
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That escalated quickly... There are now over a hundred 'shipping glitter' sites for sale
File this one under emerging markets…
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
A politician into bondage, an over-eager suitor and a sock-eating dog – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
IVF penguins, foam hotdogs and a human skull – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Chicken, computer coders and stripping – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Cats with many lives and priests with recording contracts – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Cow farts, ghosts getting hefty fines and hash brownies – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
– it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Space geckos, unconventional marital unions and more.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Romanian royalty, condom-shaped ice-creams and more.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Eyeballs, sleepwalking and botty coughs – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Waitresses with guns, monster members and headbangers – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Cyclist-eating geese, Krusty Krabs and MENSA – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Bras, dentures and cocaine cookies – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Green puppies, stolen walls and shooting at the moon… it’s all the bizarre stories you need to know about.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Selfie surgery, sex dolls and gorillas on the loose – it’s the week’s wildest and wackiest news, rounded up just for you.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Digitally enhanced yearbooks, porn stars as politicians and espresso – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
No beef for the Mexican World Cup team –find out why plus all the weirdest stories you need to hear.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Baptising aliens, Never Been Kissed and cash in a couch – it’s all the weirdest stories you need to hear.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Loyal dogs, a “serial pooper” and hot dogs – it’s all the weirdest stories you need to hear.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
– it’s all the weirdest stories you need to hear.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Buddha getting deported, hidden post and the mob – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Contact lens cameras, dogs on juries and the plague – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Shnakes in Cavan, crocs in shopping centres and hot sauce – it’s all the bizarre, bonkers, brilliant news stories you need to know about.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
Same-sex wedding bells for Irish penguins, how the zebra got his stripes and BIG RATS – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
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6 unexpected things that happened this week
A crow is smarter than your kid, the French are taking over the world and doggie dialtones – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
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6 weird things that happened this week
Sentient tumbleweeds, a selfie shatters a priceless statue and sucking toes – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
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6 weird things that happened this week
Scientists are THIS CLOSE to cloning a woolly mammoth – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
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6 weird things that happened this week
Biros, cosy penguins and a 30,000-year-old virus brought to life – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
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6 weird things that happened this week
A ruckus at a Dublin lingerie party, a Breaking Bad fan caught cooking meth and Crotch Crescent – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to read.
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7 weird things that happened this week
Cows love slow jams, drug-smuggling with Kinder Eggs and Ragnarok – it’s all the MAD stuff you might have missed.
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6 weird things that happened this week
Gym selfies banned, a money shredding alarm clock and a terrible heroin smuggler – it’s all the MAD stuff you might have missed.
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6 weird things that happened this week
Dog dirt detectives, high-cost hamburgers and penguins on pills – it’s all the MAD stuff you might have missed.
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7 weird things that happened this week
A schoolgirl and a bullet, some peanut butter and a jellyfish, and a gay cat – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
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7 weird things that happened this week
Goodfellas Part II happens in real life, mathematicians can’t prove planes fly and a rat ship cometh – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
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7 weird things that happened this week
– the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
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7 weird things that happened this week
Lamb meat with a side of dirty pond water, get a beard to advance your career and a Ferris wheel – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
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7 weird things that happened this week
A pea-based divorce, 10,000 smartphones when all you need is a knife and a super-human thief – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
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7 weird things that happened this week
Glow in the dark piglets, a pigeon arsonist and a very rude briefcase – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.